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Marine margins still suffering, says ILU.
The latest figures from the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU) give a clear indication of the di...
Key cases in a critical year.
Legal issues may have been overshadowed by competition, consolidation and alternative risk transfer over the past year, but our comprehensive review is still essential reading.
London brokers beware.
News that Zurich Financial Services (ZFS), one of the world's 10 largest reinsurance groups, is to c...
Broker warns networks.
The three electronic insurance trading systems that are looking to merge (Re, August 1998, p1) have ...
Situation monitored in Indonesia.
Continuing student unrest in the streets of the Indonesian capital Jakarta has seen some properties ...
£2bn will settle breast implant cases.
The Dow Corning company is to hand out £2bn in compensation to women who claim they were injured aft...
Help for Euro insurers.
Risk Management Solutions and English Matthews Brockman have signed a co-operation agreement to deve...
Arsonists burning £750m hole in insurers' pockets.
Incidents of arson have more than doubled in the last 10 years, costing insurers over £1m per day, d...
Mandarins hedge bets on IBRC.
Just what is one to make of the Treasury's apparent willingness to countenance a reprieve for the In...
A voice London needs.
At last the International Underwriting Association of London is off the ground, with the issues surr...
Staff pass the test.
Three employees from Harrogate-based farm insurance specialists Agricultural Insurance Underwriting ...
We're losing war on fraud'.
The insurance industry has to do something about the cost of motor fraud before premiums get to a le...
Insurers sign Armistice Day agreement for Nazi victims.
Six European firms agreed on Remembrance Day to set up a £54.2m humanitarian fund to aid Holocaust v...
Up, up and away with NU.
The first winner of Norwich Union's non-standard motor 'Great Quotes' scratchcard is an insurance cl...
Medics need more training to detect bogus injuries.
GPS need specialist medical training if they are to be the front line of the insurance industry's fi...
We must stop being a soft touch': Baker.
Association of British Insurers' deputy director general Tony Baker has urged the industry to stop b...
Federation promises high noon for salvage 'cowboys'.
The salvage industry has put aside its differences to try and stave off the spectre of government le...
Owen to succeed Sinclair as GRE chief.
John Sinclair has announced that he is to retire as Guardian Royal Exchange executive director for t...
Breakthrough' court decision.
The insurance industry is set to benefit from what has been called a "breakthrough victory" in the r...
Axa Life sell-off.
Axa is to sell 90% of its Luxembourg-based life insurance unit PanEuroLife to Nationwide Global Hold...
Independent loses £5m after calling off moves into life market.
Independent Insurance has abandoned plans to enter the life market, forcing it to write off £5m. Int...
CGU finance chief breathes easy after surprise profits.
CGU finance director Peter Foster has spoken of his relief at the company's nine-month operating pro...
On-the-piste cover.
Club Direct is offering its Prima Plus policyholders seven days extra winter sports cover. From 1 De...
Nikols Sedgwick looks forward to takeover by Aon.
Broking giant Aon has launched a friendly bid for leading Italian insurance and reinsurance brokerag...