Commercial
Allianz: no Zurich challenge after city deal
Allianz Engineering says it is not looking to challenge Zurich Municipal's presence in the public se...
CILA revises plans due to summer floods
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has postponed its autumn conference until the end of Octob...
Oxygen snatches managing director from rival Alec Finch
Commercial broker Alec Finch Group is losing its London Market managing director to rival Oxygen, Po...
Brit signs up to Risk Stop
Brit Insurance has become the first Lloyd's insurer to sign up the services of Risk Stop. The risk m...
Online comparison launch
UK Facilities has launched a new comparative online quotation and cover system. The Bolton-based br...
PL insurers given boost by court win
The potential for claims brought against councils for accidents on icy roads was reduced this week a...
A steady plan
Major incident management
Cutback and miss out
When will the market learn? In 2002 everyone proclaimed 'never again', and yet the lack of both pric...
Fortis divides up UK to attract more brokers
Fortis is set to boost its broker support division as part of a reorganisation that has seen it unit...
Xbroker facility not for sale
Welsh underwriter Moorhouse has no plans to sell or list its Xbroker facility, according to group ch...
Axa triggers broker storm after 'direct is best' letter
AXA has been forced to issue a grovelling apology after it admitted it made a "huge mistake" sending...
Arista adds to T&P
Arista has launched a contractors combined policy to add to its tradesmen and professionals products...
Travel insurance - What the client wants
League tables
NU book under threat as Santander enters UK
Spanish banking group Santander plans to establish a new UK-based insurance company from next year i...
What the papers said this week
The Guardian A dentist who implanted temporary fake boar tusks into an assistant's mouth while sh...
Highway completes withdrawal
Highway has completed its exit from Lloyd’s following closure of its former Lloyd’s Syndicates
Highway completes exit from Lloyd’s following closure of Lloyd’s Syndicates
The Board of Highway Insurance Holdings (Highway) has obtained Court approval for the transfer of the business of Lloyd’s Syndicates 37 and 2037 to Highway Insurance Company, pursuant to Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the …
Munich Re signs UN climate change declaration
Munich Re is a signatory to the joint declaration on climate change issued by the Geneva-based Unite...
Brit agrees $200m cat bond swap deal
Brit Insurance has entered a three-year catastrophe swap contract with Fremantle, a Cayman Islands e...
Buy, steal or start up?
Inside view
Abuse case costs insurers $227m
A total of 12 insurers are contributing more than $200m towards a multi-million-dollar class action ...
JLT claims Bermudian market leadership with buy
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) says it expects to place over $400m of premium in the Bermudian market ...
Brit hands brokers £50m authority for share buyback
Brit has granted its bankers the right to purchase up to £50m ($102.4m) worth of shares over the sum...
Where the growth is - long-term care
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