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RSA puts specialty into three divisions
RSA has reorganised its speciality businesses around the world into three key divisions to join up brokers and customers seeking global expertise and capacity.
Insurer |
21 May 2012 
Glad to be a loss adjuster: Interview with Crawford CEO Greg Gladwell
To give Crawford & Company an advantage over its competition, chief executive Greg Gladwell is harking back to the glory days of loss adjusting, playing up its heritage and his own insurer pedigree
Insurer |
10 Apr 2012
In Series: Emerging Markets - MENA means business
Despite growing competition in the Middle East and North Africa from local providers, there are still opportunities for foreign insurers in the market
Insurer |
06 Mar 2012
Market moves: MGAs making the moves
This week the recruitment space belonged to managing general agents.
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14 Feb 2012
Lone ranger Northcourt to provide capacity for growing nuclear risk
A coverholder which claims to be the first conventional insurer to bring capacity to the market that is not a mutual or part of a pool is to take advantage of growing demand from the eastern bloc.
Insurer |
27 Jan 2012
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Marsh in energy and construction move
Marsh has named Frenchman Vincent Marrot as global leader, energy engineering and leader of construction engineering in its international division.
Broker |
12 Jan 2012
Penny Black’s insurance week
Penny couldn’t help but feel sorry for Eddie Edwards, construction underwriter at Chubb Managing Agent, who has been on the personal end of a metal theft claim.
Insurer |
12 Jan 2012
Pipe and cable survey data to cut claims
Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has partnered with LTU to help its UK construction and utility clients avoid claims from damaging underground cables and pipes when digging.
Claims |
05 Jan 2012
Buckley Scott boss defuses sale talk with new hires
The chief executive of liability loss adjuster Buckley Scott has rebutted claims the firm is up for sale by announcing five new appointments.
Claims |
29 Nov 2011
Perkins Slade rings the changes
Despite a relatively quiet quarter for broker recruitment, Perkins Slade named three new directors this week. The intermediary was not the only firm making changes, with Jelf and Willis also naming new starters. Among insurers I was a bust seven days...
Broker |
22 Nov 2011
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Market moves: All change at Zurich and Willis
Following a slow period, large insurers made a number of key appointments this week, including major moves at Zurich, Allianz and RSA.
Insurer |
25 Oct 2011
Agriculture: Reaping the rewards
With a rise in the theft of agricultural plant equipment, the industry and police are striking back with new initiatives.
Insurer |
04 Oct 2011
Event insurance: Dancing in the street
Next year could be huge for the events industry, with the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics taking place. With a host of celebrations occurring, can the events insurance sector capitalise?
Insurer |
04 Oct 2011
Argo Group opens office in Dubai
Argo Group bosses have heralded the launch of a Dubai insurance operation as a ”key component” of the company’s global expansion strategy.
Insurer |
26 Sep 2011
Market moves: All change at the trade bodies
With insurer moves slower than last week, this week has seen a number of changes among the trade bodies, with the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, the |British Insurance Brokers’ Association and Federation of European Risk Management Associations...
Broker |
20 Sep 2011
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Interview: JLT's Dominic Burke - a thoroughbred performer
Horseracing-mad Dominic Burke has huge ambitions for JLT, with a firm focus on international expansion, and he scotches...
View from the top
View from the top: Airline insurance - the risk remains
Despite 2012 losses being only 12% of the annual average to date, a single incident could flip the market, says David...
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2012 insurance industry report: The inside track to achieving a more sustainable business
To achieve a sustainable profit, personal lines insurers need to transform their retention rates, using modern communications techniques to engage with customers and understand their individual needs. This white paper is based on a specially commissioned study involving 42 senior managers at UK and Irish insurers.
Work equipment risks in the UK
The complex patchwork of legislation and guidance governing work equipment risks in the UK is an administrative monster that many businesses struggle to wrestle with successfully. It takes significant levels of technical expertise and resources to understand and effectively navigate the maze of legal requirements, and this problem grows increasingly unwieldy for smaller organisations with limited manpower and finances.
Workplace Stress: Under pressure
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22 May 2012
Market moves: Brokers a hive of recruitment activity
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22 May 2012
Combined profit of 'going concern' Provident and sister MMA reaches £4.5m
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23 May 2012
World Cup and Olympic fever fuels Brazil's general insurance growth
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23 May 2012
Household to become 'new motor' as insurers warn of price hikes to come
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22 May 2012
Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...