
Fitch Ratings says that all the European insurers it measures could withstand the shock of Greece defaulting on government debt after it carried out a "stress test" based on this scenario. Accordingly, it has not changed any of their ratings.
After less than two years in business, Amlin has closed its US platform. The (re)insurer was the first Lloyd's agency to establish a representative office in Illinois and specialised in property, casualty, auto and marine cargo business,
Chartis broked the $30m hull cover for the Aires Boeing 737-700 that split in two landing in Columbia on 16th August. There were 121 people passengers and six crew on board but only two fatalities originally reported.

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