Commercial
Alea to enter "unprofitable" D&O market.
London market reinsurer Alea has signalled its intent to make a foray into the much-maligned directo...
Baldwin crane cover.
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has reached an agreement with Baldwin Industrial Services to provide in...
Goodhealth launches online quotes.
Primary Insurance subsidiary Goodhealth has launched an online quotation system to help brokers spee...
Guardian closure.
Computer disaster recovery firm Guardian iT this week announced the closure of its web-hosting divis...
NU may yield commercial pen.
Norwich Union is set for a renewed push in the commercial sector with underwriters, and possibly bro...
Groupama casts net high.
Groupama is set to enter the high net worth market in a move that will open the company up to a "sig...
Britannic interim profits fall
Insurance group Britannic's today announced that its operating profits for the six months to 30 June ...
Big names develop more web systems.
Two leading reinsurers look set to expand the amount of reinsurance traded on-line with two e-commerc...
New tool finds favour.
Reinsurance trading on-line got off to a slow start but e-commerce is gradually tightening its hold on the market. John Sanders investigates how much reinsurance business is actually being done on-line.
The devil is in the detail.
In the words of the chairman of Lloyd's, Sax Riley, the Lloyd's results in 1998 were "nothing short of diabolical". Robert CB Miller considers the effects of underwriting incompetence at Lloyd's.
Zurich reveals spin-off detail.
Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) is to reveal details of its proposed disposal of Zurich Re on 6 Septe...
Not impressed.
A year after taking over St Paul Re's European operation, Tom Mahoney (right) is still horrified at how the London market does much of its business, he tells Vic Wyman.
Fitch warns on cat bonds.
The first total loss for buyers of catastrophe-linked bonds could hit demand severely, even though i...
Reinsurex seeks UK partner.
The property reinsurance broker Reinsurex Intermediary of New York expects to visit London this mont...
Groupama to move into high net worth arena
Insurer Groupama has signalled its intention to move into the high net worth market and has appointe...
Appointment at Primary Insurance Group.
Primary Insurance Group has strengthened its account management team with the recruitment of Pete Bl...
Winds of change.
The Netherlands is seeing the introduction of new tax laws, which will have repercussions on the country's financial services sector. Jeremy Golden wonders whether the insurance industry will have the wind taken out of its sails.
SFO charges trio.
The Serious Fraud Office has charged three executives of Dublin-headquartered Merrion Reinsurance wi...
Ivers sets up new company.
Former managing director of Property & Casualty Services Dublin, Jim Ivers, and his senior adjusting...
Lobbying on lead.
Louise Ellman, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, confirmed this week that she would be lobbying min...
E-djuster in insurance deals.
Volume claims processor e-djuster is about to announce a string of contracts with insurers and deleg...
Potential for growth.
David Martin began his working life as a farmer, but the move to loss adjusting has seen him cultivate a successful career. Lynn Rouse found out how.
Appointment at MMA.
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has taken on John Barrett as its UK sales manager. He has 21 years...
Equasis launches CD.
Equasis, the international database covering the world shipping fleet, has produced a CD-rom detaili...