Swiss Re shares fall 3.9% following capital markets day but analysts describe reaction as 'overdone'

Executive succeeds Churney at helm of catastrophe modelling business

Sidecar designed to enhance the group's access to capital for its growing US asset-sensitive business

Last resort insurer plans unified reinsurance tower for its three accounts, rather than individual towers seen in recent years

Rating agency cites ‘persistently strong’ underwriting results amid substantial economic and capital markets volatility

Bermuda carrier’s executives plan to deploy the proceeds of the recent IPO ‘as quickly as possible’

Bermuda-based group’s combined ratio improves 29.9 points to 92.6% in the third quarter as it swings to underwriting profit of $24.9m

Bermuda-based re/insurer promotes senior vice-president of programme management 

The number of named storms exceeded the annual average of 14, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tally

Talanx Group subsidiary expands presence in US with strategic acquisition to broaden specialty lines portfolio 

Persistently high loss costs means a return to underwriting profitability for the segment over the near term appears highly unlikely, rating agency warns

Global insurance giant elects investment banker James Dunne as independent director

US broker’s consumer business now places more than $6bn in premiums annually

Former Navigators Group chief executive Galanski to join the Bermuda-based carrier’s board of directors and risk committee

Insurance giant to sell a further 35 million shares of its life and retirement subsidiary in a secondary offering

Requirement to offer wide cover not contrary to the ‘express goals’ underlying the Fair Plan Act