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Zurich Re to become independent company
Zurich Financial Services is to spin off and rename its Zurich Re operation as part of a restructurin...
Policy Master to be dropped
Broking systems supplier Policy Master plans to change its name to the Sirius Group and is to seek a ...
Fusion takes another three Independent staff
Fusion, which is owned by Lloyd's vehicle SVB, has recruited another three senior development manage...
Chubb chief calls for peace
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb - policy adviser to President Bush - has called fo...
Bupa ties up with Old Mutual
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to deliver a new international healt...
Post nominated for Campaign of the Year
Rehabilitation First, Post Magazine's editorial campaign has been short listed in the Periodical Publ...
NU fails in move to use Human Rights Act
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...
Moody's predicts large losses for Lloyd's
Lloyd's will have total losses of £3.5bn ($5bn) in the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 years of account, pr...
NIG gets new ARM
Broker-only insurer NIG has taken a majority shareholding in Glasgow-based All Risk Management, a pro...
CGNU makes Hungarian acquisition
CGNU has acquired Hungarian high net worth life insurer Mebit from Dutch banking group ABN Amro Bank ...
Charman quits Ace
John Charman has quit Bermuda-based insurer Ace only weeks after being promoted to group president an...
Pru's US bid faces Holocaust challenge
Prudential's £29bn takeover of US life business American General could be challenged by the Internati...
Risk managers turn away from insurers as service levels dive
Risk managers are turning away from the traditional insurance market, according to a new survey by th...
Miller sells off insurance arm
Miller Fisher, support service provider to the insurance and financial service industries is to sell ...
Cox records loss after restructure
Cox Insurance Holdings, which has reported a £6.4m loss for 2000, is to expand its retail business an...
Zurich secures deal with Bank of Scotland
Zurich is to enter into a joint venture with the Bank of Scotland under a deal which will see the ins...
Joined up rally over floods
The Association of British Insurers has joined calls for "joined up" action on shoring up Britain's f...
US drops Bill provision in favour of Lloyd's
The US Senate has removed a provision from its planned Bankruptcy Billthat would have made it harder ...
Concern over three motor insurers
The chances of another motor insurer collapsing like Drake last May is "not unlikely", according to r...
Russian's seek insurance for $916m satellite programme
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has appointed broker Marsh as a consultant on the...
US Senate rejects bankruptcy reform provision
The US Senate voted last night to remove a provision from a bankruptcy reform bill that would have ha...
Galileo satellite likely to get EU approval
The European Union is likely to give the go-ahead on 5 April to a proposed Euro 3.25bn European satel...
Space companies reject calls for higher rates
Dr Boris Antoniuk, director general and chief executive of the Russian Satellite Communications Compa...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Lee Turner has taken on the role of regional sales manager at Independent Insurance's Reading office...