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Appointment at HPMBC Clyde & Co.
A team of insurance lawyers from SG Archibald has joined the Paris office of HPMBC Clyde & Co. The t...
25 years ago.
The industry's image is a perennial problem and was top of the Chartered Insurance Institute Confere...
Polaris E-Market sets up advisory forum.
Polaris E-Market has set up an intermediary advisory forum to help in the development of the forthco...
Aegon UK buys 8% stake in IFA internet portal.
Aegon UK has bought an 8% stake in Assureweb, the Misys-owned internet portal for independent financ...
View from the Top - Andrew Torrance
Andrew Torrance, general manager, Allianz Cornhill This week marks the first anniversary of 11 Sept...
A change in perspective.
The financial losses experienced after the World Trade Center attacks were enormous but it was the loss of life that was most shocking. Grover Davis says this has reinforced a team ethic within the industry.
Legal & General reports life protection now submitted online.
Legal & General has reported that half its life protection business is now submitted online by inter...
Wind of change essential for CII's continued progress.
In response to your letter (Wind of change at CII has left local institutes out in the cold, Post Ma...
Hard reinsurance market could end soon, warns S&P
Rating company Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the European reinsurance sector a 'negative outlook'...
Converium moves into profit
Swiss reinsurer Converium made a net profit of $31.6m in its first full six months as an independent ...
Eurobase International delivers Prism to the insurance market.
Eurobase International has delivered Prism, its business intelligence report server, to the insuranc...
The Achievement Award - Scott Bell CBE.
The Achievement Award saw the insurance industry honour a man who has never lost sight of the fundamental values on which the industry is founded. Scott Bell has successfully steered Standard Life through the upheavals of the last few years with his…
Legal inconsistencies?
How does one reconcile the decision in Co-operative Retail Services v Taylor Young Partnership, rece...
Appointment at Agency Underwriting.
Agency Underwriting has taken on four new staff members to work in its property insurance division. ...
Rebriefs - XL Capital.
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital is integrating France-based subsidiary Le Mans Re into XL Re. The L...
Rebriefs - Cologne Re.
Cologne Re has bought the combined 16% stake held by German insurers Provinzial Munster and Provinzi...
Norwich Union axes 325 jobs in shake-up.
Norwich Union is to axe 325 jobs in a reorganisation of its national claims operation that will see 1...
XL Capital to streamline reinsurance operations
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital is to integrate Le Mans Re into its main reinsurance operation, XL R...
Bruce Stevenson takes over business of S Cooper.
The Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has taken over the business of Falkirk-based S ...
US asbestos trust snub as Equitas refuses to join fund.
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and manage the run-off of Lloyd's pre-1993 liabilities,...
Don't suffer the consequences.
The events of 11 September have had direct and indirect effects on a wide range of interrelated businesses across the world. Graeme Berry looks at the role and need for contingent business interruption cover in dealing with knock-on losses.
Zenith acquires Folgate commercial arm
The Zenith Group has acquired Folgate Insurance's commercial business from the Folgate Partnership f...
CTC sets up new operation.
The acquisitive Charles Taylor Consulting group has merged four subsidiaries to create a new loss ad...
Brokers in captive push as premium rates soar.
Smaller brokers are turning to the captive market as their customers become disgruntled with double-...