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Coface in UK-wide business boost.
International credit insurer Coface has launched a national press campaign and mailshoot to boost it...
Exclusive - Staff to go in P&I club's efficiency drive.
Protection and indemnity club Thomas Miller is slashing staff numbers by 10% in a drive for efficien...
Millennium to double staff for IFA drive.
Shropshire broker Millennium Insurance is to double its workforce as it continues to court mortgage ...
ABI reveals life's ups and downs.
Life business is growing faster than non-life and under-writing surpluses are becoming a rarity, according to the latest issue of the Association of British Insurers Insurance Statistics Yearbook. Peter Falush examines the statistics for more trends.
Hill House Hammond opens new office.
Hill House Hammond has opened a new office in Pithay, Bristol. Managing director Bryan Jenkins (left...
Appointment at Yachtline.
Paul Brenchley has joined yacht underwriting managers Yachtline on secondment from CNA Maritime, whi...
Amlin's £24m buy.
In the final capacity auction at Lloyd's this year, Amlin purchased £24.5m of capacity on its manage...
£1m legal upgrade.
Weightmans law firm has completed a £1m IT upgrade in order to cope with the new civil procedure rul...
S&P highlights threat of a European capital mismatch.
The move toward bancassurance could be curtailed by the mismatch in the capital strength of European...
Axa outsources legal expenses
Insurer Axa this week confirmed it has signed a deal with Abbey Legal Protection to outsource the adm...
Norwich and Prudential show growth
UK insurers Norwich Union and Prudential recorded improved business for the first nine months of this...
XL raises bid for Capital Re
Bermudian insurer XL Capital has raised its bid for Capital Re. The insurer has increased its offer f...
Chartside hits acquisition trail
An ambitious acquisition programme by management company Chartside Ventures was kicked off this week ...
GE makes push for over 50s
GE Insurance Holdings, the insurance operation of GE Financial Assurance, has launched a new company...
McCracken & Rutter launch into London market
A new company is set to launch into the London market, it was confirmed today. The £50m Underwriter...
Analysts predict business wipeout.
The threatened deregulation of the US commercial market could wipe out surplus lines writers in Lond...
Appointment at QBE International Insurance.
Marion Brown has joined QBE International to head the company's new alternative risk transfer (ART) ...
Standard Life Investment.
Standard Life Investment made sure its operations were built on firm foundations when Financial Serv...
Appointment at Aon.
Eric Warner has been appointed chief financial officer and board director of Aon Group, the reinsura...
Blast from Brown.
The new president of the CII is Reg Brown, underwriter of Syndicate 702 at Lloyd's and a director of...
Blunkett backing.
Deborah Arnott, head of consumer education at the Financial Services Authority, told a workshop sess...
Support for charge.
Travel insurance specialist Inter Group has welcomed controversial plans to charge brokers £500 for ...
Award winners.
Peter Knight (below), CII vice-president, received the Bridgewater Award for Exceptional Service for...
Industry can prove itself in Paddington aftermath.
When there is human tragedy on the scale of the Paddington rail crash, the insurance industry is nev...