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Unum deal is done.
The US merger of Unum with Provident has been completed. The new company, UnumProvident, will combin...
Appointment Colonia-Balticaat Insurance.
Penelope Iverson has been made managing director of Colonia-Baltica Insurance Company. Her appointme...
Lloyd's agency in buyout talks.
Lloyd's managing agency RGB, which was recently put up for sale by main shareholder Capital Re, is b...
Appointment at Haven Knox-Johnston.
Alick Hodgson has been appointed yacht underwriter by specialist pleasure craft insurer Haven Knox-J...
Bittersweet business.
Covering small businesses may mean slim margins. John Burke finds how insurers make ends meet.
Missed out?
A full set of conference papers is available to those who could not attend, at £150 plus VAT (£176.2...
Hung Fu fight ends.
Prudential has become the first foreign entrant to Taiwan's insurance market for more than 30 years ...
Credit hire hostility is not helping anyone.
I read with interest the continuing debate about the effects of Dimond v Lovell, and in particular M...
Net questions.
Brokers are to be quizzed about their use of the Internet. Maidstone-based insurer Link has sent a q...
Motoring facts.
The Association of British Insurers has produced a consumer leaflet explaining what the public needs...
Solicitors from City-based law firm Davies Arnold Cooper.
Solicitors from City-based law firm Davies Arnold Cooper have raised over £5000 for the charity Chil...
Turning Japanese.
Copenhagen Re has opened a new office in Tokyo to take advantage of deregulation in the market. The ...
Insurance world in focus.
Insurance industry delegates from over 50 countries are expected to attend this year's seminar of th...
Wider assistance.
Aon Risk Services has acquired Green Flag's emergency home assistance and property repair services f...
Intuitive marketing,
Woolwich Independent Financial Advisory Services has selected automation systems supplier Intuitive ...
New database is a live Wire.
A database of thousands of personal injury claims, settlements and awards could help insurers and la...
Special issue for August.
In a global exclusive, next month's Reinsurance will publish rankings of 1998's top 125 reinsurers. ...
Brokers opt for new identities.
New logos have just been unveiled by two of the market's top brokers. Last month Willis Corroon l...
Wise network launched.
The organisation being created by the merger of the three electronic networks for the insurance indu...
Facing up to a sea change.
Developments in the marine market have prompted the Salvage SAssociation to become more commercial.
Fixed premiums versus mutuality.
The P&I market is hotting up as fixed premium entrants put pressure on the mutual clubs that dominate the sector. Alex Beatty reports.
Ace syndicate merger plan blocked.
Names on John Charman's syndicate 488 have blocked the merger by Bermudian insurer Ace's Lloyd's sub...
Environmental insurer cleaned up by XL.
Bermudian giant XL Capital has continued along the acquisition trail with its purchase of ECS Inc, a...
A credit to the profession.
John Sanders finds credit (re)insurers bullish about the prospects for their market.