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Liability Claims Costs - An explosive issue
The majority of periodical payments are currently linked to the retail price index. Ana Paula Nacif reports on an ongoing court battle to move this link onto the average earnings index, which could blow open the way insurers pay claims
Barclays on track to be top five
Barclays' bid to become a top five general insurance provider by 2010 appeared on track this week, a...
Former RBSI boss launches multi-channel GI start-up
John O'Roarke, formerly chief operating officer of Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has teamed u...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny blushed this week when she read how a pub landlord was facing a claim of £5000 after two a...
Win Gold Cup Cheltenham tickets
Post Magazine has teamed up with Brit Insurance to offer five pairs of admission tickets with Club E...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has made three key appointments to its Manchester team: Neil Lyons has joined as liab...
Appointment at La Playa
Cambridge-based broker La Playa has expanded its high net worth private client team, appointing Sue ...
RSA reveals charity insurance crisis
More than 20% of small charities have no insurance, Royal and Sun Alliance has revealed, as it launc...
Brit tipped to sell off stake in Ri3k
Lloyd's insurer Brit was this week being tipped to sell off its £20m stake in the online trading pla...
Insurance image - A much-needed makeover
Insurance is an industry that suffers from a bad public image. Sam Barrett reports on why this is, and what insurers can do to change public opinion
Iceland goes to London
London's attractiveness to the global insurance market and international players was again highlight...
TRH battered but not broken by 2005 hurricane bill
Transatlantic Holdings (TRH), the parent company of Transatlantic Re, has reported that its net income for the year ended December 31, 2005 amounted to $37.9m, compared to $254.6m, in 2004. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 amounted to $13.5m,…
NU doubles team size to meet demand
Increasing demand for fleet risk management services has prompted Norwich Union to double the size of its adviser team – making it the UK’s largest, the insurer claimed.
Brit linked with sell off
Lloyd's insurer Brit has been tipped to sell off its £20m stake in paperless trading platform Ri3k.
Highway launches EDI commercial vehicle on Insurecom
Motor insurer Highway has increased the facilities available to brokers using Insurecom by both launching a full cycle EDI commercial vehicle product and adding an electronic renewal function to its existing private car product.
AM Best gloomy on 2006 reinsurance market outlook
AM Best has extended its negative outlook for the US and Bermuda reinsurance markets for 2006.
Fortis in exclusive negotiations to form joint venture with PO
Fortis in exclusive negotiations with Irish Post Office to create financial services joint venture. The insurance group said it was chosen for exclusive negotiations with An Post, the Irish Post Office, to create a financial services joint venture.
Zurich outlines $1bn cost cutting plan as GI profits rise 54% in 2005
Zurich this morning said its general insurance business saw its operating profit rise 54% to US $1.9bn in 2005. It claims the improvement was supported by the strong underwriting performance in the Europe general insurance and International GI arms, an…
Two awards for Allianz
A senior manager at Allianz Cornhill Engineering has been awarded two prizes at this year's Chartere...
Top 10 brokers increase premium income by 32%
The UK's leading 10 brokers and networks are cementing their position in the UK, and are the only fi...
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Consolidator giant to combat direct SME
Broking consolidator Towergate is to expand into the online direct business insurance market this ye...
Member of AMG MBO team quits
The management team which bought out loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs Group in October 2005 has lost one...