Commercial
The year of living dangerously
Review of the Year: General insurance
Buncefield report
The final report on the Buncefield incident published this week shows its overall cost will almost h...
2009: a tricky prediction
If this time last year, someone was to tell you: a leading global insurer would be bailed out by the...
Miller recruits London trio
Outsource Services Group subsidiary Miller International has boosted its London office with the appo...
Bad times for auditors
Deteriorating economic conditions and a subsequent rise in company insolvencies will increase the nu...
BGI to hire 800 staff in third-party call-centre outsourcing move
The BGL Group is to develop a new multi-million pound income stream starting next year. The company...
What's certain is that nothing is certain
One of the nice things about writing at this time of year is the ability to speculate on what the co...
Start-up admits job cuts but denies Capita dispute
Start-up specialist takaful general insurer Salaam Halal Insurance has confirmed four redundancies a...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Rod Ratsma as managing consultant in its UK business continuity management tea...
Morrisons picks Allianz
Morrisons has selected Allianz Engineering to provide its inspection services. Following a successfu...
Appointment at MMA
MMA Insurance has made a number of appointments within its business development team, as part of the...
IIB elects new director
The Institute of Insurance Brokers elected Phil Thorpe of NW Brown in Cambridge to its board as a director at its AGM yesterday.
AM Best places New Castle Re under review with negative implications
Ratings agency AM Best has placed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a-" of Bermudian reinsurer New Castle Reinsurance Company under review with negative implications.
Helphire outlines plans to cut costs
Helphire has issued a trading statement outlining the cost-cutting measures to be implemented under the leadership of new chief executive officer Mark Adams who was appointed on 13 November.
Amlin launches initiative to raise private capital
Lloyd's adviser and members' agent, Argenta Private Capital (APCL), has launched an initiative to provide additional underwriting capacity from Lloyd's members to leading specialist non-life insurer, Amlin and the way in which the transaction has…
Allianz Engineering wins supermarket contract
Morrisons has selected Allianz Engineering to provide its inspection services, the insurer announced today.
Brit appoints executive committee member
Brit Insurance has appointed Matthew Wilson, the chief executive officer of its global markets business, to the its executive management committee from 1 January 2009.
Marsh receives further Chinese branch office approval
Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, said today that it has received regulatory approval to set up a branch office in Dalian, the largest city in Liaoning province.
Lloyd's approves new Munich Re backed syndicate
Beaufort today said Syndicate 1318 has received Lloyd's approval to begin underwriting for the 2009 year of account.
Marsh hails BCM team capture
Marsh has appointed Rod Ratsma as managing consultant in its UK business continuity management team.
David Rasche wins business award for SSP
SSP executive chairman David Rasche was named Business Leader of the Year at the Yorkshire Post Business Awards on Friday.
Broker Network in recruitment drive after relocation
Broker Network is to recruit 70 new members of staff having moved to new headquarters.
Broker BGL in new outsourcing push
The BGL Group is to offer call handling services externally to third party organisations, the broking ginat announced this morning.
Swiss Re in new Vietnam joint venture
Swiss Re and the Vietnam Development and Investment Banking Insuring Ltd Co (BIC) have signed a co-operation agreement to offer insurance packages for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).