International News

Lloyd’s has announced that its provisional loss estimates for Hurricanes Gustav and Ike will be approximately £1.3 billion ($2.34 billion).... Read More

Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings joined the growing list of the island’s (re)insurers who have issued statements giving preliminary details concerning... Read More

The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group released its Third Quarter 2008 earnings after close of trading on the NYSE yesterday, October... Read More

Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings will report financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 after the close of trading... Read More

In a corrected version of an earlier release (the headline was incomplete), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed both... Read More

Marsh has issued a warning that the current “financial instability and deteriorating economic conditions in the UK are prompting companies... Read More

The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced its initial estimate of the financial impact of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and... Read More

A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of XL Capital Group and... Read More

German insurers said on Wednesday they don’t intend to use Berlin’s 500 billion euro ($683 billion) rescue fund, while public-sector... Read More

An October 13, 2008 Insurance Journal story reporting on estimates of third quarter results announced by ACE Limited out of... Read More