Atradius.

PETER SCHMIDT Peter Schmidt may refer to:

Peter Schmidt (artist), a British artist and teacher
Pyotr Schmidt, a Russian revolutionary, circa 1905
Peter Schmidt (swimmer), a former Canadian swimmer and world record holder

, a current managing director with SWISS RE Swiss Re is the world’s largest reinsurer, now that it has acquired GE Insurance Solutions (Ligi 2006). Founded in 1863, Swiss Re now operates in more than 30 countries. General Electric owns 8.9% of the firm. , has taken a post with the Amsterdam-based credit insurer ATRADIUS, where he will serve as the chief market officer for European operations, according to according to
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Working out of Atradius' headquarters, Schmidt will be responsible for the company's credit insurance business in all its European markets, except Spain and Portugal. Also to fall under Schmidt's authority are Atradius' bonding, installment credit protection and Dutch state business units, as well as the company's reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. office.

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Title Annotation:	Reinsurance/Capital Markets
Publication:	Best's Review
Article Type:	Brief article
Date:	Sep 1, 2008
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