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Post reporter Alwynne Gwilt and supplements and online editor Stephanie Denton provide a run down of ...
Appointment at Arista
Commercial lines underwriter Arista Insurance has appointed Jim Horrell as business development mana...
Lloyd's brokers expecting gloomy year
Lloyd's brokers are expecting a gloomy year ahead, states a recent survey by advisory firm Mazars. ...
Defaqto: commercial lines likely to be online flop
E-business strategy
Appointment at M4
M4 Underwriting has promoted Kim McDowell to underwriting manager. Ms McDowell joined M4 as commerci...
Modern Lloyd's could spur choice environment
The Treasury's consultation paper on modernising Lloyd's raises some interesting questions - not lea...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has appointed Andrew Coutts as cargo underwriter. He joins Brit following 20 years with CNA whe...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Legal Protection has appointed Nicola Hughes as a before-the-event claims handler. For the l...
Catch SME if you can
Environmental liability
Insurecom warns of 2012 broker extinction
E-business strategy
CCV buys Protectagroup stake
Cullum Capital Ventures has acquired 93% of Welsh broker Protectagroup - the group's 27th acquisitio...
Terminal five off-course
A flood of claims have yet to come through to Preferential Direct, the travel insurance provider of ...
Trouble at the top
Directors' and officers'
Ace targets 40% renewals online by 2008
E-business strategy
Aggregators face backlash over shallow comparisons
E-business strategy
Hyperion group secures private equity warchest
Private equity house 3I this week became the largest investor in Hyperion after giving the underwrit...
ABI and Government warn on SME insurance failings
The Association of British Insurers has today joined forces with the Government to raise the level of contingency planning among the 4.3 million small to medium-sized businesses in the UK.
Allianz to ramp up aggregator profile
Stewart McAlpine has joined Allianz Personal as channel manager - aggregators to help develop this important channel to market.
BGL hails RMIF director swoop
Gary Elliott has been appointed as the new director of sales for Junction, the affinity insurance division of the BGL Group.
XL Capital Assurance files countersuit in Merrill CDS case
Security Capital Assurance (SCA) has announced today that its financial guarantee subsidiary XL Capital Assurance (XLCA) has filed its answer and counterclaims in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Merrill…
Reinsurers facing increasingly volatile 2008 - Willis Re
Reinsurers are going to experience an increasingly volatile 2008, reports global reinsurance broker Willis Re.
US property and casualty prices down 14%
US property and casualty insurance prices were down 14% in February, according to research from Mark...
Argo in £136m Heritage acquisition
Specialist (re)insurer Argo Group International Holdings has agreed a £136m all-cash deal to acquire...