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Coping with the ups and downs.
As the swings in the insurance cycle become more violent, Robert C.B. Miller examines strategies for dealing with such wildly fluctuating market conditions.
Alive with opportunity.
Maria Kielmas finds that power trading among the world's newly deregulated electricity producers is opening up opportunity for innovative insurers.
A criminal waste of money.
Fraudsters cost the (re)insurance market billions of dollars every year. Cameron Andrews looks at what is being done to combat crime.
Negative outlook for UK property & casualty
Rating Agency Moody's has maintained its negative rating outlook for the short-term future of the UK ...
Zurich pulls out of accident repair
The UK general insurance business of the Zurich Financial Services Group is to close its two in-house...
Indie Irish manager leaves for family reasons
Michael Gaughan, the man who help set up Independent Insurance's Irish operation and became its first...
Zurich reports strong life business growth
Changes being made by Zurich Financial Services to its distribution channels appear to be working as ...
Independent profits up
Independent Insurance reported strong growth with a 39% rise in underwriting profit to £24m in its in...
Standard Life faces another fight
Standard is Life is reported to be facing another demutualisation campaign. Scottish businessman Go...
Rural crime on the up
There has been a dramatic rise in rural crime according to a new report from insurer NFU Mutual. Th...
American Re acquisition terminated
New Jersey-based American Re's proposed acquisition of United National Group (UNG) of Pennsylvania ha...
Scott takes over Bland role
The Chartered Insurance Institute has found a replacement for director general David Bland who is due...
Barclays and Woolwich unite
Barclays bank is to acquire the Woolwich for £5.4bn, doubling the bank's 4% share of the UK home lo...
CGNU close to US sale
CGNU is expected to announce it has found a buyer for its US property and casualty operations in the ...
Bennetts updates online site.
E@sy riding Motorcycle insurance broker, Bennetts, has updated its online site, www.bennetts.co.uk, ...
Ecclesiastical dismisses bats claim.
A leading church insurer has dismissed pressure group claims that England's churches are under siege...
ABTA loses market grip?
The Association of British Travel Agents has said it is not concerned by a direct insurer's claim it...
Permanent rates.
Permanent Insurance has introduced guaranteed rates on its income protection product Income Protecto...
Crowe flies the nest
Michael Crowe, founder and chairman of Lloyd's managing agent Crowe Insurance Group is to retire at t...
Credit for Egg.
Axa has lost the account to provide credit cover for Prudential-owned internet bank Egg's products. ...
BLM to refocus after staff quit.
Berrymans Lace Mawer's Manchester office is to refocus on its core market, following the departure o...
Cover Concern.
Age Concern has refused to comment on speculation it is set to review the underwriter for its home a...
Eggs-pence accounts.
The rapid growth of payment alternatives means companies no longer have to keep all their financial eggs in one basket. After a decade of market expansion, premium finance has come of age, says Simon Threadgold.
Motor drives out online competition.
Motor insurance products have a stranglehold on the rest of the financial market when it comes to on...