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Munich Re profit up at half year
German giant Munich Re's premium income grew 12% to Euro 17.1bn in the first half of this year. It ex...
Ware-Lane confirms Claims Direct deal
SWL Holdings Limited, a company owned by Simon Ware-Lane, today confirmed it had acquired Barker Secu...
Hiscox and Wellington maintain forecasts
Two more Lloyd's insurers have released their forecasts for the 2000 year of account. Hiscox, which...
MP leads lead lobby
Louise Ellman, labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, confirmed this week that she would be lobbying mini...
Lloyd's predicts substantial loss for 2000
Lloyd's is predicting a loss of £1.39bn for the 1999 year of account and a £694m loss for the 200 yea...
RAA reports US reinsurers' 2000 results
The average combined ratio of US reinsurers in 2000 was 113.2%, according to a report on the US reins...
UK motor drives Fortis profits
A strong performance in the motor sector at the UK arm of Benelux-based Fortis helped drive up profit...
China and India lead Asian boom
Asia's life and non-life insurance markets are expected to grow by 8.9% and 7.9% a year respectively ...
Derivative cover for 2002 FIFA World Cup
Munich Re Capital Markets and Axa Colonia have created a new form of derivative to protect football's...
Amlin releases upbeat forecasts
Lloyd's managing agency Amlin Underwriting, owned by Amlin plc, said it had seen a continued increase...
Clal Insurance to acquire Broadgate
Israel's Clal Insurance Enterprise Holdings has agreed to acquire Groupama's Lloyd's syndicate, Broad...
PWC creates new Indie run-off company Aurora
The joint provisional liquidators of Independent Insurance have formed a 100% owned subsidiary of Ind...
Bluesure adjustment.
Loss Adjuster Carmichaels has been appointed by new Lloyd's insurer Bluesure to work on claims....
Ex-Indie staff challenge on payouts.
Independent Insurance is set to face a challenge from ex-employees over additional monies many belie...
Becoming fleetwise.
With the increasing number of cars on Britain's roads, the rate of accidents has risen alarmingly, with company car drivers being the main culprits. Simon Threadgold looks at the risk management drives that are gearing companies up for a fleet of changes.
Appointment at Clyde & Co.
Clyde & Co sees the return of senior master mariner Terry Ogg to its shipping practice, after four y...
Bladder cancer claims fear.
Insurers could be inundated with claims for bladder cancer, following last week's out-of-court settl...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group.
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Simon Bartlett as customer contact centre manager. He will be ...
Success fees are abused for gain.
When I read that Martin Cockx, the solicitor at Amelans who acted for Stephen Callery, compared himse...
Pensions industry mark's time.
A new quality mark for the pensions, life insurance and personal investment industry went live this ...
Axa squeezed in Orange deal.
Axa subsidiary PPP Healthcare this week lost the Orange telecommunications corporate private medical...
Putting ART in the frame.
Alternative Risk Transfer is not something the UK market was drawn to straight away, but now insurers are beginning to see the bigger picture and what ART can do for them, says Marcus Alcock.
Appointment at Shipowners' Claims Bureau.
US P&I club Shipowners' Claims Bureau has taken on Stuart Todd to help with marketing and liaison wi...
Big hitter waits in the wings as Blakemore goes.
A London market big hitter is understood to be joining Independent Insurance to handle the run-off, ...