http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/international/rss.xml?channelName=INTERNATIONAL Latest NEWS articles from www.insuranceday.com http://static.informaprofessional.com/insday/img/insuranceday.png http://www.insuranceday.com http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253475&rss=true Australian insurers face losses from NZ quake. THE Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) has said that the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the country’s South Island on Saturday are likely to leave Australia’s big insurers with significant ... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:00:41 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253475&rss=true 2010-09-06T07:00:41Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253433&rss=true BMS to return to Asia and Europe under new CEO. REINSURANCE broker BMS will be returning to markets from which it withdrew four years ago, under its newly appointed chief executive, Carl Beardmore. The independent broker made the decision to pull out ... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:39:00 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253433&rss=true 2010-09-06T06:39:00Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253474&rss=true Earl weakens, skirts east coast. DAMAGES along the US Atlantic coast were less than feared over the weekend as hurricane Earl weakened, its core stayed offshore and the storm veered to the northeast before hitting Nova Scotia. The two areas that ... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:21:27 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253474&rss=true 2010-09-06T06:21:27Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253427&rss=true Lloyd’s entry was tough admits 1882 underwriter. LLOYD’S’ rigorous analysis and thorough questioning was reassuringly difficult the active underwriter of Chubb syndicate 1882 has said. Speaking to Insurance Day, Rob Cage said the questions ... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:38:00 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253427&rss=true 2010-09-05T23:38:00Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253430&rss=true Bertie Brasier memorial cricket match. A SPECIAL cricket match to celebrate the life of the founder of the Lloyd’s Cricket Club is due to take place this Thursday. The match, which will take place at Bank of England sports ground, Bank Lane, ... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:20:00 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253430&rss=true 2010-09-05T23:20:00Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253451&rss=true Bolt calls meeting to discuss energy market. TOM Bolt has called a meeting on Monday afternoon for Lloyd’s marine and energy underwriters to discuss how the sector is performing in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Insurance Day has ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:11:08 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253451&rss=true 2010-09-03T16:11:08Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253446&rss=true Ping An on CreditWatch over SDB proposal. PING An Insurance (Group) Co of China’s proposal to subscribe to new shares issued by Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) could weaken its credit profile. That is the belief of Standard & Poor’s (S&P), which ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:16 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253446&rss=true 2010-09-03T15:15:16Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253445&rss=true Skuld abandons general increases. PROTECTION and indemnity (P&I) club Skuld is discarding the traditional general increase method of raising premiums, but insists it remains committed to the concept of mutuality. Skuld will now analyse members on ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:06:17 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253445&rss=true 2010-09-03T15:06:17Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253444&rss=true CNA and RSA in international tie up. CNA has entered into an agreement with RSA that will give US-based companies the opportunity to access the latter’s global network. As a result of the arrangement, CNA has now grown its reach into India, South ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:23 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253444&rss=true 2010-09-03T15:00:23Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253432&rss=true Hub acquires McFadden Insurance Agency. HUB International has acquired the Las Vegas based McFadden Insurance Agency Inc in a bid to help build its presence in the region. McFadden, which was founded in 1981, will be amalgamated into Hub ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:41:35 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253432&rss=true 2010-09-03T14:41:35Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253429&rss=true French life insurers return €500m of unclaimed policies. FRENCH life insurers have paid back over half a billion euros to beneficiaries of unclaimed life policies since 2006, according to a report by the finance ministry. Various measures have been ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:23:50 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253429&rss=true 2010-09-03T13:23:50Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253428&rss=true Former St Paul at Lloyd’s CEO joins Omega. DAVID Reed, the former chief executive of St Paul at Lloyd’s, has joined Bermuda-based Omega Insurance Holdings as managing director of its Lloyd’s operation. Reed was most recently chief operating ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:37:40 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253428&rss=true 2010-09-03T12:37:40Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253419&rss=true Insurers slam French tax changes. FRENCH insurers have hit back at government plans to introduce tax changes affecting life and health policies (Insuranceday.com, Aug 31). The planned measures would end a tax exemption benefiting the vast majority of ... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:55:57 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253419&rss=true 2010-09-02T23:55:57Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253400&rss=true New BMS CEO sets out plans for underwriting platform. INSURANCE and reinsurance broker BMS Associates has promoted Carl Beardmore to the position of chief executive. And Beardmore has been quick to outline the company’s future plans, which include ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:16:36 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253400&rss=true 2010-09-03T09:16:36Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253399&rss=true Skinner hails agreement to create EIOPA. THE CREATION of the new European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has been hailed as the “missing piece of the jigsaw” by the European parliament member responsible for driving through the ... Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:14:37 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=253399&rss=true 2010-09-03T09:14:37Z