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TIFCO to cut rates in mid-March.
Premium finance provider TIFCO said this week it plans to reduce its rates in the next fortnight. ...
Lloyd's Y2K checks.
Lloyd's has updated its desktop technology in readiness for the millennium. All corporation membe...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
Peter Chart has joined McLarens Toplis as a full board director. Mr Chart, who was previously with a...
Profits on the up - Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group.
Broker, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, reported a 1998 turnover of £232m, up 3% on 1997. Its operatin...
WIDs enlisted to help fight fraud.
Pressure from industry for action over car insurance fraud mounted this week following a call by mag...
Commentary - Propping up the Bar.
In recent months, newspapers have been full of articles about 'fat cat lawyers' and 'fat cat barrist...
Explosion in fire costs could force up premiums.
Insurers have warned that premiums could rise following a fire damage report claiming the cost to th...
Profits on the up - The Prudential Corporation.
The Prudential Corporation saw operating profit from continuing operations up 3% to £860m. Its total...
French sued.
A group of French insurers and bankers headed by Credit Lyonnais has been sued by California regulat...
Jenkins heads up IUA marine team.
Former Institute of London Underwriters chairman Nigel Jenkins is to chair the International Underwr...
A new class of risk.
Digital risk needs to be acknowledged as part of everyday business life to limit potential claims, argue Catrin Turner and Graham Brown.
Making the most of IT.
The reinsurance industry is - at last - on the verge of a new electronic age, but Tony Illinesi asks whether companies will be ready.
Ace has purchased $1.25bn of reinsurance.
Bermudian insurance group Ace has purchased $1.25bn of reinsurance from Berkshire Hathaway's Nationa...
Allen joins US Re.
Robert Allen has joined US Re as assistant vice president. He will specialise in products for malpra...
Millennium monitoring.
Larissa Knepper outlines the rating agency approach to insurers' Y2K exposures.
Dual-trigger policy from Tempest Re.
Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer Tempest Re has sold what it claims is the first reinsurance contract...
First Lloyd's in Miami.
Bankside Services (Americas), the first underwriting service company to be set up by a Lloyd's agenc...
Aon pushes share income higher.
Aon Corporation, the holding company that includes the world's second largest insurance broking oper...
IT networks' plans imminent.
The future of the three leading electronic insurance networks is expected to be revealed in the next...
Greenberg promoted.
Jeffrey Greenberg (above) has been elected president and chief executive officer of broker Marsh & M...
Lloyd's to Norway.
Lloyd's has been authorised to transact most classes of non-life business in Norway following the re...
Making waves on the Internet.
Mark Birrell explains how Lloyd's underwriters set their sights on a virtual cargo market.
Sowing seeds of discontent.
Jeremy Rifkin introduces this month's Lunch Forum debate on the liability issues surrounding GM crops.