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Wellington unveils plans for £150m syndicate.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington has stepped up its operations this week, after unveiling plans to form a ...
AITT and TTFS merge as membership falls.
Insurance teachers and trainers will not lose their representative voice, despite their own associat...
Capita enters strategic alliance with Room.
Business service provider Capita London Market Services has signed a strategic alliance with Room So...
London-based broker Willis records net profit.
London-based broker Willis has recorded a net profit of $68m (£47m), up from $39m for the same quart...
Ireland must tackle motor issue.
It is now just over two years since the UK introduced the Woolf reforms to the civil justice system ...
Aon sets aside a provision of $90m.
US broking giant Aon has set aside a provision of a $90m (£62m) pre-tax allowance for a potentially ...
80 years ago.
Making money out of motor insurance has long proved to be a hard nut for many insurers to crack. In ...
Insurers failing to assess own risks warns EU report.
Download KPMG Report Insurers are failing to adequately assess the risks they face, as the World T...
Appointment at Merricks.
Merricks has recruited three new solicitors to its Chelmsford office. Wendy Beach, previously a part...
Lloyd's vehicles in pile-up.
Listed Lloyd's vehicles took a hammering this week as six of the market's largest players posted com...
Peter Wood takes stake in Lloyd's.
Insurance entrepreneur Peter Wood, founder of Direct Line, has taken a stake in Lloyd's by investing...
Norwich Union launches Office & Surgery package.
Norwich Union this week claimed its new commercial package for offices and surgeries is the only one...
Hill House Hammond acquires ML Bender Insurance Brokers.
Hill House Hammond has acquired Truro-based ML Bender Insurance Brokers, which was established in 19...
Out on your own.
Starting up your own business can be a risky undertaking if a well thought-out business plan is not in place. A few of the industry's successful entrepreneurs offer some helpful pointers on how to make those initial steps that bit easier. Lynn Rouse…
A model approach.
New solvency regulations and corporate governance will require insurers to use advanced modelling techniques to pass the Financial Services Authority's scrutiny. Peter England explains.
NU dismisses risk fears.
Norwich Union dismissed the notion that it would lose business as a result of its new terrorism excl...
View from the Top - Robert Hiscox
Robert Hiscox, chairman, Hiscox The old wisdom is that the insurance market goes up the lift and do...
The IUA appoints deputy chairman.
The International Underwriting Association has appointed Carl Bach, senior vice-president at Ace Eur...
Lloyd's has begun talks with the Chinese ambassador to the UK.
Lloyd's has begun talks with the Chinese ambassador to the UK, Ma Zhengang, to discuss the future ro...
Lloyd's is developing an electronic system.
Lloyd's is developing an electronic system called Blue Mountain to improve commercial lines risk tra...
Ecclesiastical defends poor overseas results.
Ecclesiastical Insurance this week said it remained committed to its loss-making overseas operations...
Zurich aids broker MBO.
Zurich Financial Services has bought a 45% stake in Endsleigh Insurance Services as part of a manage...
CTC plans big expansion in non-marine.
CTC Services, the newly-formed loss adjusting division of Charles Taylor Consulting (PM, 25 April, p...
The cost of failed sterilisation.
Rees v Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust (Court of Appeal - 14 February 2002).