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Hiscox builds in Dublin
Hiscox, which recently rejected a bid from the giant US insurer Chubb, has acquired three-man Dublin-...
Sirius doubles up
Reinsurer and insurer Sirius International has doubled the size of its operation at the London Underw...
Government acts to stem flood tide
The insurance industry has welcomed the government's belated changes to its guidance note on plannin...
IIB threatens insurers and pushes ahead with OFT appeal
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is to push ahead with its appeal against the Office of Fair Tradin...
Sirius recruits Limit team
Sirius International has expanded its London presence with the recruitment of a trade credit and poli...
Halifax to pay £1bn for Equitable Life
Halifax Group is to acquire Equitable Life for up to £1bn under plans for the bank to diversify out o...
Chester Street victims lobby creditor's meeting
A group of Scots asbestos victims are lobbying a creditor's meeting in London today called to decide ...
Norwich Union dragged into Vaz affair
Norwich Union has been dragged into the Keith Vaz affair, after it was revealed that the foreign offi...
Equitable Life close to rescue deal
Equitable Life is understood to be close to offering a deal to its policyholders which, if accepted, ...
Charman gets expanded role
Ace is to divide its operations into two units, each with a president and chief executive. Under the ...
Bupa nets £3m Generali deal
Bupa has taken over the administration of £3m worth of group risk business from Generali. The portfol...
Cox increases stake.
Cox Insurance Holdings has increased its stake in insurancewide.com from 26% to 40%. Cox's own onlin...
AMP out of bidding.
Australian Insurer AMP and Dutch insurer Aegon have pulled out of the bidding for Equitable Life, le...
Argyll Insurance Service signs new chief executive.
Argyll Insurance Service has scored a transfer coup by signing up former CGU south east business man...
Questionnaire in this issue.
Enclosed with this issue is a questionnaire for the industry's first ever definitive salary and work...
Compliance catastrophe.
With regard to the Office of Fair Trading's decision to give the green light to the General Insuranc...
The old problem of dealing with sickness at work.
Sickness at work has long been an issue for both insurers and the government as Post Magazine report...
Eversheds' restructuring means new practice group.
National law firm Eversheds is to establish a national volume group to focus on the firm's low-margi...
Time for the industry to pull together?
The Chester Street Insurance Holdings fiasco is a national tragedy. The media witch-hunt will cle...
The intricacies of making a claim.
I was unfortunate to be run into by a policyholder of Axa Insurance last May. Axa admitted liability...
Axa: new legal panel appointed.
Axa Corporate Solutions has appointed a new legal panel following a parade involving 30 firms. Ci...
Misys bugged.
Technology giant Misys posted a pre tax profit of £66m (excluding internet spending) for the six mon...
Overseas killing.
Overseas employees will be able to sue their UK parent companies once the government's new 'corporat...
MCS amalgamates.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has become software provider MCS's biggest user after amalgamating its whole ...