Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny had an encounter of the star-struck kind while out for drinks at the uber-posh Soho Hotel with...
Appointment at Private Health Partnership
The Private Health Partnership has established a Southern base in Hove, West Sussex. As part of this...
Rok opens in Mansfield
Property repair and maintenance specialist Rok has opened a new insurance claims centre in Mansfield...
Zurich: "Media has vital role"
The media has a vital role to play in the fight against fraud, according to Zurich claims fraud inve...
New RSA package
RSA has launched a regional contractors insurance package in response to feedback from 100 interview...
Climate Wise urges focus
Climate Wise chairman Andrew Torrance addressed delegates at a United Nations climate change confere...
Hiscox US expansion
Hiscox is shedding a small specialist insurance and reinsurance team in Bermuda, but plans to expand...
Pexton resigns
The board of Heritage Managing Agency, a member of Bermuda-based Argo Group has announced that its c...
HSE still needs promotion despite fall
Health and safety, asbestos claims, the rise in property fraud and the role of the media were all on the agenda in the last Claims Club meeting of 2008. Louise Meeson reports
Call for insurers to help promote best practice
The Health and Safety Executive has called on insurers to help promote best practice ahead of launch...
Appointment at Acumus
Insurance broker Acumus has appointed Claire Johnson as head of operations and Kate Sutton as accoun...
Year of adjustment
Review of the Year: Loss adjusting
Appointment at Ansvar
Ansvar has appointed Marcus Booth as its new underwriting manager. Mr Booth joined Royal and Sun All...
Liberty plans product recall for London market
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe will underwrite product recall insurance from the first quarter of 2...
Omega plans fundraising
Omega Insurance Holdings plans to raise £130m to capitalise on improvements in market conditions. Th...
Chubb enhances lines
Chubb Insurance has enhanced its various mid- and high-net worth product lines, with the changes set...
FSA to back Biba offer
The Financial Services Authority is not expected to back mandatory disclosure of commission disclosu...
Crawford MD Moss leaves to join Teceris
Former managing director of customer relationship management at Crawford and Company, George Moss, h...
Giles buys Arnott in NE expansion
Giles has expanded in the North east by acquiring Arnott Commercial Insurance Services and Arnott Ma...
Asbestos claims spike will be delayed
Nick Pargeter, partner at Berrymans Lace Mawer, gave insurers the lowdown on current theories explai...
Insurers to expect immense cost pressures - HSBC
Insurers will experience immense cost pressures, say experts at HSBC, driving more fierce competition.
RIMS supports NAIC proposal
The Risk and Insurance Management Society said that it was "encouraged" that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved the Reinsurance Regulatory Modernization Framework Proposal at its recent Winter National meeting.
AM Best expects Ironshore's mixture of business to shift
Ratings agency AM Bset has said that it expects the hiring of Kevin Kelley as the new chief executive officer and Shaun Kelly as the new chief executive of Ironshore's US operations to have "some change to Ironshore's mix of business" in the future.
FSA hands out PPI fine
The Financial Services Authority has fined Egg Banking £721 000 for serious failings in its sales of credit card payment protection insurance, the organisation announced today.