Insurer
Validus secures deal to purchase IPC
Companies hope amalgamation will build leading short-tail Bermudian carrier.
AIG talking to Metlife about Alico sale
AIG and US insurance giant Metlife have returned to the negotiations table about buying AIG's Alico unit, the Financial Times has reported
FSA to demand firms publish complaints data
Regulator will request general insurers publish information twice a year.
The British Insurance Awards 2009
Over 1800 movers and shakers from across the insurance industry celebrated the British Insurance Awards 2009 at the Albert Hall last night
Widows decides to demutualise
July 1999: Scottish Widows accepted a £7bn offer from Lloyds TSB
Rock solid
Gibraltar has transformed its image to a well-regulated, international financial services centre but now finds itself under fire from the G20 to adhere to new compliance criteria. Sarah Hills reports.
Our mutual friend
London Authorities Mutual has been forced to stop writing new business following a recent Court of Appeal defeat, which has effectively barred local authorities from banding together to form an insurance company. Louise Meeson looks at the decision's…
An American graduate in London
AIG executive director of UK commercial lines Kelly Lyles tells Jonathan Swift about how the insurer is now focused on the future and dispels a few myths about the past.
Computer virus costs council £1.5m
Bugbear: £45 000 was lost on bus lane fines alone after the virus attack
Zurich aims for the top tier with direct push
Hongler: continental ambitiouns.
Snowball in Aussie move
Snowball moves to new job in Australia
IAG tipped to use HSBC to launch non-Lloyd's platform
Utley: history with Lexicon
Malta-based underwriter plans to enter UK in 2010
Matthews: examining UK distribution strategy
Pick of the week: Setanta targets UK; IAG tipped to buy HSBC Insurance; CILA talks break down
Post reporter Leigh Jackson looks at the major stories from the general insurance market: Setanta Insurance targets UK; IAG tipped to buy HSBC Insurance (UK); CILA talks break down; Merlin staff to wait on annual bonuses; and London broker fined by FSA.