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E-Prime set for open market.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company is "actively looking" at bringing its new web-enabled claims handli...
Small fly.
Although private light aircraft may be small change when compared with the larger models of the aviation family, they are certainly not to be found waiting in the wings. Eric Alexander reports.
Rehabilitation code review invites sector feedback.
The insurance industry working party on rehabilitation, run by the International Underwriting Associa...
Appointment at The Zenith Group.
The Zenith Group has appointed Jonathan Powell to Zenith Syndicate 2002 as homeowners underwriter. H...
GAB Robins liability team acting for contractors.
GAB Robins liability team is acting for the contractors' liability insurers in relation to a family h...
Munich-American Risk to enter solicitors' PI.
Munich-American Risk Partners looks set to enter the UK solicitors' professional indemnity market, o...
Sandler gets mixed reception.
Proposals to transfer regulation of long-term savings products from the provider to the product itse...
Appointment at ServiceMaster.
Disaster restoration company ServiceMaster has taken on three new corporate business development man...
Argyll Insurance Group acquires Pharon Insurance Brokers.
Worthing-based Argyll Insurance Group has acquired Pharon Insurance Brokers, which operates out of H...
Folgate - two down, four to go.
The Folgate Partnership, which last week acquired Surrey-based broker Duncan Pocock for an undisclos...
T&C eyes new sectors following sale.
Town and Country Assistance is set to enter new sectors and target larger composite insurers, follow...
Insurer Ace to open new office.
Insurer Ace will formally open its new office on 100 Leadenhall Street next week. Previously, it had...
XL Winterthur sets out five-year plan.
Insurer XL Winterthur this week put the finishing touches to its five-year plan under which it aims ...
Max Re forecasts Q2 loss
Max Re expects to report a net operating loss for the second quarter due to low returns on its invest...
Munich Re puts $2bn into American Re
Munich Re has added $2bn to the reserves of its US subsidiary American Re, on top of $1bn that it put...
St Paul delays Platinum IPO
St Paul has postponed the initial public offering (IPO) of shares in its new spin-off reinsurer Plati...
US P&C insurers post first net loss
The US property and casualty (P&C) industry recorded its first ever net loss in 2001, according to In...
Inreon membership up 100%
Membership of Inreon has more than doubled in the first half of the year, according to figures just r...
QBE puts $50m into Americas reinsurance
The Australian reinsurance group QBE has injected a further $50m of capital into its US operation QBE...
Further growth expected in Czech insurance market
The Czech Republic's insurance market is set to expand further on top of strong growth over more than...
XL's Keeling to focus on strategy
Henry Keeling, chief executive of the reinsurance arm of Bermudian company XL Capital, is to focus on...
Arbitration is key to the future of the after-the-event debacle.
The insurance industry has been involved in a long tussle with the after the event insurance industr...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Anne Love has joined Ace Europe's Glasgow office as a directors' and officers' underwriter. Ms Love ...
London exodus is not the end.
Despite a "large-scale" exodus from the capital, the London market is still "the premier global trad...