News
Expanding out West.
Westinsure has expanded its West Country broking network with the addition of Devon-based Rodney Ben...
Appointment at Admiral.
Cardiff-based motor insurer Admiral has appointed David Cooper as compliance officer for its Lloyd's...
Restatement rather than rewriting for Fairchild causation law.
I read with interest both your leading comment and the news items with regard to the Fairchild group...
Lloyd's accrediting.
Lloyd's is to accredit a further three brokers during January 2002. The market added its broker accr...
Bupa looks to Pegasystems for IT answer to customer support.
Health insurer Bupa hopes to improve customer retention and consistency of service through the imple...
Ace USA stops underwriting corporate aviation risks.
Ace USA has stopped underwriting corporate aviation risks independently and has joined the US Aircra...
Specialist costs don't make the grade.
Julia Bensusan v Bernard Freedman (Supreme Court Costs Office - 20 September 2001).
LP pilots legal fix.
Litigation Protection has developed new software to help insurers and solicitors quantify the risks ...
Interesting times for costs judgement.
Quorum A S v Charles William Schramm - (Commercial Court - 21 November 2001).
No more stake in Converium, says Zurich
Zurich Financial Services has sold all of its shares in its former reinsurance arm, Comverium, follow...
Max Re invests in DaVinci
Max Re Capital of Bermuda has acquired $50m of shares in DaVinci Re Holdings, the parent company of n...
XL to raise $600m
The Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital is to raise $600m by selling 6.5% senior notes due in 2012, in o...
Gerling in US gets cash injection and cuts back
Gerling Global Re is providing $150m for expansion to its main US company, Gerling Global Re Corporat...
Ace earnings lower than expected
Ace's net operating income for the fourth quarter of 2001 will fall below expectations, the company s...
Transatlantic could lose $39m on Enron
Reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings estimates that it could be liable for reinsurance losses of about $3...
Insurers' optimism remains unchanged
Business confidence in the UK general insurance sector has remained unchanged over the past three mon...
Radian rebrands subsidiaries
Radian Group is renaming of its subsidiaries, Enhance Re, Asset Guarantee Insurance (AGI) and Express...
New Year's awards for industry figures.
Victor Haslett, a former vice president of the Chartered Insurance Institute, was awarded a CBE in th...
Government defends Lloyd's regulation.
The government intends to mount a vigorous defence against the European Commission's decision that it...
Silverstein extends WTC lawsuit.
Larry Silverstein, leaseholder of the World Trade Center, has filed a new law suit against Travelers ...
Wellington head waiting in the wings.
Several contenders remain in the frame to head up the new London underwriting vehicle of Lloyd's insu...
Blake returns to LUC.
The London Underwriting Centre has appointed Victor Blake as executive chairman with effect from 1 ...
HHH purchase first on year's acquisition trail.
Hill House Hammond Business Insurance has made its first major acquisition of the year, with another ...
Sutton expansion.
Twickenham-based broker Sutton Winson has opened an office in Burgess Hill as part of its expansion ...