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Aon Benfield names ratings agency head in UK & EMEA

Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has appointed Chris Myers as new head of Rating Agency Advisory for its UK and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions.

Glacier Re to cease underwriting business

Glacier Reinsurance has decided to cease its underwriting business and place its existing portfolio in to an orderly run-off with immediate effect.

Endurance appoints new head of reinsurance for Latin America

Endurance Specialty Holdings, a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, has appointed Arturo Falcon as the new head of its reinsurance operations for Latin America.

Aon Benfield launches new web portal to improve transparency

Aon Benfield, a reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has launched ABConnect, a new online portal that offers clients any-time access to their account data, to improve the transparency and reduce administrative burden in the reinsurance industry.

Scottish Re revenues down 27% in Q2

Scottish Re Group has reported total revenues of $231.3m for the second quarter of 2010, a decrease of 27.2% compared to $317.8m for the same quarter prior year.

Beazley launches new environmental liability, cleanup costs insurance product

Beazley Group has expanded its range of environmental products by launching Eclipse, a user-friendly environmental liability and cleanup costs insurance product, to help clients control both known and unknown pollution risks.

Brit Insurance appoints new CEO for UK strategic business unit

Brit Insurance, a global general insurance and reinsurance group, has appointed Ray Cox as new CEO for its UK strategic business unit, effective 1 September 2010.

Hannover Re appoints new member to executive board

Hannover Re has appointed Klaus Miller as a full member of its executive board, who along with Wolf Becke will head the life and health reinsurance business group.

PartnerRe Reports Marginal Increase In Q2 Revenues

PartnerRe has reported total revenues of $1.32bn for the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 4.2% compared to $1.27bn for the same quarter in 2009.

Maiden Q2 Revenues Surges

Maiden Holdings has reported total revenues of $303.2m for the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 26% compared to $240.4m for the same quarter in the year 2009.

Global Indemnity Q2 Revenues Declines

Global Indemnity has reported total revenues of $94.5m for the second quarter of 2010, a decrease of 2.2% compared to $96.7m for the same quarter in 2009.


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