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• Retro market shrinks further amid Swiss Re plan to cut back.(Swiss Reinsurance Co., GE Insurance Solutions Corp.)

  - 2006-09-25

  Byline: SARAH VEYSEY Worldwide retrocessional capacity remains scarce, according to attendees at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre reinsurance meeting earlier this month, and the withdrawal of a major player will serve to exacerbate that shortage. S Byline: SARAH VEYSEY ...

  Tags: General Electric Co., reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co., withdrawal

• Retro capacity likely to shrink due to Swiss Re deal.(Swiss Reinsurance Co.'s acquired with GE Insurance Solutions)

  - 2006-09-04

  Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD A retrocessional reinsurance market weakened by the withdrawal of many of its participants is not going to be made healthier by Swiss Reinsurance Co.'s acquisition of GE Insurance Solutions. Swiss Re has not yet made pub Byline: MICHAEL...

  Tags: General Electric Co., reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.

• Updates; Central Fund fees likely to stay at 1%.(World)(Ireland adopts European Union reinsurance directive)(Lloyd's of London)(Swiss Reinsurance Co.)

  - 2006-07-17

  Syndicates operating at Lloyd's of London likely will have to pay contributions equal to 1% of their underwriting capacity to support the market's Central Fund in 2007, the same fee as 2006, a Lloyd's official said in a letter. Luke Savage, director Syndicates operating at...

  Tags: reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.

• Updates.(Ratings for European insurance companies )(the reinsurance arm of AXA S.A)(Swiss Reinsurance Co to invest in new insurance fund)

  - 2006-04-24

  Group plans to write for Lloyd's in Singapore London-based Omni Whittington Group is awaiting regulatory approval for a Lloyd's of London syndicate to write Singaporean business. Omni Whittington, which specializes in administration for insurance Group plans to write for Lloyd's in Singapore...

  Tags: insurance, insurance company, reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.

• SWISS RE TO POWER UP WITH GE UNITS; Deal to end effort to shed ERC, make Swiss Re world's biggest reinsurer.(Swiss Reinsurance Co., General Electric Co., Employers Reinsurance Corp.)

  - 2005-11-21

  Byline: SARAH VEYSEY ZURICH, Switzerland-General Electric Co. took a big step last week in its efforts to reduce its insurance operations, agreeing to sell GE Insurance Solutions' property/casualty business in a deal that will make Swiss Reinsuran Byline: SARAH VEYSEY ...

  Tags: General Electric Co., reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.

• ART expected to supplement traditional coverage; Industry foresees opportunity for alternative risk transfer in some areas, but not all.(Swiss Reinsurance Co.)

  - 2001-11-05

  As insurance markets harden, the role of capital markets and other alternative risk transfer vehicles will likely remain a supplement to traditional coverage but not supplant it. Although some reinsurance experts see tighter markets and lower inte As insurance markets harden, the role...

  Tags: insurance, capital market, risk, reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.

• Swiss Reinsurance Launches Online Trades, Cover Auction.

  - 1999-11-29

  In an apparent first for the reinsurance industry, Swiss Reinsurance Company said it was launching a new platform at www.swissre.com from which it will auction and trade reinsurance coverage over the Internet. The platform is called "ELRiX,&q In an apparent first for the...

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• Twins at the top: reinsurance. (Munich Reinsurance Co, Swiss Reinsurance Co)

  - 1995-09-02

  Swiss Reinsurance Co and Munich Reinsurance Co have become the two biggest companies in the reinsurance industry despite having very different strategies. Munich Reinsurance has stuck with a very diversified client list while Swiss Reinsurance has dabbledSwiss Reinsurance Co and Munich Reinsurance Co have become the two biggest companies in...

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• Study shows major loss frequency on the rise. (Swiss Reinsurance Co.) (World Reinsurance Report)

  - 1992-08-31

  The last five years have shown a loss burden well above the long-term trend, both in the natural catastrophe and the major loss sectors. If this trend continues, according to a study conducted by Swiss Reinsurance Co., Zurich, the world's insuranc The last...

  Tags: catastrophe, reinsurance, Swiss Reinsurance Co.