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Liberty reveals fall
Liberty Syndicates has revealed its capacity for the 2007 underwriting year will be £725m, down from...
Appointment at Ascot Underwriting
Ascot Underwriting has appointed Richard Dearlove, the former head of the British Secret Intelligenc...
Environmental question time
delegates took the opportunity to quiz the environmental liability experts on a range of specific st...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's arm sure hurts this week, with all the Christmas cards she has been sending out. She is alwa...
Costly UK legal system weakens clean-up law
The law regarding cleaning up contaminated land may have to be looked at seriously, as local authori...
Environmental insurance aids in M&A deals
Environmental insurance has improved significantly in recent years and can be instrumental in closin...
Market leaders hold talks over potential merger
The prospect of a merger between the UK's two largest premium finance providers moved a step closer ...
Lark acquires Somerville
Lark Group has acquired Somerville Insurance Services, a Lloyd's broker based in the City and Sudbur...
Apil uses report to back small claims view
The claimant legal lobby has thrown its weight behind a report from the Law Society, which revealed ...
Libel CFA issue not sorted
The debate around conditional fee agreements used in libel cases is set to roll on with a meeting ar...
ID theft launch
Sainsbury's Bank has begun marketing its identity theft protection cover, dubbed Privacy Guard, afte...
What the papers said this week
The Sun Pantomime stars have been told not to throw sweets to children in the audience for fear...
Experts hail government taxation decision
Experts have hailed the government's decision to abolish discounting provisions on general insurers'...
Evolution boasts that deal will help client retention
SME insurer Evolution Underwriting this week claimed a deal with Arc Legal Assistance, which include...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Keith Robertson, previously senior underwriting consultant wit...
Report finds issue with VAT regime
A new report by the European Commission has concluded that the current VAT regime has a negative imp...
Appointment at Ryan Insurance Group
Ryan Insurance Group has appointed Tom Coe as commercial account executive for the Essex area, based...
Zurich reveals broker division leadership names
Zurich has confirmed the members of its new broker division leadership team. The operational units h...
Appointment at Kiln
Kiln has appointed Keith Land as chief executive officer for its Hong Kong practice. Mr Land, who ha...
US insurer in key hires
US giant WR Berkley's London-based operation is making a planned attack on the engineering and const...
Start-up targets staff for online move
An online personal lines aggregator is set to launch in January in a bid to rival the likes of Confu...
Internet uses
Dr Gerhard Schmid, managing director of Munich Eco Consult, explained how it is using the internet t...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as these highlights from past-articles reveal
Kiln to buy Belmarine
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has revealed it is to buy Belmarine Insurers. Belmarine, which is based in Lieg...