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Should I stay or should I go?
As salaries rise and law firms lose whole teams, Alex Broad finds out what makes solicitors abandon ship more often now than ever before.
Euclidian in £29m management buyout.
Consolidation in the Lloyd's insurance market continued apace with the news of a management buy-out ...
Lutine Trophy Race.
The St Paul team is one of 23 competing in the Lutine Trophy Race, which sets off today from Great Y...
Insurers fail to pass the staff test.
An industry is only as good as the people that work in it and, by inference, as those that are attra...
Cruise liner collision.
The London insurance market looks set for at least a £30m bill following the collision between two v...
Woolf Reforms pushing up costs.
Far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the Woolf reforms are costing insurers more, a...
Appointment at Munters.
Damage restoration company Munters has promoted Denice Honour from a marketing executive to customer...
The task of Porro.
Swiss Re's head of risk and reinsurance, Bruno Porro, talks to Adrian Leonard about the group's approach to the new set of problems facing reinsurers.
On firmer ground.
Although the traditional reinsurance market in the US is still soft in some sectors, John McLaughlin detects the first signs that rates are hardening.
Looking forward, looking back.
Will the reinsurance industry undergo as many changes in the next decade as it did in the last? Janina Clark asked some of the market's key players to predict what is in store for the next millennium...
Trend spotting.
Convergence with the capital markets will join the current reinsurance trends of globalisation and the 'flight to quality' in the next decade, predicts Donald Watson, director of Standard & Poor's in New York.
1998's top 25 reinsurance groups ranked by net written premium.
(A) Reinsurance premiums written 1998 ($m) (B) Reinsurance premiums written 1997 ($m) (C) Change...
Soaking up the sun.
Roger Crombie advises Bermuda's (re)insurers to make the most of the sunshine, as bad weather could be on the way.
East is east and west is west.
Deals between eastern and western insurers are rare compared with those in the banking sector. Jeremy Golden finds out why.
Riding high in EC3.
Globalisation has changed the nature of reinsurance in the London company market, but Mark Baylis finds it remains an active - and possibly expanding - centre.
Jack of all trades.
Brokers who diversify into consultancy work have an important role to play in the reinsurance market of the future. Adrian Leonard reports.
Life saver.
With non-life reinsurance in a parlous state, is life and health business the only hope for reinsurers? David Fanning investigates.
1998's top 125 reinsurance companies ranked by paid-up capital and
(A) Paid-up capital and surplus 1998 ($m) (B) Net written premiums 1998 ($m) (C) Capital and sur...
Flying the flag for change.
While conditions in Europe are expected to remain difficult for some time yet, John Sanders finds indications that the current cycle may be nearing its end.
Capital ideas.
As Lloyd's capital structure undergoes a transformation, Robert C.B. Miller argues that its final shape is far from certain.
Aon welcomes full disclosure from Bupa.
Aon Consulting has welcomed health insurer Bupa's move to fully disclose commissions on all large co...
Buy-outs - RSA cashes in on boom in buy-outs.
With funding for large management buy-outs now totalling £13bn, Royal and Sun Alliance has launched ...
Net sales support.
Brokat has launched an interactive Internet sales support application combining call centre and web ...
Appointment at Weightmans.
Insurance law firm Weightmans has recruited James Morris as marketing manager. He will be based in L...