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Morgan back with MD role
Denis Morgan has returned to the broking market a year after stepping down as managing director of broker network, Westinsure.
Claims management: Room for improvement
Getting the claims process right is imperative for brokers and insurers. Sam Barrett looks at what tops the wish list when it comes to partnering with claims management specialists.
Post launches new specialist forum
Post is launching a new Strategic Technology Forum for the insurance industry's key technology executives.
BIS Countdown - finance raising: Back on the menu
With only a week to go before the inaugural British Insurance Summit, Seb Kafetz explains how the appetite for financing insurance ventures is alive and well despite continued economic turbulence.
Penny Black's insurance week
Last weekend Penny was rather royally entertained at Hampton Court Palace for one Peter Cullum's 60th birthday.
Compuquote launches courier offering
Compuquote has launched a courier product for brokers.
Large corporate risks - unbundling: Eggs out of the basket?
Suggesting corporate clients unbundle their broker services certainly sparks debate. Veronica Cowan explores the options and diverse market views.
Marsh names former Willis boss as new Brazilian CEO
Marsh has appointed Eugênio Paschoal as CEO of Marsh Brazil, effective 1 January 2011.
Oval buys media specialist
Oval has acquired media insurance broking specialists O'Neill and Bramwell.
CBG broking profit increases by 24%
Broker CBG has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 June 2010.
Aon-Benfield: NZ quake unlikely to exceed limits of reinsurance cover
Aon Benfield, which has been monitoring the fallout from the 4 September earthquake in Christchurch New Zealand, said reinsurance cover for insurers is “significantly past what is considered a reasonable return period for business making decisions.”
Markel swoops for Hiscox US equine and livestock business
Markel is to acquire certain rights to the Hiscox Insurance Company animal mortality business which provides both equine and livestock coverage.
Lloyds tops FOS complaints table
Lloyds TSB Bank has received the most general insurance complaints of any company during the first half of 2010.
DAS shuffles corporate partnerships team
Legal expenses insurer DAS has made two changes within its Corporate Partnerships Division.
Thistle appoints liability director
Underwriting Practice Jardine Lloyd Thompson-owned Thistle Insurance Services has appointed Zahid Naqvi, a senior market practitioner, as director of its professional liability practice.
Reinsurers challenged over use of excess capital
In an exclusive interview with Reinsurance, Chris Klein global head of business intelligence at Guy Carpenter has challenged reinsurers to think creatively about how to use their excess capital.
Aviva changes not-for-profit range
Aviva has launched its modified charity package for the not-for-profit sector.
Markel extols value of ECF
A pilot project led by Markel International has found the time taken for lawyers to recover fees from insurers can be "slashed" using the Electronic Claims File system.
Cooper Gay partners with UMACS
Cooper Gay has entered into a partnership with Underwriting Management and Actuarial Consultancy Services to provide quantitative reinsurance reviews and capital modelling services to Cooper Gay’s clients.
ECIC strikes deal with Acturis
The Electrical Contractors’ Insurance Company has teamed up with insurance technology company Acturis to deliver a range of online tradesman products.
Exclusive Bulgarian insurance review now available on Post Europe
In our latest article the manager of Insurance.bg Kalin Dimitrov takes an in-depth look at the Bulgarian general insurance market.
Exclusive Bulgarian insurance review now available
In our latest article the manager of Insurance.bg Kalin Dimitrov takes an in-depth look at the Bulgarian general insurance market.
Marsh adopts Sequel software
Marsh has replaced heritage technology systems within its London market business with one broking software package.
Irish regulator fines insurance firms
The Financial Regulator has fined two Dublin-based insurance businesses €26 600 in relation to a breach of regulatory requirements.