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ForestRe appoints Business Development Director
16.06.2008
It is with great pleasure that ForestRe announce the arrival of Gordon Steward into our team.
Gordon joins us most recently from Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality, where he was Head of Broker Relations, Market Management and Communications.
His responsibilities at ForestRe shall include the further development and penetration of the Group’s products into the global forestry, forest finance and investment sectors.
Prior to Gordon’s position at Allianz he was the Development Manager at QBE European Operations.
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ForestRe's Chairman Advises Chinese Premier
16.04.2008
John Forgach, ForestRe’s chairman, as a member of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), advises on environmental and forestry issues the Chinese Government.
Mr Forgach is a member of the CCICED for the 4th phase of the Council. The Council started in 1992 and has completed 3 five year phases. The 4th phase which was launched in November 2007 will last until 2013. Each phase is coordinated with each new elected government every 5 years. The current one, led by Premier Wen Jia Bao, is asking the China Council to look at the policy recommendations it can produce with an emphasis on China`s impact on the Planet, and contrary to the previous phases which looked at the impact of China`s development on its internal development.
For more information, please visit: www.cciced.org.ch
The Mandarin version of the Company’s description is now available and can be download from this Website.
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Lloyd's Insurers back ForestRe
12.02.2008
"Four Lloyd's syndicates are to provide insurance capacity for ForestRe, a company formed to underwrite forestry plantations. The company - which is aimed at the growing volumes of institutional investment moving into forestry - will focus on conventional timber revenues", reports Environmental Finance, a monthly magazine reporting on the impact on the environmental of the lending, insurance and investment industry. The article points out the support of ForestRe by four leading Lloyds of London Syndicates: "The Syndicates backing ForestRe - majority owned by UK IBIS Asset Management - are led by Ascot, supported by Chaucer, Hiscox, and Talbot". The full article can be read on the February edition of Enviromental Finance.