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Chubb denies closure plans.
US insurer Chubb, which reveals its fourth quarter earnings today, has vehemently denied it has plan...
Barristers have voted ...
Barristers have voted to offer their services directly to the public, following a unanimous agreemen...
David Reed new CEO at The St Paul at Lloyd's.
David Reed has been named as the new chief executive officer at The St Paul at Lloyd's. He will repl...
Churchill expands its Indian operation.
Churchill Insurance, which already has 250 of its IT staff based in New Delhi, India, plans to expan...
Churchill sets up new partnerships division.
Churchill Insurance, which recently acquired Prudential's general insurance arm, has set up a new co...
Phoenix in Direct deal with Lloyd's.
Lloyd's is confident its members could save a "substantial amount of money", after the market's IT p...
Lloyd's: cash call for WTC claims.
Lloyd's is making another cash call of £564m to help pay claims from the World Trade Center, taking ...
Appointment at Aon Motor Accident Management.
Aon Motor Accident Management has made several changes to its senior management. Steve Rattle has be...
Clocking on to a better pension?
Pension mis-selling scandals have severely dented the life insurance industry's credibility, but could recent government initiatives, such as stakeholder, be about to turn their - and workers' - fortunes around? Keith Sankey reports.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Neglecting your business website is almost a greater sin than not having one at all these days. Ther...
Eureko/PZU deal on hold.
Pan-European insurer Eureko's two-year struggle to increase its stake in Poland's leading insurer PZ...
RSA acts over asbestos claims.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to increase its reserves to cover exposure to UK asbestos claims by £200m, f...
Rowe & Maw merges with Chicago firm.
Former City law firm Rowe & Maw has said its London market insurance practice will not suffer as a r...
SOC asset crisis forces EGM.
The SOC group, which owns Lloyd's members agent SOC Private Capital, was forced to call an emergency...
The Chartered Insurance Institute ...
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched a global web directory as part of its online service ...
EC liability decision branded "outdated".
The European Commission's decision not to cap environmental liability has been described as "outdate...
Super-union on the cards after double merger vote.
The creation of a single super-union for finance workers moved several steps closer this week, after...
Appointment at Autoglass.
Richard White has been made national sales manager at Autoglass and his new responsibilities will in...
A brave new world.
Insurers are failing to provide customers with what they want, says Tim Ablett, and as a result, the industry is in a position where it must now reinvent itself - or face the consequences.
Appointment at R3: Group.
R3: Group has appointed David Denyer as an account executive. He will be focusing on introducing new...
Pegasystems snaps up 1mind Corp.
Customer relationship management software provider Pegasystems is to acquire 1mind Corporation, a pr...
GEFI to target European buys.
European acquisitions are under consideration at GE Financial Insurance, having set itself the goal ...
Appointment at Marlborough Stirling.
Marlborough Stirling has appointed Adrian Guttridge as software director with responsibility for man...
Andrew Tait moves to Hong Kong.
Andrew Tait, AIG regional personal lines manager for the UK, Ireland, Europe and Eastern Europe is u...