Articles by Insurance Post Staff
QBE replaces Allianz in Asda tie up
QBE Insurance (Europe) has signalled its intent to ramp up its personal lines business after replaci...
Helphire seals Shariah deal with Salaam Halal Insurance
Credit hire giant Helphire has secured a deal with Shariah-compliant insurance provider Salaam Halal...
Robust approach to limitation continues
White v Eon, Omega Red Group and Sentinel Lightning Protection and Earthing (Court of Appeal - 26 November 2008)
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Andrew Bowers to the personal accident team, reporting to Keith Thoro...
Appointment at Tysers
Tysers has hired Edward Page-Turner as a director of its marine division. Mr Page-Turner brings 27...
Marsh ups DeLima stake
Marsh & McLennan has purchased the remaining 49% stake in Colombian reinsurance broker Companias DeL...
Bluefin opens offices and confirms deal talk
Bluefin has opened new offices in Dundee and Yeovil, but will consolidate other offices where necess...
Top ten Post stories
The top 10 stories in postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1. Mitsui UK seeks new CEO as Guest...
Appointment at Canopius Managing Agents
Canopius Managing Agents has recruited Tim Carroll as underwriting director. In his new role, Mr C...
DMS relocates
Dispute Mediation Services has relocated its head office to larger premises in Harrogate. The disput...
Rasche awards double
David Rasche, executive chairman of insurance IT provider SSP, has been named chairman of the year a...
Apil calls on Straw to address compensation
The president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is set to call on the Secretary of State...
NIG in online broker deal
Welsh intermediary Caleb Roberts Insurance Services has become one of the first regional brokers to ...
Credit crunch is becoming political, says Aon
The global credit crisis is shifting from being an economic problem to a political one, according to...
Price peaks remain remote
News analysis: Aggregators
The great call of China
Overseas Focus: China
A common sense court ruling on vicarious liability
Biffa Waste Services and Biffa Leicester v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GMBH, Outokumpu Technology Wenmec AB and others (Court of Appeal - 12 November 2008)
PPI sales ban: ABI hits out
The Association of British Insurers has slammed the Competition Commission for banning point-of-sale...
Post pick of the week
Post reporter Louise Meeson rounds up the top stories from the general insurance sector. This week: Lockton International has been awarded more than £250 000 in damages and costs after rival Bristol-based broker Ntegrity Insurance Solutions unlawfully…
HSBC manager joins Barbon
Barbon Insurance Group has a full senior management team in place following the appointment of Kate Coulson as compliance director.
Mapfre FY profits up 23%
Mapfre, the Spanish (re)insurer, gave a boost to investors when it said that full year profits rose over 23% to €900.7m.
Insurers back Lockton risk management tools
Cyber insurance underwriters Ace, Hiscox and Brit are backing a set of risk management services launched by Lockton aimed at helping companies build response plans to deal with data breaches before they occur.
AIG should rebuild rather than sell assets - Greenberg
AIG should try and rebuild itself rather than sell off its assets, said former CEO and architect Hank Greenberg in an interview with CNBC .
FSA strips trading permission from Warwick Finance
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has withdrawn the permission of Leicestershire based insurance and mortgage broker Aaron Nickols, trading as Warwick Finance, to prevent it from conducting any regulated activities.