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Storms to cost Independent up to £12.5m
Independent Insurance estimated that the October floods and storms will cost it up to £12.5m as it re...
Radian buys Enhance Re
New York-based financial guaranty reinsurer Enhance Re is to be sold to the Radian Group. Radian, t...
Alexander Forbes UK operations on track
South Africa-based Alexander Forbes, an independent provider of financial and risk services which tod...
Axa UK's mixed fortunes
French-owned insurer Axa Group has reported consolidated revenues up 29% to Euro 61.8bn (£38bn) for t...
ESG Re posts "disappointing" results
Bemuda-based ESG Re has announced a loss of $34.3m for the third quarter of the year. The company ...
ALARM finds replacement for Taylor
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers has appointed a replacement for Liz Taylor, its chie...
Crawford moves for Brazilian operation
Loss adjuster Crawford has acquired its Brazilian loss adjusting representative, Resin - regulacao de...
Eureko believed to be considering Equitable bid
CGNU has pulled out of the auction for Equitable Life according to reports in the weekend media, leav...
Crisp, Pallet and Pettet in new venture
Ex-Independent Insurance assistant general managers, Kevin Pallet and Geoff Crisp have joined up with...
Lincoln looks to intermediaries for new business
Lincoln Financial Group, which recently transferred its sales force to Inter-Alliance, has announced ...
Appointment at Trenwick International.
Paul Tester, formerly director treaty underwriting, has been appointed underwriting director with re...
Annual PI seminar.
City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain is today hosting its fifth annual professional indemnity s...
Claims code creates challenges.
Winning or losing a position on an insurers' panel can have a real impact on a loss adjuster's viabi...
Williams: no rules were bent.
The article in "Penny Blacks' insurance week" (PM, 14 September, p64) has, at last, has been drawn t...
Berkeley to take on 100 new staff.
The Berkeley Morgan Group expects to create 100 new jobs in 12 months after moving four of its subsi...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Pains Fireworks, Britain's oldest and biggest firework display firm, has stop...
Appointment at Marsh.
Broker Marsh, a provider of insurance and risk management services, has appointed Liz Taylor as head...
Rehab needs understanding.
Too few claimant solicitors and claims departments have a broad understanding of the benefits of reh...
Wildnet joint net venture targets insurance sector.
New media company Wildnet, and technology specialist Software AG, have targeted the insurance sector...
Blinding solutions.
The introduction of online blind bidding systems to speed up the claims settlement systems is taking the insurance industry by storm, and it could save millions of pounds in claims and legal costs too, says Anthony Gould.
FSA: new task force.
The FSA is establishing a new task force to examine the use of past performance in the advertising o...
EasiEst launched.
Motex EasiEst, which specialises in computerised estimating and management systems for the motor rep...
Dispute on awards.
The Centre for Dispute Resolution is holding its fourth biennial awards on Thursday 30 November at t...
Eastern promise.
India is becoming an interesting prospect, with new regulations, such as the nationalisation of life insurance business, opening up the market and offering opportunities for foreign insurers and brokers to find their niche, says Saibal Dasgupta.