Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Omega takes itself off the market
Omega has terminated takeover talks with various suitors. Earlier this month, the Lloyd's insurer sa...
Gen Re announces new president
General Re has made John Cholnoky its president following the sudden resignation of CEO Joe Brandon ...
Bipar approves 'high level principles' to escape further regulation
Intermediaries may have been handed a reprieve on further regulation from European Commission when p...
Coach-class survivors
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London catches up
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Contingency - Let's call the whole thing off
Marcus Alcock finds the contingency market no exception to the overall soft market rule but in good spirit nonetheless
Prices in South East Asia fall up to 20% says Guy Carpenter
Reinsurance prices in South East Asia are declining by as much as 20%, according to a report from Gu...
London Technologists’ forum
London Market
What a cracking investment
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Brazil opens arms to foreign insurers after board meeting
The Brazilian market is now open for business, as government officials overcame an application delug...
No room at the US specialty inn?
Tim Evershed analyses the increasingly crowded US specialty market and wonders if there are any niches left for non-US invaders to fill, or will the new players all cut each others throats?
Recruitment moves
General Re has made John Cholnoky its president, following the sudden resignation of CEO Joe Brandon...
Labuan grows business by 40.3%
Malaysia's offshore hub, the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC) has grown its...
The truth and nothing but the truth
In the first of a new regular column Hugh Price and Roger Flaxman seek to identify legal and practical problems that can cause difficulties for brokers
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Insurance's claims division has appointed Janet Brady to operations manager. Ms Brady has cu...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey UK has appointed John Chaloner as mechanical engineer within the company's specia...
Chartwell Group launches healthcare
Chartwell Group, the Independent Financial Advisor and broker firm, has launched of Chartwell Healthcare.
ABI calls for action on surface water floods
The Association of British Insurers has called for action to reduce the growing problem of surface water flooding.
AIG UK recruits for its Private Client Group
AIG UK has appointed Charl Bouwer to its Private Client Group as development underwriter.
Post Pick of the Week
Post online and supplements editor Stephanie Denton looks at the week's major general insurance news including the news intermediaries are up in arms over AIG blacklisting Cuba for travelers; Towergate back on the acquisition trail after Candover and…
Novae launches new D&O cover to coincide with changes in law
Novae has launched a new directors’ and officers’ liability policy to coincide with changes in the law relating to deaths in the workplace.
Novae Insurance appoints motor underwriter
Novae Insurance Company has appointed Andy Chesters as unit head of its new motor fleet division.
Airmic launches benchmarking survey
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers and Advisen, a provider of benchmarking services, have launched a new initiative to provide programme benchmarking to buyers of insurance in the UK.
Aon’s Bill Gloyn to chair City Property Association
Aon's chairman of real estate Europe in Aon’s mergers and acquisitions Group, Bill Gloyn, has become the first insurance professional to be elected as president of the City Property Association.