September 14, 2015
The world’s largest reinsurers and brokers see little relief in pricing in 2016 amid a relentless influx of alternative capital from pension funds and one of the past decade’s quietest years for catastrophe losses. Rates for property-and-casualty reinsurance are expected …
July 31, 2015
A public-private, cyber-catastrophe reinsurance arrangement would improve the UK’s resilience against the growing threat of cyber risks in this interconnected world, according to a cyber report released this week. Given the fact that the current market for cyber insurance is …
June 12, 2015
In his address to the MMC Young Professionals Global Forum 2015 Stephen Catlin, Executive deputy chairman of XL Group, urged young insurance professionals to demonstrate “courage, determination and conviction” in shaping the industry’s future. Catlin stressed the importance of creating …
May 5, 2015
Following the completion of XL Group plc’s acquisition of Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited on May 1, XL and Catlin have officially joined operations and launched a new brand, XL Catlin. A new global marketing campaign, reflecting the greater scale, ambition …
April 13, 2015
Companies are finding a way to minimize the repercussions when their digital security is violated. Unfortunately, they’re turning to the same safeguards that protect the guitar-strumming hands of Keith Richards, the goal-scoring limbs of David Beckham and the most remarkable …
February 11, 2015
Stephen Catlin, who is selling his Lloyd’s of London insurer to XL Group plc for $4.2 billion, expects the pace of mergers among smaller insurers to gather pace. “Anyone who has got a market value of less than $5 billion …
February 10, 2015
Catlin Group Ltd., the Lloyd’s of London insurer being bought by XL Group plc, reported a 13 percent rise in full-year pretax profit as it increased its payout to shareholders. Pretax profit was $488 million in the 12 months to …
January 9, 2015
XL Group Plc said it would buy underwriter Catlin Group Ltd. for about 2.79 billion pounds ($4.22 billion), increasing the Dublin-based insurer’s share of business written in the Lloyd’s of London market to nearly 10 percent. The deal is the …
November 21, 2014
China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation has received approval from Lloyd’s to transform its existing special purpose syndicate into a stand-alone syndicate that will underwrite a diversified book of business, initially focusing on reinsurance, incepting from January 1, 2015. The China Re …
November 18, 2014
Stephen Catlin, Catlin Group Limited CEO, has been elected chair of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2015. Catlin succeeds XL Group plc CEO Mike McGavick who completes his two-year term …