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Bavarian Re to open office in Norway
Bavarian Re has announced it is to open an office in Oslo in the second half of this year. Actuary ...
Financial Bill gets bogged down
The Financial Services & Markets Bill is struggling to keep to its Parliamentary timetable and is alr...
Britannic's general business moves to Cornhill
Britannic is to outsource general insurance sales - home and motor - to Cornhill Direct and to cut 35...
Tempest Re sets up in London
Bermudian monoline reinsurer Tempest Re has appointed Wayne Daniel to head up its move into multiline...
New office for Transatlantic Re
US-based Transatlantic Re has established a subsidiary company in Warsaw. Transatlantic Polska, based...
RSA picks Tenfold.
Royal & Sun Alliance USA has selected e-business supplier Tenfold Corporation to automate policy man...
Lund steps down.
Andrew Lund has stepped down as planned as chairman of Cunningham Ellis & Buckle following the merge...
Day of exam tips.
The Chartered Insurance Institute and the Life Insurance Association are together running a trai...
Right Roy, wrong job.
Last week we referred to Roy Hurley as the deputy chairman of Royal London (UK News, p3). He is in f...
Ex-Credit Lyonnais chief accused of breaking law.
French financial guru Francios Pinault has been charged with illegally profiting from the sale of a ...
Exclusive - Edmans latest NPI chief to go.
The deputy managing director of insurer NPI is to retire in the first half of this year. Laurie E...
New Scot Am centre.
Scottish Amicable has opened a new UK Sales Contact Centre to streamline its servicing of IFA custom...
Appointment at Bristol Marine Insurance Association.
Clive Harrington-Rutterford of Independent Insurance has succeeded Barry Hayes as chairman of Bristo...
AIRMIC resignation forces change
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has been forced to change its deputy chairman followi...
Dutch buy insurer.
London-based travel insurer Travel and Personal Underwriters has been sold to Dutch outfit De Gouse ...
Insurer chief jailed.
German insurance manager Klaus Dieter Schweickert of Munich-based BBV, has been sentenced to six yea...
Appointment at Dataview Solutions.
Spencer Chainey has been appointed as manager of Dataview Solutions' government business division. H...
China approves first broker group.
China has approved its first group of insurance broker companies in an effort to develop the industr...
Friendly bonus rate.
United Friendly is offering a guaranteed bonus rate of 9.5% for investment into its with profits bon...
First International Forum on Drug Abuse Prevention.
Delegates from around the world last week attended the first International Forum on Drug Abuse Preve...
Legal bodies to slash costs.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers are believed to be clo...
Ritchie takes chair.
Hamish Ritchie has been appointed as chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies UK. He will continue as ...
Bid to pin down PI.
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has announced a new initiative to help its members...
Appointment at Eurobase Systems.
Edwin Rogers has been made personnel director for Eurobase Systems. He has been with the company sin...