Washington appoints advisory board Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed a special advisory board to monitor the agency’s fraud unit. Earlier this year, the agency’s eight-member Special Investigations Unit began operations, after the 2006 Legislature established a fraud unit …
A former insurance broker/agent has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the sale of approximately $6 million worth of fake insurance policies the broker falsely claimed were underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, according to the California Department of …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …
Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million (euro35.7 million) insurance pool this week to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to Bermuda-based Ironshore Insurance Ltd. Concurrently, Best assigned an ICR of “bbb-” to Ironshore’s Cayman Islands holding company, Ironshore …
Sidecars, cat bonds and other securitization vehicles have been something of an economic windfall for the Cayman Islands. A report from its financialoffice indicates that the British Dependency, located in the Caribbean about 240 kms (144 miles) south of Cuba, …
A bulletin from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) confirmed that the island had “recorded a three-year high for (re)insurance company incorporations during 2006, with an almost 10 percent increase in the number of new (re)insurance companies incorporated in the jurisdiction …
Munich Re announced that it has transferred earthquake risks in California to the capital markets for subsidiaries of the Zurich Financial Services Group in cooperation with Aon Capital Markets, providing coverage through a $190 million catastrophe bond placement. Munich Re …
Aon Corp., based in Chicago, announced that its investment banking group, Aon Capital Markets, completed the private placement of $190 million of principal at- risk variable rate notes for Munich Re. The placement provides Munich Re with collateralized catastrophe protection …
