January 23, 2004
Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that claims relating to its net exposure to an explosion at Algeria’s largest LNG (liquefied natural gas) plant earlier this week are expected to approximate $27-30 million. The explosion killed at least 27 and injured more …
October 15, 2003
A.M. Best Co. announced that it has, affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Very Good) of Tunisia’s BEST Reinsurance (BEST Re), reflecting the company’s “improved level of consolidated risk-adjusted capitalisation, consistently profitable underwriting performance and a diversified spread of …
June 23, 2003
Is the glass half-full, or half-empty? The classic example of identical facts dictating opposite conclusions, depending on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, defines the current picture in the reinsurance industry, even if it is admittedly a bit more …
June 9, 2003
Is the glass half-full, or half-empty? The classic example of identical facts dictating opposite conclusions, depending on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, defines the current picture in the reinsurance industry, even if it is admittedly a bit more …
May 30, 2003
California-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced that the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has asked Dr. Fouad Bendimerad, vice president of RMS, to lead a reconnaissance team surveying …
September 18, 2001
Lloyd’s announced that it had completed a preliminary assessment of the possible losses from last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in the U.S., and although it gave no specific figures, it stated that “these exposures can be managed within its unique system …