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Insurance Institute of Leeds slave day.
A funny thing happened on the way to the Insurance Institute of Leeds last week. To help raise funds...
Appointment at Mortgage Code Compliance Board.
Luke March has been appointed as chief executive of the Mortgage Code Compliance Board. Previously h...
Insurers told: 'You are being robbed'.
Insurers are "getting robbed every time" by approved repairer networks being used by loss adjusters,...
Appointment at RE Brown Underwriting.
RE Brown Underwriting has opened branches in the Home Counties and Leeds. The Home Counties offic...
Regulator must understand insurers says Brown
Lloyd's underwriter Reg Brown has called for the insurance industry and regulators to work together t...
What the Papers Say.
THE TIMES A family who have been burgled more than 20 times are selling up and moving after their...
Markets to meet online at I-Wex.
Last month saw the launch of I-WeX.com, a new Internet-based weather derivatives exchange. Inform...
QBE launches new syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agency QBE has gone on the expansionary path with the establishment of two new synd...
Technical knockout.
When was the last time a company mislaid £100m? If it has recently been involved in a major IT pro...
Amlin predicts loss.
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Amlin is predicting a £5.3m loss based on forecasts for the mid-point of the ...
Appointment at Godbold Hadden Group.
The broking team at the Godbold Hadden Group has three new recruits. Mark Maynard joins from Nationa...
Rocking reinsurer.
Copenhagen Re celebrated 25 years in the London market last month with a party for 450 guests. Inste...
Pope spreads work of St Paul.
Underwriter Martin Pope began writing business this week from Box 244 for St Paul Syndicate Manageme...
Appointment at KPMG Search & Selection.
Geoffrey Mather has joined KPMG Search & Selection as a principal consultant. He has more than 14...
Kiln hit by £6.2m loss.
Lloyd's big hitter Kiln has suffered a £6.2m loss for the first six months of the year. The result w...
St Paul Syndicate goes global.
St Paul Syndicate Management syndicate 1211 has acquired a global property team from troubled Lloyd'...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A blind man has won £1500 damages and a full apology from the pub which threw him out ...
RSI claims results not predictable.
In my experience, it is not always a foregone conclusion that a decision will be reached which favou...
Time to change.
In the third part of our management series, Daniel Hubert asks whether business process re-engineeri...
IUA welcomes vital new members.
The London market this week came closer together as the Lloyd's Market Association (LMA) and the Non...
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond.
Insurance intermediary Hill House Hammond took to the sky to donate money to NCH Action For Children...
"Carnival Against Capitalism" demonstrators
City police struggled to cope with the 6000 "Carnival Against Capitalism" demonstrators that wreaked...
Like a good antique.
While it is difficult to determine the length of the insurance cycle, Lloyd's long-run return is likely to be higher in the future than in the past, says Robert C. B. Miller.
Axa falls on GRE.
Guardian Life could be the first corporate casualty following confirmation that Axa-owned Sun Life a...