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Appointment at Ocaso Insurance.
Spanish insurance company Ocaso has appointed David Brierley as business producer at its UK branch i...
Appointment at American Express.
Jonathan Walsh has been made vice president of international insurance services for American Express...
IT service guide.
IT Direct, the IT procurement service for Lloyd's and the London market, has produced a new Services...
Widows meeting.
Debt collection and insurance services specialist Omni Whittington UK is to acquire Bridgeway Manage...
Exclusive - Fraud floodgates set to be opened.
New interpretations of the Data Protection Act could transform it into a fraudsters' charter, a loss...
Overseas Partners in joint venture with RenaissanceRe
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners Cat (OPCat) has entered into a joint venture with RenaissanceRe...
Hannover Re in third securitisation deal
Hannover Re has completed a third deal for the transfer of acquisition costs in its life reinsurance ...
Prudential strides into Europe
Prudential has launched a European division following a decision to enter into alliances with French ...
Scor to join Dow Jones STOXX indexes
French reinsurer Scor is set to join the Dow Jones STOXX indexes following the quarterly review of th...
New president and COO at Ace
Dominic Frederico has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Bermudian reinsurer A...
Winterthur spreads its net
Winterthur Insurance, which has announced that it plans to pursue insurance sales over the Internet i...
Insurers must increase repair rates by 25%
The insurance industry's failure to pay decent labour rates for car body repair work is destroying th...
Heath and Lambert Fenchurch merge
Broker Lambert Fenchurch is to merge with the Heath Group, as predicted by Post Magazine two weeks a...
Hanks moves to Groupama
Lloyd Hanks has joined Groupama Insurances to head up the sales & agency operations of its personal i...
DHSM Lloyd's syndicates to go into run-off
Unum subsidiary, Duncanson & Holt Underwriters is to cease underwriting in the Lloyd's market early n...
Unum to cease underwriting for 2000
UnumProvident Corporation is to stop underwriting through its Lloyd's subsidiary Duncanson & Holt Und...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
David Eastwood has joined Ecclesiastical Insurance as an insurance consultant and surveyor. Previous...
Royal & Sun Alliance Panathlon Challenge.
A pupil of Phoenix School, Hammersmith, ponders his next move as he takes part in the Royal & Sun Al...
Appointment at QBE International Insurance.
Brian Lewis is to head QBE's engineering division. Mr Lewis, who will be based in the London Underwr...
Reinsurers could face huge bill from pensions mis-selling
Professional Indemnity insurers may soon start legal action to shift their costs from the £11bn pensi...
Website expansion.
Endsleigh Insurance has widened the range of products available on its website to include motor and ...
Budget merger.
Motor specialist Budget Insurance Services has merged with fellow motor player Arnott Century. The d...
Sherwood delivers speedier Net access.
Sherwood International, supplier of software systems to the insurance industry, has launched a new p...
Mondial Assistance races to raise money for charity.
Insurance and finance customer service company Mondial Assistance raced to raise £23,000 for charity...