The quarterly magazine dedicated to those working in or providing services to the insurance run-off sector http://www.runoffandrestructuring.com/ http://www.runoffandrestructuring.com/news.php?id=705 http://www.runoffandrestructuring.com/news.php?id=705 <div><span class="bodytext"><img style="margin-right: 5px; float: left;" src="Files/Image/RobertHarrison.jpg" border="0" alt="robert harrison" width="80" height="117" />Robert Harrison (pictured, left) has joined law firm <a href="idirectory.php?id=126&amp;subcat=z" target="_blank">Carter Perry Bailey</a> as a consultant. He has over 25 years of experience, during which time he has been both a partner and a consultant with leading insurance practices. <br /><br />Harrison&rsquo;s work has involved national and international re/insurance coverage disputes and he has acted in high profile complex loss casualty claims, including oil and chemical losses and rail disasters, and well as profession... http://www.runoffandrestructuring.com/news.php?id=704 http://www.runoffandrestructuring.com/news.php?id=704 <div><span class="bodytext">Hamburger Internationale R&uuml;ckversicherung AG (HIR) has taken over parts of the cancelled assumed foreign reinsurance contracts in run-off of SV SparkassenVersicherung Holding AG (SVH). The portfolio was transferred in accordance with the provisions of &sect; 121 f VAG (German Insurance Supervisory Law) and with the successfully obtained approval of the Bundesanstalt f&uuml;r Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin &ndash; the German Insurance Supervisory Authority). <br /><br />Therefore, all rights and liabilities under this portfolio are passed over to HIR. The portfolio transferred contains foreign, mainly US related business, predominantly liability and mari...