Commercial
Delegates take centre stage.
When Adrian Leonard attended the second biennial Dublin insurance conference in March, he found that it was the delegates themselves that provided the most informative feedback.
Direct benefit for Munich Re.
Munich Re has claimed that the proposed complex restructuring of German financial firms, in which Eu...
News in brief.
Employers Re has bought CyberComp from Reliance Insurance for an undisclosed sum. CyberComp will quo...
Zurich casts off reinsurer.
Zurich Financial Services is to spin off its subsidiary Zurich Re, which it describes as "an odd ma...
Go for broke.
Those brokers that are already in the vanguard of alternative risk transfer are finding that the gains far outweigh the risks, says David Fanning.
Openness beats secrecy.
It is a dilemma that faces every business: how to strike the right balance between showing off your ...
Too many brokers chasing too little work
There are too many provincial brokers handling too little business, Hugh Warren, chief executive of W...
Reinsurance falls but profits up at Berkley
Berkley Corporation has reported first quarter revenues for 2001 of $449m (£310m), a 6% increase on t...
Appointment at Actinic.
Actinic, the SME e-commerce software specialist, has appointed Nick Kington as its marketing directo...
CGNU profits at home and abroad.
The UK's largest insurer CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the...
NU threatens the luddites.
UK insurer Norwich Union plans to focus on "key brokers" according to Patrick Snowball, executive di...
Silence from JLT over sale.
Lloyd's broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has refused to comment on speculation it could be sold off by ...
What Jury?
During my many years of loss-assessing I have never ever encountered the Jury which is referred to i...
Will it be the same old faces in Belfast?
This week's British Insurance Brokers Association annual conference in Belfast comes at a time of ra...
Renewals on trial.
Independent Insurance is currently testing an integrated electronic policy renewal system for its ra...
Floods affect quotes.
Screentrade reports that insurers are declining to quote for new business in flood hit areas. Editor...
Coleman beats big players to lifeboat contract.
Dorset-based insurance broker E Coleman & Company has beaten off broking giants Marsh, HSBC and incu...
Indie hunts CEO.
Independent Insurance plans to look outside the company to find a replacement for chairman and chief ...
Arthur up by 40%.
Arthur J Gallagher increased its net profit by 40% year-on-year to $23.5m (£16m) in the first quarte...
MPP injects a little AirFusion.
MPP Global Solutions has launched a consumer focused internet service AirFusion to cater for the pro...
Transatlantic Holdings shows little improvement
Transatlantic Holdings has posted first quarter net income for 2001of $48.5m (£33.4m), compared to $4...
BIBA appoints Garol to vet broking systems
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has appointed technology consultants Garol to develop an i...
Brit jumps into the black
Brit Insurance Holdings, the parent of Brit Insurance, has reported pre-tax profits of £1.5m for 2000...
Fortis ups anchors on yacht business
Fortis is to withdraw from the yacht and pleasure boat sector and is to cease underwriting the busine...