Munich Re
Munich Re America in new offering
Munich Re subsidiary offering new natural catastrophe loss from natural catastrophes.
Spain fines (re)insurers for price-fixing
Spanish regulators have fined six European (re)insurance companies a total of €120.7m ($180m) for fixing prices on building-defect coverage during the Spanish housing boom.
BTA collapse may cost market up to $500m - sources
Collapse of Kazhakstan bank could cost the market losses of $500m, sources have told Reinsurance.
Munich Re profit surges
German reinsurance giant's third quarter net income surges
Insurers mastering financial crisis, says Munich Re
Insurers have mastered the financial crisis comparatively well so far, say senior executives at Munich Re and Guy Carpenter
Munich Re announces buyback
Execution research says that the buy back shows Munich Re believes market has stabilized.
Munich Re, Lloyd's syndicates could be affected by Iran sanctions
Sanctions on Iran could affect the business of Munich Re and Lloyd's syndicates, the Financial Times has reported.
Munich Re, RSA and CarbonRe launch renewable energy project
Innovative renewable energy insurance facility introduced to cover risks in developing countries
Top 100 UK Insurers - Top 15 general insurance groups
Post Magazine's Top 15 UK general insurance groups 2008.
Recognition is the name of the game
The global downturn has meant insurers’ market values plunging, however, their brand values have seen less steep losses. David Haigh argues having a strong identity is essential to building a global name
Merger madness
After a trip to Bermuda, the Reinsurance team talk mergers and acquisitions. The latest blog-re available now.
Collapsed bank to trigger credit insurance losses at Hannover, Axis
Hannover Re and Axis Capital potentially on end of credit insurance losses stemming from collapse of Kazakh bank BTA.
Typhoon Morakot batters Asia
Typhoon Morakot struck the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan and China with government reports of widespread damage.
Munich Re profits up 12%
Munich Re's earnings jump 12%
2008’s top 25 reinsurance groups
Ranked by net written premiums
The Reinsurance Power List 2009
This is the players'club:members only. US President Barack Obama tops this year's Reinsurance Magazine Powerlist
Economic losses from natural catastrophes below average for first half of the year
Insured losses were $11bn, somewhat above the average for the same period in the past ten years. Economic losses were below average at $25bn, research from Munich Re has said.
Big is beautiful
Alex Ferguson speaks to Peter Roder, head of Munich Re North America, about the company's ambitions to prosper in a tough market and the effects of the global recession.
European giants' Q2 results expected to be mixed
Analysts are expecting second quarter results from Munich Re, Swiss Re, and Hannover Re to be a mixed bag.
Modelling needs to be understood better, claim experts
Munich Re sponsored symposium will discuss how insurers can make more fruitful use of climate model information.
