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What the papers said this week
The Sunday Times Nine more 'ghost ships' are likely to be towed to Britain to be scrapped after...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was lucky to escape unscathed this week after a session with Tim Prizeman, head of PR consult...
HCC Insurance Holdings to merge subsidiary
HCC Insurance Holdings intends to merge its wholesale broker subsidiary Dickson Manchester with its ...
Take care over takeovers
Mergers & Acquisitions
Dickson Manchester to merge with Rattner Mackenzie
HCC Insurance Holdings intends to merge its wholesale broker subsidiary Dickson Manchester with its other Lloyd’s intermediary Rattner Mackenzie.
Workers' Compensation - Californian insurers hit by losses
Insurers providing workers' compensation coverage in California had their seventh straight year of l...
Earthquake - California tremor fails to shake market
The earthquake that hit San Simeon in December last year will result in a fairly small insurance bil...
Capital Risk acquires business portfolio of HCC Employee Benefits
Jardine Lloyd Thompson's US-based subsidiary Capital Risk has acquired the business portfolio and re...
JLT acquires HCC broking business
Jardine Lloyd Thompson's US-based subsidiary, Capital Risk, has acquired the business portfolio and related assets of HCC Employee Benefits.
Alan R MacKay & Co acquires corporate client portfolio
Scottish insurance broker Alan R MacKay & Co, which represents the Scottish Football Association and...
CTC launches Italian joint venture
UK-based Charles Taylor Consulting and Italy-based RINA Industry have established a joint venture company, Crescendo Holdings, with an authorised capital of € 1.4m (£1m).
Zurich takes over Broker Direct account from Allianz Cornhill
Zurich will provide capacity for the main private motor book of Broker Direct, after its previous underwriter, Allianz Cornhill subsidiary Trafalgar, opted to pull out of the six-year arrangement.
Lloyd's firm opens in Cologne
Lloyd's managing agency Omega Underwriting has opened a representative office in Cologne to facilita...
Trying harder for adequate cover
Amateur Sport
Trying harder for adequate cover
Amateur Sport
RSA calls for affinity group regulation
Royal & Sun Alliance is seeking to encourage affinity groups, trade unions and charities to apply fo...
Royal & Sun Alliance reaffirms its committment
Royal & Sun Alliance this week reaffirmed its commitment to its strategy of in-sourcing the bulk of ...
FSA managing director to resign
The Financial Services Authority managing director of risk andregulatory processes Carol Sergeant is...
Capita recruits senior figures
Capita Insurance Services has recruited several senior figures,formerly with three of the UK's leadi...
Swiss Re looks at global warming
Swiss Re is working with the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) and Harvard Medical School's ...
Broker Direct launches pilot with Zurich
Broker Direct has launched a pilot with Zurich that aims to reward policy-holders with reduced premi...
Survivor support
For companies making redundancies, it is not just employees that are leaving that may need special care. Those left behind can often suffer from 'survivor syndrome' and may need help adjusting to the changes their organisation is going through, says…
Vic Thompson increases its holding in THB
Vic Thompson, chairman and founder of acquisitional Alternative Investment Market-listed broker THB,...
Gresham makes first of planned regional acquisitions
In the first stage of its plan to expand regionally through acquisitions, Gresham Insurance Brokers ...