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Willis goes private.
Broker Willis Corroon has returned to private ownership as the last stage in its acquisition by a co...
Aon Corporation.
Aon Corporation, the US holding company that includes giant broker Aon Group, as well as consulting ...
Balancing both sets of cover.
Does an aggregate extension clause have a role to play when the terms of inward and outward covers do not match? John Butler investigates.
Marine profits torpedoed and sinking fast.
Just three years ago the marine sector at Lloyd's was top of the class, now underwriters are struggling to break even. Alex Beatty reports.
Chasing Asia's professionals.
Professional indemnity insurers targeting Asia have met with mixed success. Jeremy Golden reports.
Don't worry, be happy.
As many of us head into the festive season, it is particularly striking that, despite having very li...
PwC Asia head.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the professional services supplier, has appointed Aubrey Whitear as leader o...
Bermuda's leaders calm business fears.
The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) has been quick to reassure Bermuda's business community following...
Marsh & CcLennan Companies.
Broking giant Marsh & McLennan Companies boosted its net income by a third to $186m in the third qua...
General Re buys into Lloyd's future.
US giant General Re has entered the Lloyd's market for the first time with the acquisition of D.P. M...
Brown for Lloyd's.
Lloyd's has appointed former World Insurance Network chief executive Tom Brown to take charge of its...
Mutual challenges.
Pressures abound on P&I clubs, says Standard & Poor's Fiona Thompson.
Copenhagen Re in the market for acquisitions.
The acquisition of a company or portfolio is high on Copenhagen Re's list of priorities, chief execu...
All together now.
Mention the word 'merger' in the (re)insurance world these days and many will flinch. "Oh no, not an...
Reinsurers stem the tide.
Faced with pressures from inside and outside the market, Eric Alexander finds marine reinsurers fighting back.
JLT merges units.
Lloyd's broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to merge its London market insurance and reinsurance operat...
Lloyd's agent banned.
Lloyd's regulators have banned Cuthbert Heath Underwriting, the former managing agent of syndicate 4...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has promoted Bob Middleton to agency controller in its Edenbridge marketing de...
Cross-border life sales rocket.
Cross-border sales of life insurance within the 18 states of the European Economic Area has eclipsed...
Return to lender.
It's now thought cool to finance your lifestyle with someone else's money. Where do insurers fit into this lending spree? Simon Threadgold reports.
New Year to bring new name for Scottish Equitable.
Scottish Equitable is to begin 1999 with a new corporate structure operating under the name Aegon UK...
Panel settles marathon row.
The long-running dispute between the bankrupt Swedish credit insurer Svenska Kredit and its reinsure...
Lloyd's denies IBRC allegations.
Lloyd's has denied claims that it's encouraging brokers to leave the Insurance Brokers Registration ...
RSA to axe 300 call centre jobs.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to axe almost 300 jobs next year as it closes two of its customer service ce...