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Best reviews rates.
Rating agency AM Best has placed its B (very good) rating of London based Colonia Baltica Insurance ...
Appointment at Kingsmead Underwriting Agency.
Ken Davidson has been appointed chairman of Kingsmead Underwriting Agency following the retirement o...
Preparation for Hurricane Floyd.
Loss adjusters moved quickly to be prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Floyd in the US. The catego...
Exclusive - War declared on arsonists.
A new spirit of co-operation has seen the emergency services, a local council and the insurance indu...
Thames Water sued by flooded company.
A company claimed damages after a water pipe burst and flooded its property. Experts advised the ...
Old Mutual indexed.
Old Mutual, the South African insurance and banking group that listed in London in July, is to join ...
Amlin shopping spree.
In the fourth Lloyd's capacity auction, Amlin has purchased £18.7m of capacity on its managed syndic...
Appointment at IPC Information Systems.
Steve Phillips has been appointed managing director of IPC's Asia Pacific division. He joins from Sy...
Velo warns of autumn car crime rise.
Fleet insurers should brace themselves for a deluge of claims over the upcoming months, according to...
PMPL - Abbey aid.
Insurance information and data management specialist PMPL has assisted Abbey National Financial and ...
The human touch.
Cyber call centres may appear cutting edge, but they contradict a lesson learned earlier, says Lorraine Wright.
Quake loss covered.
Marsh & McLennan Securities Corporation has completed a £31m insurance-linked transaction for a majo...
Irish call for benefits cut.
The Irish Law Reform Commission is seeking to have state disability pensions, sick pay and other "co...
Mortgage protection - EPP offers mortgage bolt-ons.
Equity Protection Policy is launching a bolt-on product which incorporates the cost of insurance cov...
NU gives Virgin a private medical.
Norwich Union is to get physical with Virgin with a new private medical insurance package. The mo...
Chatset predicts 3.17% losses for Lloyd's.
Chatset has released its latest forecast for the Lloyd's market, and, in line with analyst's predict...
Swiss Re profits up.
Swiss Re has posted good figures for the first half of 1999. Gross premiums increased by 19% compare...
Aware and prepared?
In last year's Post Magazine survey of UK risk managers, many respondents expressed concern about te...
Flocking to Wren.
Wren Syndicates Management, which operates syndicates 250 and 389 at Lloyd's, has taken on Kevin Hut...
Aon links up with real estate body.
Aon has formed a strategic alliance with an international real estate federation as the official pro...
9.9.99 no-show a foretaste of Y2K problems?
Well, it came and it went. Did anyone notice? 9.9.99 threatened computer chaos and a foretaste of th...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS Two workers fell eight floors to their deaths after making a hole through concrete wi...
Exclusive - City of London police investigate collapsed broker.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the brokerage Denis Hilton la...
Equitable Life in Euro-push.
Equitable Life is poised to expand into Europe following last week's High Court victory on guarantee...