Reinsurance

W. R. Berkley Corp. says it is forming Berkley Re U.K. Ltd. to be based in London.

American International Group’s future success without government support will depend on a number of factors that are hard to forecast right now.

Aspen becomes latest reinsurer to receive approval under Florida's reduced collateral rules.

Catastrophe risk modeler EQECAT has dramatically changed its estimate of insured losses from the Tohoku, Japan earthquake to between $22 billion and $39 billion.

Natural catastrophes took a toll on Munich Re’s first-quarter earnings as the company reports a net loss of $1.36 billion, compared to net income of $695 million for the same period last year.

Using his firm's scoring method to gauge insurers' financial strength, ALIRT Principal David Paul notes that specialty-insurer composite scores are less volatile than composites for the entire commercial-insurance industry over the long term.