BI directory of international property/casualty insurers

AIU
70 Pine St.,
New York, N.Y. 10270 ;
212-770-7000; fax: 212-770-6786
www.aig.com
1999 1998
Total premiums $8,202,000,000 $7,367,000,000
Int'l premiums $8,202,000,000 $7,367,000,000
Claims 170 170
Underwriting 270 276
Employees 10,940 11,007
U.S. 999 1,035
Non-U.S. 9,941 9,972
Countries 79 76
Owned foreign offices 74 73
Combined ratio 94.2% 88.6%
Fiscal year ends 11/30/99 and 11/30/98.
Founded: 1919.
Parent: American International Group Inc.
Services: captive services, loss services for all major lines, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for all major lines.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Antigua, Barbados, Bolivia, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Egypt, Estonia, Grenada, Haiti, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Peru, Qatar, Republic of Marshall Islands, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, United States and Vietnam.
Officers: Robert Sandler, chairman; Martin Sullivan, president; Hamilton Da Silva, executive vp.
U.S. contact: Edward Cloonan, vp-external affairs; 212-770-6114.
Allianz AG Holdings
Koniginstrasse 28,
Munich, 80802 Germany;
49-89-3800-0; fax: 49-89-3800-6631
www.allianz.com
1999 1998
Total premiums* $37,665,100,000 $35,754,000,000
Int'l premiums* $26,354,900,000 $23,423,000,000
U.S. 20.6% 19%
Non-U.S. 79.4% 81%
Claims 95 93
Underwriting 95 93
Employees 71,661 67,233
U.S. 11,021 10,233
Non-U.S. 60,640 57,000
Countries 76 75
Owned foreign offices 46 45
Combined ratio 104.5% 100.8%
*Converted at applicable exchange rates.
Founded: 1973.
Specialties: aviation, bonds, commercial lines, corporate clients business, credit insurance, employee benefits, health, infrastructure projects, life, marine, personal lines, property/casualty, transport.
Services: captive services, loss services for all lines, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for aviation, marine, property/casualty, transport.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gabon, Greece, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan and Zaire.
Officers: Henning Schulte-Noelle, chairman; Paul Achleitner, CFO; Detlev Bremkamp, Europe, Near East, Africa, reinsurance; Reiner Hagemann, property/casualty insurance, Germany, personnel director; Herbert Hansmeyer, North and South America; Gerhard Ruppercht, life and health insurance, Germany; Michael Diekmann, Asia-Pacific; Helmut Periet, controlling, accounting and tax.
U.S. contact: Noreen Cruz, vp-large accounts center; ncruz@aic-allianz.com.
CGNU P.L.C.*
St. Helen's, 1 Undershaft,
London, EC3P 3DQ England;
44-0-7283-2000; fax: 44-0-7662-1412
www.cgnu-group.com
1999 1998
Total premiums ** $18,131,605,000 NA
Int'l premiums **$10,269,785,000 NA
U.S. 45% NA
Non-U.S. 55% NA
Employees 12,170 NA
U.S. 7,470 NA
Non-U.S. 4,700 NA
Combined ratio 109% NA
**Converted at applicable exchange rates.
Founded: 2000.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Main operations in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Officers: Bob Scott, group chief executive; Richard Harvey, deputy group chief executive.
*Formed following the merger of CGU P.L.C. and Norwich Union P.L.C., May 2000.
CNA Global
CNA Plaza, 333 S. Wabash,
Chicago, Ill. 60685;
312-822-2054; fax: 312-755-5135
www.cna.com
1999 1998
Total premiums $310,000,000 $204,000,000
Int'l premiums $263,000,000 $177,000,000
U.S. 15% NA
Non-U.S. 85% NA
Claims 10 10
Underwriting 16 11
Employees 555 478
U.S. 112 112
Non-U.S. 443 366
Countries 50 50
Owned foreign offices 10 9
Founded: 1964.
Parent: CNA Financial Corp.
Specialties: accident, D&O, fidelity, health, kidnap, light manufacturing, marine, professional liability, property/casualty, surety, travel, warranty, workers compensation.
Services: captive services, loss services for marine, property/casualty, specialty, workers compensation, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Venezuela.
Officers: Bernard Hengesbaugh, chairman/CEO-CNA Financial Corp.; Robert V. Deutsch, CFO; Jonathan D. Kantor, senior vp/general counsel.
U.S. contact: Tanja Maffei, strategic project manager-marketing; 312-822-2054.
The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.
15 Mountain View Road,
Warren, N.J. 07059;
908-903-2000; fax: 908-903-3134
www.chubb.com
1999 1998
Total premiums* $5,701,100,000 $5,503,500,000
Int'l premiums* $993,800,000 $902,500,000
U.S. 17% 15%
Non-U.S. 83% 85%
Claims 40 40
Underwriting 61 61
U.S. 160 160
Non-U.S. 220 2,010
Countries 32 32
Owned foreign offices 31 30
*Net premiums.
Founded: 1960.
Parent: The Chubb Corp.
Specialties: boiler and machinery, D&O, energy, excess property liability, exporters, financial institutions, general liability, inland and ocean marine, political risk, property, technology, travel accident.
Services: captive services, loss services, retrospectively rated programs.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: American Samoa, Angola, Antigua, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Greece, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vietnam, West Indies, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Officers: Dean R. O'Hare, chairman; John J. Degnan, president; Thomas F. Motamed, executive vp/COO.
U.S. contact: Mark Schussel, public relations manager; mschussel@chubb.com.
FM Global
P.O. Box 7500,
Johnston, R.I. 02919;
401-275-3000; fax: 401-464-9031
www.fmglobal.com
1999 1998
Total premiums $1,295,000,000 $1,389,000,000
Int'l premiums $313,705,000 $354,000,000
U.S. 50.3% 45%
Non-U.S. 49.7% 55%
Claims 6 6
Underwriting 6 2
Employees 777 603
U.S. 4 3
Non-U.S. 773 600
Countries 65 65
Owned foreign offices 8 8
Combined ratio 153% 135.6%
Founded: 1963.
Parent: Factory Mutual Insurance Co.
Specialties: commercial, industrial and institutional property.
Services: captive services, loss services for commercial, industrial and institutional property, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for commercial, industrial and institutional property.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.
Officers: Kenneth Davey, senior vp-Europe; Peter Bollmann, vp-Germany operations; Frederic Grand, vp-France operations; Stefano Tranquillo, vp-United Kingdom operations; Dennis Hedden, vp-Asia/Pacific operations.
U.S. contact: Michael R. Turner, vp.
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
Piazza Duca Delgi Abruzzi 2,
Trieste, Italy;
39-040-671111; fax: 39-040-671600
www.generali.com
1999 1998
Total premiums* $16,404,710,400 $15,491,352,000
Int'l premiums* $13,380,673,800 $12,656,199,000
*Converted at applicable exchange rates.
Founded: 1831.
Specialties: all classes, for mass and large risks, including auto, aviation and space.
Services: captive services, loss services for industrial and technological property risks, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for multinational accounts, industrial and technological property risks.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Philippines Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Finland, Russia and the United States.
Officers: Alfonso Desiata, president; Gianfranco Gutty, vp/managing director; Fabio Cerchiai, managing director.
U.S. contact: Chris Carnicelli, senior vp/general counsel-U.S. branch; 212-602-7600; chris_carnicelli @generaliusa.com.
Royal & SunAlliance Group P.L.C.
30 Berkley Square,
London, WIX SHA England;
44-207-636-3450; fax: 44-207-636-3451
www.royalsun.com
1999 1998
Total premiums* $13,339,900,000 $13,409,904,000
Int'l premiums* $7,429,000,000 $6,797,800,000
U.S. 28% 26%
Non-U.S. 72% 74%
Employees 20,000 19,000
U.S. 4,000 4,000
Non-U.S. 16,000 15,000
Countries 130** 130**
Owned foreign offices 50** 50**
*Converted at applicable exchange rates.
**Estimated.
Founded: 1710.
Services: captive services, loss services, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Channel Islands, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Isle of Man, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Caracas, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macau, Malawi, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, St. Helena, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands and Zimbabwe.
Officers: Bob Mendelsohn, group chief executive; Paul Spencer, chief executive-United Kingdom; Julian Hance, group finance director; Arthur Hayes, group director-investment and financial services; Bob Gunn, group director-Americas.
U.S. contact: Larry Gowan, treasurer; 704-522-2632.
The St. Paul Group
385 Washington St.,
St. Paul, Minn. 55102-1396;
651-310-7911; fax: 651-310-7318
www.stpaul.com
1999 1998
Total premiums $5,100,000,000 $4,900,000,000*
Int'l premiums $980,000,000 $704,000,000*
U.S. 25% 25%
Non-U.S. 75% 75%
Claims 99 98
Underwriting 99 98
Employees 1,470 1,030
U.S. 25 25
Non-U.S. 1,445 1,005
Countries 74 74
Owned foreign offices 12 11
Combined ratio 118% 117%
Founded: 1988.
Parent: The St. Paul Cos. Inc.
Specialties: construction, financial and professional services, medical services, ocean marine and surety, public sector, technology.
Services: captive services, loss services for all industry-specific niche insurance products, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for all lines.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Leeward Islands, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua-New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Venezuela.
Officers: Douglas W. Leatherdale, chairman/CEO-The St. Paul Cos. Inc.; Paul J. Liska, executive vp/CFO-The St. Paul Cos. Inc.; Mark L. Pabst, president/COO-international underwriting.
U.S. contact: Joan Palm, director-corporate communications; 651-310-2685; joan.palm@stpaul.com.
*All financial numbers have been restated to reflect St. Paul's sale of standard personal insurance.
Winterthur International
Gruzefeldstrasse 41,
Winterthur, CH-8401 Switzerland;
41-52-261-1111; fax: 41-52-261-4680
www.winterthur-int.com
1999 1998
Total premiums* $1,108,850,000 $1,079,160,000
Int'l premiums* $938,054,000 $889,755,000
U.S. 24% 23%
Non-U.S. 76% 77%
Claims 27 27
Underwriting 47 51
Countries 27 27
Owned foreign offices 27 27
Combined ratio 109% 109.7%
*Converted at applicable exchange rates
Founded: 1983.
Parent: Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co.
Specialties: alternative risk transfer, employee benefits including accident and health, engineering, motor, marine.
Services: captive services, loss services for all lines, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for all lines.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
Officers: Willi Suter, CEO; Thomas Popp, CFO; Armin Eisendle, chief information technology officer.
U.S. contact: George R. Keller, president/CEO-Winterthur International America; geroge.keller@winterthur.com.
Zurich Financial Services Group
Mythenquai 2, P.O. Box 8022,
Zurich, CH 8022 Switzerland;
41-1-205-2121; fax: 41-1-205-2641
www.zurich.com
1999 1998
Total premiums $29,216,000,000 $29,265,000,000
Int'l premiums $24,707,000,000 $24,415,000,000
Offices
Claims 124 120
Underwriting 76 78
Employees 701 690
U.S. 86 90
Non-U.S. 615 600
Countries 76 78
Owned foreign offices 60 60
Founded: 1872.
Specialties: boiler and machinery, chemical/pharmaceutical, construction, D&O, employment practices liability, energy, extended service contracts, financial institutions, global risks, health care, hi-tech, hospitality, large construction projects manufacturing, professional liability, ocean marine, property.
Services: captive services, loss services for environment, liability, marine, property, retrospectively rated programs, statistics in support of international programs for auto, enterprise risk evaluations, marine, multi-line deals, property/casualty.
Licensed or accepted insurer in: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
Affiliates/fronting arrangements in: Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay. Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, St. Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
U.S. contact: Thomas Hite, executive vp-marketing; 847-605-6156; thomas.hite@zurichus.com.