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Almost half Drake policies cancelled.
Almost half the policyholders of motor insurer Drake, which went into receivership earlier this year...
FA hopes for major insurer interest in PI.
The Football Association is hoping that major brokers will be among those tendering for the new, com...
Brokers to be targeted by GE.
GE Financial Insurance is set to diversify its distribution network to encompass the intermediary ch...
Egg wasn't cracked.
Three men were held and then released on police bail last week, after being questioned about an atte...
Go-ahead on Brown.
Markel Syndicate Management's appointment of Andreas Loucaides as active underwriter of RE Brown & O...
SMG acquisition.
Leeds-based risk manager Smith Mason Group has extended its cover in the education sector with the a...
AMP: global rethink.
Australian insurer AMP is undergoing a global brand review that could lead to it adopting a single i...
RSA prepares for Energy launch.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to launch Energy, its new preferred partners scheme for brokers in the new y...
Appointment at Groupama.
The personal insurances team at Groupama has appointed two senior business managers to strengthen br...
Axa merger unfolds.
Axa unveiled the details of the long-awaited merger of Axa Re and Axa Global Risks last week, some e...
Fronting the fraud fight.
Just two weeks ago, we warned that insurers must ensure they stay at the forefront of the fight agai...
Luring the best from the rest.
Employers want the best staff for the job, but the fight to recruit and keep top talent means changing the rules. Tim Latham explains.
Appointment at DJ Marshall & Others.
Lloyd's composite syndicate 839, DJ Marshal & Others, has recruited John Grant to join Graham Young ...
Axa sells off DLJ
Axa subsidiary, Axa Financial has sold its 71% interest in investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenret...
Johnstone Douglas rebranded by Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes has announced the restructure of its UK financial services operations and management...
Britannic acquires First Active Financial
Britannic has announced the acquisition of 60% of First Active Financial for £57.2m as it recorded a ...
Gerling acquires Wright Underwriting
Gerling Global Re has bought the London-based Wright Underwriting Group. The group will write busin...
RSA looks to float asset
UK insurer Royal and Sun Alliance could seek a partial float of its fund management arm. The business...
Barclays cool over Friends Provident
Barclays Bank has described as very speculative reports that it has approached mutual life assurer Fr...
AMP rolls UK life operations into one
Australian insurer AMP has anounced it is to bring its UK life operations into a single business unit...
Cologne Re says profits are 'unsatisfactory'
German reinsurer Cologne Re has said that its 1999 result was 'unsatisfactory' despite reporting a ne...
Subsidence not a laughing matter.
I read with some (but not total) amusement Brian Clancy's letter "That sinking feeling (again)" (PM,...
Cotesworth future uncertain.
The future of Lloyd's managing agency Cotesworth & Co remained uncertain this week, following Austra...
New legal panel.
Alexander Forbes Solicitors Claims Service has selected a panel of 13 solicitors to help its regiona...