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Employers Re axes jobs
Up to a quarter of the staff at GE Frankona Re's Munich headquarters are to lose their jobs in a majo...
Ockham denial as Lovis goes
Quoted Lloyd's insurer Ockham has rebuffed suggestions it is looking to sell the business in the same...
Wellington joins internet exchange Inreon
Wellington Underwriting has become the first Lloyd's group to join the on-line trading system Inreon,...
Tesco finance operation moves into profit
Retailer Tesco, which today reported a pre tax profit before exceptionals for the year to 24 February...
Lloyd's appoints dot com chief
Lloyd's has appointed Ashok Gupta, previously chief executive of CGNU's home buyers' website, as chie...
RSA and Aegon rumours resurface
Dutch insurer Aegon is said to be in talks with Royal & Sun Alliance over the sale of its life insura...
Bupa reverses its fortunes
Health insurer Bupa's UK insurance operation has moved from an underwriting loss in 1999 of £39.6m to...
Swiss Re to cut 400
Swiss Re is dissolving its Zurich-based team for general insurance business in the Latin American mar...
Claims Direct Faces Board Turmoil
Personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct today announced that marketing director Roger Plantie...
Hercules acquires three brokers
Hercules Property Services today announced it has acquired three insurance brokers for a total consid...
Hercules acquires three brokers
Hercules Property Services today announced it has acquired three insurance brokers for a total consid...
Claims Direct Faces Board Turmoil
Personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct today announced that marketing director Roger Plantie...
Mixed views on Scor-Sorema deal
Rating company Moody's has left its 'A1' (good) insurance financial strength rating of France's large...
Mixed views on Scor-Sorema deal
Rating company Moody's has left its 'A1' (good) insurance financial strength rating of France's large...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White has made Martin Davies, head of the company's investment management practice, a dir...
Windscreen deal.
RAC parent Lex Service has acquired Auto Windscreens in a £112m deal. It will become part of the RAC...
No win, no fee debt service.
Lloyd's managing agency Euclidian has signed a deal with the law firm Eversheds as part of a new web...
ILMS takes over Cigna run-off
Independent London Market Services is to administer the run-off of Cigna Corporation's London-based l...
BT phone home.
Btopenworld has linked up with Aon to offer a home and motor insurance comparative shopping service ...
Appointment at SLE Worldwide.
Mike Stevenson and Mike Patchett have been appointed to the board of SLE Worldwide. Mr Stevenson was...
Claims Direct losses.
Claims Direct is set to scale back its franchise network and review its advertising spend after issu...
Independent is at crossroads.
Speculation over the future of Independent Insurance continued this week with analyst Schroder Salom...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Andrew Wells has been promoted to regional underwriting manager in Independent Insurance's Newcastle...
Incisive goes live.
Incisive Research - publisher of Post Magazine's sister title, Insurance Technology Report - goes li...