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Axa plans £575m worth of cuts
European insurance giant Axa plans to cut costs worldwide by between £400m and £575m next year in res...
Who is in the driver's seat?
The UK motor trade should be exempt from the Motor Insurance Database, argues Allison Walter.
Ryanair to sell policies online.
Budget Irish airline Ryanair has linked up with insurer Churchill and broker Richardson Insurance to...
Appointment at InFront Solutions.
InFront Solutions, a claims service provider, has appointed Elaine Miller to the position of client ...
Appointment at Jerusalem Venture Partners.
Tal Lev has joined JVP as a senior associate and Lynda Radosevich will serve both JVP and its portfo...
Ex-Swiss Re man launches rehab consultancy.
A new case management and rehabilitation consultancy Proactive Rehab has been launched by Alan Burto...
End of the lines.
Following Independent's collapse, the industry has erred on the side of caution in assuming certain lines of its business. From small and medium size companies, this is understandable, but even the larger players are wary. Lynn Rouse gets the cover story.
Use IT or lose it.
Despite predictions of doom and gloom, e-business is becoming a powerful tool that will fundamentally change how companies develop and deploy their most valuable resource - people. Robert Davies explains how.
Jolly good sports.
The popularity of dangerous sports is increasing, and as demand for cover goes up, niche insurers are emerging who, contrary to the traditional attitude to such risks, are prepared to cover extreme activities - and they are doing quite well too, says…
Judges rules for insurers over Holocaust Act.
Insurers threatened with expulsion from California for failing to pay Holocaust victims' insurance c...
Appointment at Beckett Group.
Moya Law has been appointed as operations director of the Leicester office of Beckett Risk Managemen...
Sampo IT deal.
Insurance and financial services provider Sampo has agreed a partnership deal with IT services compa...
Tenants' rights.
The Association of British Insurers has launched a good practice guide to help encourage greater take up of home contents insurance among local authority and housing association tenants. Malcolm Tarling explains the rationale behind this latest drive to…
Zurich Re-naming.
Zurich Re began trading as Converium from this week. It consists of three reinsurance entities: Conv...
Over-regulation fear.
The Association of British Insurers has called on the Financial Services Authority to ensure regulat...
Watson Wyatt to be focus of CIIG action.
Actuary Watson Wyatt, and not consultancy KMPG, looks set to be named as the primary focus of imminen...
Appointment at M Consulting.
M Consulting has made three appointments. Anita Hawkes joins as a marketing consultant. Cathy Hender...
Xchanging contracts.
The London market business process outsourcing specialist Xchanging has secured £25m investment from...
Aviation lifeline.
An AIG-led group offering cover for aviation liability of up to $1bn per airline looks set to partia...
Appointment at Saga.
Mark Mear has been appointed head of business development for Saga Services - part of Saga Group. He...
Appointment at Beazley.
Alistair Robson has joined Beazley as senior property underwriter. He was previously property underw...
Uncertain times.
These are uncertain times, both politically and economically. More than ever, the insurance industry...
Inreon activity.
The internet-based reinsurance risk trading platform Inreon this week claimed that more than 30 risk...
Appointment at Ernst & Young.
Ernst & Young has recruited Christop Waltenspuel to the role of partner. Mr Waltenspuel joins the co...