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China office for Lloyd's
Lloyd's is to open a representative office in China later this month. The Chinese authorities yeste...
MAP launches with £120m capacity
MAP Underwriting - which claims to be the largest ever independent Lloyd's start-up- will officially...
An Assure-dlink.
Electronic business service company, ICL, has delivered its online quotation service, OmniQuote, to ...
Allianz gets US listing approval
German insurer Allianz has been given approval by the US regulators to list on Wall Street, a move wh...
BIBA wins further concessions from GISC for members.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has won further concessions regarding membership of the G...
Merger giants' records attacked.
Dean O'Hare, Chubb chief executive officer and chairman, attacked the records of recently-merged ins...
Appointment at Marlborough Stirling.
Marlborough Stirling has promoted Graham Coxell to the role of managing director. Mr Coxell joined t...
It's competition time again footie fans!
Its competition time again! Post Magazine and Avon Insurance are promoting their ever popular ticket...
CSC makes life easier for insurers.
Insurers are set to benefit from technology allowing them to sell their products across all distribu...
Quote and Buy courts brokers.
Online insurance intermediary Quote and Buy is pushing to attract broker partners by offering its si...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Two new appointments have been made at Thompson Heath & Bond. Alison Philips has joined as a develop...
Remote access.
Bermuda may be small, but the brave new world of remote software service providers could put it at the heart of (re)insurance IT. Roger Crombie reports.
Talking about a revolution.
Is e-business the next big thing in reinsurance or still the stuff of fantasy? PricewaterhouseCoopers and Reinsurance gathered some of the market's top executives for a lunch debate in Monte Carlo to find out. Janina Clark reports.
Steering into the fast lane?
Max Taylor explains why he believes the move to a part-time chairman at Lloyd's is a positive and not a negative step for the London insurance market.
MD out: no crisis says NU.
Norwich Union has pledged its commitment to the healthcare market, despite a spate of high-profile d...
Groupama opens credit market.
Groupama Commercial Insurances is to open up its credit insurance cover to its commercial brokers. ...
NIG: broker building.
Insurer NIG is to hold the latest in its series of "Building a stronger broker channel" conferences ...
Join the club.
Insurers are currently very active in affinity markets. Those keen to reap the benefits of a captive audience must show a high level of co-operation, focusing on meeting customers needs, rather than just selling insurance, says David Fanning.
Critical issues.
Towergate Underwriting Group is to visit Bristol, Birmingham, London and Newbury in the coming weeks...
Gerling oils quote engine wheels.
German insurer Gerling Insurance Holdings has upped its offering to the marine market, with the laun...
QBE debates UK HQ.
Australian insurer QBE could relocate its head office to London, managing director Frank O'Halloran ...
Lloyd's start-up faces £40m shortfall.
A new Lloyd's syndicate that aimed to be the largest ever start-up in the market, has fallen £40m sh...
Ecclesiastical delegates power to the regions.
Ecclesiastical Insurance is set to announce a new business strategy next week, reaffirming its commi...
Venture tries a slice of life.
A new company is set to capitalise on its experience of the intermediary market, with the launch of ...