Articles by Insurance Post Staff
QBE appointment
QBE has appointed Chris Wallace as head of UK development to oversee the coordination and delivery o...
Held to account
Legal Focus: Corporate manslaughter
Bollington sets strategy for 50% wholesale growth
Commercial broker Bollington has revealed plans to grow its wholesale arm by 50%, in another strateg...
Oval eyes four more deals
Oval has set its sights on further growth after reporting a 16% increase in profit before tax to £4....
Plaques bill could trigger U-turn
Financial wrangling could stop the Scottish government overturning a House of Lords decision to halt...
Credit hire case sets fraud claim precedent
Farrell and Short v Birmingham City Council and Direct Accident Management Services Ltd (Birmingham County Court - 1 October 2008)
Piracy risk sees glut of policies launched for ship owners
The insurance industry has responded to the hijacking of Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star and the growin...
Information fishing expeditions ruled out
Gwelhayl Ltd v Midas Construction Ltd and Bailey Partnership (Queen's Bench Division - 16 September 2008)
Modernising the market
Review of the Year: London market
The price of safety
Legal Focus: Health and safety
Appointment at CMS Cameron McKenna
Rebecca Smith has been promoted to partner at law firm CMS Cameron McKenna's insurance and reinsuran...
Appointment at Qatar Financial Centre Authority
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has announced the appointment of the Board of Qatar Insurance S...
Appointment at Aon
Aon E Solutions has appointed Jan Karen as sales and marketing manager for Germany. Mr Karen is task...
Does size matter?
Legal Focus: Review of the Year
QBE hails taxi run
QBE has launched a taxi advertising campaign that will run for the month of December. Throughout thi...
Appointment at Clash-Media
Clash-Media has appointed a new non-executive director to the company's advisory board. Prior to joi...
Question of cover
A recall of Irish pork will cost pig farmers dearly, as none of the suppliers in the Republic and No...
Appointment at Open GI
Open GI has promoted Jason Wheelhouse to the role of national sales manager. Mr Wheelhouse was previ...
Credit where credit is due
Fabrice Desnos
Talking fairness in the future of PMI
Within Jane Bernstein's excellent article on the outlook for health insurance providers (Post, 4 Dec...
Appointment at Catlin Group
Catlin Group has strengthened its crisis management underwriting team with the addition of two produ...
Appointment at James Hampden
Derby-based corporate insurance brokers James Hampden has appointed two account executives, Joanne C...
EA hit by "but for" rule
The Environment Agency v Ellis (Court of Appeal - 17 October 2008)
No bailout needed claims Swiss Re
Insurers are unlikely to need a banking industry-style government bailout, despite an expected deter...