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First past the post-natal.
Grip has broadened its range of non-discriminatory insurance products with Equality, the first polic...
Caravan theft warning.
Norwich Union has warned caravan enthusiasts to protect their vehicles from cunning thiefs during th...
Board reshuffle at RSA.
The Board of Royal & Sun Alliance has announced sweeping changes to its management structure due to ...
Record set for liability cover.
UK buildings material giant Hanson has bought the largest ever tranche of environmental liability co...
IUA merger stalls on future of Leadenhall HQ.
The proposed merger of the London company market's two trade bodies continues to be delayed by wrang...
Linking layers of protection.
John Butler reviews the development of the 'risks covering' aggregate extension clause.
Broker market firms under threat in US.
US broker market reinsurers have become the latest acquisition targets, with Constitution Re and Kem...
All open and above-board.
Robert Hiscox responds to Robert Miller's criticisms last month of the actions of Lloyd's agents in advising Names to sell their capacity.
Appointment at Lloyd's.
Judith Hanratty, company secretary of energy giant BP, has joined the Council of Lloyd's as a nomina...
US takes Venton from Bermuda.
US reinsurer Underwriters Re has bought Lloyd's managing agency Venton Underwriting Agencies and its...
Appointment at Aon.
Denise Boutross McGlone has been appointed principal of Aon Financial Products, a unit of Aon Capita...
Shipping losses improve again.
Merchant shipping losses continued to fall in the second quarter of this year, according to the late...
Brown in Australia.
Lloyd's syndicate R.E. Brown has received approval from Lloyd's to open an office in Melbourne, Aust...
Chartwell specialises.
US reinsurer Chartwell Re increased second quarter operating income to $7.4m in 1998, up from $6.7m ...
Lirma Y2K index.
A prototype version of the London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association's index...
Likely victims of EMU.
A survey by advisory company KPMG has shown that insurance, telecommunications and transport are the...
NCCI retention up.
Saudi Arabia's state insurance company, the National Company for Co-operative Insurance (NCCI), incr...
Appointment at Ace.
Robert Patten has been appointed vice-president, excess liability at Ace Insurance. Mr Patten joined...
Swiss Re reaches No. 1 in US.
Swiss Re, the world's largest life and health reinsurance company, is to become the biggest life and...
Appointment at Chaucer.
Chris Wood has joined Lloyd's managing agent Chaucer Syndicates as aviation underwriter on syndicate...
The joys of being single.
It is easy to think that the outlook for a genuine single market is bleak but, argues Jenny Frost, progress has been made.
Appointment at AHJ.
Barry Johnson and Michael Davis are to join the Alwen Hough Johnson Group (AHJ) to develop its accid...
Chubb Re aims to take on the world.
US insurance giant Chubb is to enter the global reinsurance market with the creation of a new subsid...
Under the FSA umbrella.
Rosemary Sutherland assesses the likely effects of the UK Financial Services and Markets Bill on (re)insurers and insolvency procedures.