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Senior trio seeks VC funding for new underwriting agency
A trio of former directors from the Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance stable has teamed up to launch ...
Novae appointed
The Towergate Partnership has appointed Novae Underwriting to supply a web-based delivery system to ...
MMA extends anti-fraud system use
MMA Insurance has expanded its agreement to use anti-fraud software system, Advances, from motor to household claims.
Converium results show improvement
Converium made a loss before taxes of $16.4m for the first half of 2005, a dramatic improvement on the previous year, when it registered a loss before taxes of $295m. Net income for the first six months of the year came to $9m, again up substantially on…
China mops up after Matsa
Typhoon Matsa has killed seven people and caused several billion yuan in losses as it ravaged through East China's coastal area over the weekend.
Willis expands San Francisco office
Willis Group has announced the appointment of three insurance leaders to its San Francisco, California operations.
Construction figures still rising says DTI
Construction orders in the year to June 2005 rose by five per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the second quarter of 2005 rose by nine per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to the…
Risk management MSc launched
The Chartered Insurance Institute and Cass Business School have teamed up to launch an MSc in Insura...
BDML enters new market with Allianz
BDML Connect has expanded its insurance offering with the launch of a music insurance product, only ...
SSP implementation of software to Willis
Software Solutions Partners has rolled out the largest implementation of its Insight software system...
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Appointment at Belmont International
Belmont International has appointed John Savidge and Christine Steel as associate directors. Mr Savi...
New insurance-only VC company targets brokers
The Towergate Partnership plans to form what it claims will be the first-ever insurance-specific ven...
Capita concedes impact of VAT proposals
BDML Connect chairman and chief executive Sandy Dunn has accepted a place on the board of Capita Ins...
Message at NIG Business Academy event
Insurers should stop thinking of brokers as simply a distribution chain and start treating them as t...
Auto Trader aims for £5m income by 2006
Auto Trader is aiming to achieve £5m income from its insurance and finance channels by 2006 and is h...
NU reports more cuts
Norwich Union is to axe 385 jobs in its latest round of cuts, following its takeover of RAC. Its Le...
Oval announces plans for six more acquisitions
Broker consolidator Oval said it was two years ahead of schedule after announcing a dramatic rise in...
Underinsurance problem is highlighted once more
The Birmingham tornado was another in an increasingly long line of freak weather-related incidents i...
Novae wins Towergate account
The Towergate Partnership has appointed Novae Underwriting to supply a web-based delivery system to aid consolidation of its wholesale SME professional indemnity business.
Moody's confirms RGA ratings
Moody's Investors Service has confirmed the credit ratings of Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) (se...
Treat brokers as SMEs, says NIG
Insurers should stop thinking of brokers as simply a ‘distribution chain’ and start treating them as the highly individual businesses they are, NIG has said.