Latest news headlines
October
2008
03/10/08
- Swiss Re wins Reinsurance Award
07/10/08
- Munich Re to sponsor climate research
14/10/08
- FSA to check life assurers for insolvency
protection
21/10/08
- Hannover Re dented by catastrophes and markets
27/10/08
- Munich Re will ignore low-priced business
September
2008
07/09/08
- Munich Re says subprime crisis may aid reinsurer prices
08/09/08
- Swiss Re says prioritises margins over volume
24/09/08
- AIG crisis hardens reinsurance market: Munich Re
26/09/08
- Reinsurance prices already rising
July
2008
16/07/08
- Swiss Re has $9.6bn
exposure to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
25/07/08
- Munich Re and Hannover
Re Warn on Lower Earnings
27/07/08
- Swiss Re in talks to buy
Barclays life insurance arm
30/07/08
- Transatlantic Re opens
in Munich
31/07/08
- SCOR acquires Prevoyance
Re in France
June
2008
02/06/08
- MetLife to sell 52% stake in RGA
03/06/08
- Gen Re opens life/health branch in India
05/06/08
- Economic slowdown is reinsurers' biggest fear
11/06/08
- Pacific LifeCorp to buy Scottish Re for $71.2m
12/06/08
- Public-private partnerships the way forward: Swiss Re
May
2008
13/05/08
- Insurance could free the people from fears on old age
14/05/08
- China quake losses to exceed $20bn
25/05/08
- Swiss Re near Asia disaster cover deal; Munich in $300m (£150m)
Japanese quake bond
28/05/08
- Swiss Re extols non-life reserving
