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In order to attain additional protection against Western Europe windstorm losses, Munich Reinsurance Co. recently placed catastrophe bonds worth $129.9 million.The bonds are meant to complement the Company’s existing retrocessional reinsurance program, according to Thomas Blunck, a management board member…

The past year has resulted in the financial strengthening of the property & casualty insurance market however A.M. Best Co. recently released a report warning that it will take several more profitable years for the full balance sheet to be…

Pethealth Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTZ) recently announced a total revenue for the third-quarter ended September 30, 2005 of $3.8 million, representing a 26% increase over revenue of $3.0 million for same period last year.The Company also reported significantly greater net loss…

Pet insurance revenues in North America have jumped 23% since 2004, according to the new report “Market Trends: Pet Insurance” published by the market researcher Packaged Facts.This growth is expected to continue over the next five years and Packaged Facts…

The insurance sector will continue to be a significant player in the “opaque” credit derivatives market, says the Fitch ratings agency.Fitch surveyed the activities of 120 financial institutions 73 banks and broker-dealers, 39 insurance companies and reinsurers, and eight financial…

Lloyd’s Underwriters in Canada has issued a press release “alerting brokers and policyholders that neither Marine Risks Limited of Toronto and Miami nor its representative Iain Duncan are approved coverholders or registered open market correspondents and that they have no…

Swiss Re today announced it has agreed to acquire GE Insurance Solutions, the fifth largest reinsurer worldwide, from General Electric Company (GE) for US$6.8 billion.After closing of the transaction, Swiss Re estimates it will have combined revenues of 46 billion…

The Atlantic Task Force on Insurance Availability and Affordability has announced it will release its final report Nov. 23 at a news conference in Halifax.Established early this year, the task force has a mandate to develop recommendations to increase insurance…

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has removed Swiss Reinsurance from CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed Sept. 9, 2005.S&P has affirmed a counterparty credit and financial strength rating of ‘AA’ for Swiss Re and its core operating companies,…

New legislation aimed at providing a legal recourse for a child who sustains prenatal injuries as the result of the negligent driving of his or her mother was introduced November 15 in the Alberta Legislature.Current law already allows a child…

The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has welcomed a new licensee, Greenlight Re, a Cayman-based global property and casualty reinsurance company, to the islands.The CIMA said in a press release that the recent licensing of a company providing open-market reinsurance…

Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) has sold its U.S.-based wholesale broking operation, Swett & Crawford, to an investor group including Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. and Banc of America Capital Investors.Terms of the sale were not disclosed.In a press release,…