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Insurers failing over e-commerce
The insurance industry has failed to address the business risks associated with e-commerce, warned Ma...
Calhoun to leave Employers
David Calhoun, president and chief executive of Kansas-based Employers Re, has been promoted to head ...
Hannover Re growth continues
Hannover Re has announced an 18% increase in both its net income and earnings per share in 1999. Gr...
GISC rule book online
The General Insurance Standards Council has now published its rule book which is available online. Th...
Hastings move on Drake rebuffed
Drake Insurance is believed to have rebuffed an approach by Sussex-based Hastings Direct, which is ow...
Moneyextra moves into insurance
Financial services company Moneyextra has launched an online insurance site for personal lines, which...
Cigna quits reinsurance market
US-based Cigna Corporation is to quit the reinsurance market, having sold its US individual and group...
ALARM chairman's network focus
Kevin McGlone, the new chairman of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers said this week he...
Lloyd's warns over medical liability
Lloyd's has warned that the medical profession is in the firing line over litigation resulting from f...
Primary travel deals
Primary Insurance Group has won two new travel insurance accounts with the Portman Building Society a...
ALRE buys Capitol Bankers
Annuity & Life Re America (ALRE) has acquired Capitol Bankers Life Insurance for $13.2m from Life Rea...
CE&B adjusts numbers.
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle has become the latest loss adjuster to make cutbacks with 125 staff to go....
Lloyd's opens its doors.
Lloyd's modernising drive has finally reached brokers. At present, only brokers based in London and ...
Appointment at Royal Liver Assurance.
Desmond Forshaw has retired as non-executive chairman of friendly society Royal Liver Assurance. He ...
Suited and booted.
A lawsuit filed in the US by subsidiaries of AIG and Chubb over the restructuring plan implemented b...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Groupama's former information technology director Steve Burton has joined Independent Insurance as g...
Commentary - Report on claims assessors.
The Blackwell Committee has said that it is not right to recommend regulation of claims assessors un...
Injury time.
We are continually told that the British public has become litigious - but many lawyers say this is simply not true. David Fanning unearths the real UK personal injury trends and compares them with patterns in the US.
David Hempleman-Adams flying The Britannic Challenger Balloon.
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams, flying The Britannic Challenger Balloon sponsored by Britann...
Groupama acquires Iron Trades health book
Groupama Insurances has acquired insurer Iron Trades healthcare business for an undisclosed sum. The ...
FSA gives feedback.
The Financial Services Authority has published feedback on the consultation for complaint handling a...
BIA shortlists now complete.
The marathon task of judging the 2000 British Insurance Awards is nearing completion with the announ...
Electronic signs.
Online insurance intermediaries and mortgage providers have welcomed the news that the Electronic Co...
Appointment at Brockbank Syndicate Management.
Louise Newman and Annabelle Forcey have joined Syndicate 861 at Brockbank Syndicate Management. Ms N...