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NU duo take up new roles
Medical insurer, Clinicare has appointed two new business development managers to strengthen its support of the intermediary market.
Highway moves to acquire brokers through new retail division
Highway has today launched a retail division in order to acquire a number of UK brokers, improve its earning stream and smooth the impact of the underwriting cycle
LMA appoints first underwriting and claims head
The Lloyd’s Market Association has appointed Bill Rendall as its new head of underwriting and claims.
NAIC claims AM Best study approves state insurance regulation
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) is claiming that a recently published study by rating agency AM Best, entitled Best’s Insolvency Study: Property/Casualty U.S. Insurers, 1969-2002, provides further evidence that the national…
LCL launches consultancy for London market
LCL Consulting has set up a new project consultancy division to provide London market professionals with specialist teams focused on niche markets such as broking, portfolio administration and the Financial Services Authority.
RAA releases US P&C figures
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has released the results of a new survey of US property/casualty insurers results.
D&G expects minimal Competition Commission impact
Warranty protection insurer, Domestic & General has reported its results for the nine months up to 31 March 2004, with its core UK warranty turnover up 9.4% to £155.8 million.
BMA grants Bahrain captive licence
The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) has granted a licence for a captive insurance management company, the first of its kind in the GCC region.
Appointment at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Commercial law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), has appointed Paul Nicholas as senior partner...
Appointment at White Mountains Re
Steve Fass has been appointed president and chief executive of White Mountains Re, a new company tha...
Appointment at Hardy Underwriting Group
Hardy Underwriting Group has announced that its new financial institutions underwriting team is comp...
Moody's Investors Service upgrades
Re-ratings
Goshawk Re rebrands
Goshawk Insurance Holdings has announced the rebranding and renaming of its Bermuda-based reinsuranc...
Appointment at Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhard
Chris James has been appointed chief executive of Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhard. Mr James ...
Swiss Re calls for more research
Swiss Re has called for more research on the possible effects of the growing use of nanotechnology. ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance Group
Peter Clark has been appointed to the boards of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, Ecclesiastical Insur...
Von Bomhard fixes on profit
Nikolaus Von Bomhard, the new chairman of Munich Re's board of management, has said that the group's...
Final verdict reached in WTC trial
After more than 10 days of deliberations, the jury in the ongoing World Trade Centre (WTC) trial has...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Heath Lambert Group has announced the appointment of Barry Duffin as operations director, heading up...
Marketing the possibilities
The recent insurance conference in Lebanon proved the Gulf Region is a market of potential for regional and global players
White Mountains completes Sirius deal
White Mountains Insurance Group has completed the acquisition of the Sirius Insurance Group and its ...
Commercial insurance markets feel pressure
Market dynamics are bringing an end to the double-digit increases in commercial insurance costs expe...
Xchanging tests the India offshore model
Xchanging is using a facility in India for its own administration processing. Speaking at the Reins...
Report claims 2003 was good for P&C
Despite higher insured catastrophe losses in the US in 2003, companies writing property reinsurance ...