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Boeing, Swissair to pay damages.
Boeing and the Swissair group are jointly to pay the compensatory damages resulting from the crash o...
Danes open in Tokyo.
Copenhagen Re has opened an office in Tokyo. It is run by John Deane, formerly of Liberty Re and Mer...
Carefree not an option.
An ageing global population raises urgent questions about long-term care. Janina Clark hears the UK debate.
Blanch income up.
US (re)insurance broker E.W. Blanch produced a year-on-year 41% increase in net income to $7.9m in t...
Euro cash for Chiyoda.
Chiyoda Fire & Marine Insurance of Japan has invested £15m ($24m) in its European subsidiary, which ...
ABI tough on genetic tests.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has told its members that they will in future be allowed o...
A tale of two markets.
Lloyd's and the London company market are not paving the way for a merger, argues David Clarke. Co-operation between them simply ensures continued competition.
Creditors vote on Charter Re payment plan.
The long saga of the run-off of Charter Re is moving towards its final stage with creditors expected...
LaSalle fights back.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re produced an underwriting profit in the second three month...
Jumbo headaches.
The launch of Concorde and the first jumbo jets, with their huge hull values and unproven cutting-edge technology, posed a whole new set of problems for insurers, says Eric Alexander.
JLT reshuffle prompts profit rise prediction.
UK broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) is promising years of increasing profits from its reorganisat...
Goshawk reaches new heights.
Goshawk looks set to become the first publicly traded Lloyd's integrated vehicle to have acquired th...
PXRE off to Bermuda to cut tax bill.
New Jersey reinsurer PXRE plans to relocate to Bermuda to take advantage of the island's friendly bu...
New republics push for approval.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are trying hard to turn themselves into modern nations worthy of acceptance internationally - and by reinsurers, says Adrian Leonard.
Vietnamese firm beats crisis.
Vietnam National Re (Vinare) rode out the Asian economic turmoil and a decline in Vietnam's economic...
S&P bell tolls for Lloyd's syndicates.
Rating agency Standard & Poor's has listed the top trading syndicates at Lloyd's. According to th...
Insurers blasted for keeping mum.
Life offices have been accused of refusing to tell customers they might get a better deal elsewhere....
Exclusive - Eurobase promises to shake-up underwriting.
A new product is set to help underwriters track claims and keep tabs on their reinsurers' payments, ...
Moral' broker hit with £20,000 fine.
Broker Bland Bankart raged about a "general decline in morality" in the same week that it was fined ...
Taylor to give ALARM a shot in the arm.
Liz Taylor, newly-appointed chief executive of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers, pla...
Three-into-one policy on Web.
A managing agency claims to have developed the first office-combined-with commercial insurance polic...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black was fortunate to be invited along to enjoy the sumptuous hospitality of Independent Insu...
Stakeholder slows sales.
Uncertainty over stakeholder has slowed regular premium pensions sales, according to the Association...
Shark attacks.
The uninsured loss recovery sector believes unregulated claims assessors are preying on an unwary public and taking a big bite out of any damages won. Jonathan Swift reports.