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TV personality linked with bid for beleagured broking group
James Caan, the entrepreneur who sits on the panel of BBC2's Dragons' Den, is considering a bid for embattled property broking and services company Erinaceous.
Best turns negative on XL over SCA and 'below expectations' ERM
Rating agency AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable on the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-”of Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital Group and its members.
Norwich Union launches claims tracking service
Norwich Union has introduced a service which allows corporate clients to track trends in their workforce on group income protection claims.
XL bond insurers go negative as S&P sours on sector
As part of a negative move regarding the ratings of six bond insurers, ratings agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has placed the ratings of former XL subsidiaries, XL Capital Assurance Inc., XL Financial Assurance Ltd and XL Capital Assurance (UK) Ltd’s…
Run-off specialist in London IPO
Run-off specialist Randall & Quilter (RQIH), has announced its admission to the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market to help fund acquisitions and a move into the Bermuda run-off market.
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Pick of the Week
Jonathan Swift, editor, Post Magazine outlines the major stories in this week's issue of Post includi...
Brazil tops Lloyd's targets
Brazil is at the top of Lloyd's hit list for countries to expand its trading rights into in the latt...
Policyholders must accept flood cost burden
The Pitt Review
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Appointment at Willis
Willis Group Holdings has announced Flavio Piccolomini, former chief executive officer of Willis Ita...
Appointment at Lockton
Eddie Monteith has joined the Houston office of Lockton. Mr Monteith will be a senior vice president...
Arista looks for £5m from Manchester office
Arista has said it hopes to write £5m of business from its new Manchester office next year as part o...
Aviva delay sparks talk of major Indian offshore U-turn
Aviva has delayed the transfer of two offshore centres into its own global services arm, sparking sp...
Appointment at Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has named Clare Thompson as head of the risk advisory services group. Ms Tho...
Appointment at Liberty
Liberty International Underwriters has appointed Shazia Aslam Rafique as assistant vice president fo...
ABI demands government sits up and listens
The Pitt Review
Huxley launches PR agency
Mark Huxley, the founder of Davies Managed Systems and a former group services director of Axis Inte...
Top five stories online
The five most popular news stories on postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1. Insurance boss s...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail The boss of the Prudential insurance company suffered a broken nose after allegedly bein...
Appointment at Credit Suisse
David Prieul has joined Credit Suisse as a managing director and head of the insurance and pensions ...
Flood defence
The summer floods were a "wake-up call" for the country, according to the interim report of the inde...
Appointment at Mondial
Mondial Assistance has promoted Alison Todd to sales support manager and Jeremy Smith to warranty an...
Groupama fleet enhanced
Groupama Insurances has made what it calls "significant enhancements" to its online Optima small fle...