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BMA grants new licences
The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) has granted a licence to Aon Corporation to establish Aon Re Middle East, an insurance brokerage firm in Bahrain.
Allianz Cornhill to raise £100k for charity
Allianz Cornhill Commercial will be taking part in the Bush2 Dealer 6000 in support of BEN.
CIS launches education pack
Co-Operative Insurance Society has developed a free 'Enterprise Education' pack for Key Stage 4 pupi...
CII pleased by interest in young achiever award
The judging of young achievers' gong the Sheikh Abdullah Foundation Award was completed last week an...
Time to test yourself: A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Whether studying for Chartered Insurance Institute exams or want to test yourself, see how you do
More women managers, but industry rank is static
Women managers working in the insurance sector have remained static in the overall female earnings l...
Global Re reports substantial balance sheet loss
Global Re has announced that the 2003 financial year was another difficult year for the company. After having discontinued the underwriting of new property and casualty business on 26 October 2002, Global Re closed its first full financial year as…
Munich Re launches service company in Mumbai
Munich Re has strengthened its links to Indian insurance companies by setting up a new service company, Munich Re India Services, in Mumbai.
Corbally appointed COO at XL Weather
XL Weather & Energy (XLWE), a subsidiary of XL Capital has announced the appointment of Michael Corbally as senior managing director and chief operating officer.
IIB angered by FSA broker stance
Financial Services Authority chairman Callum McCarthy has refused to alter rules that expose general brokers to unlimited individual FSCS claims arising from insurance mediation activities, according to the Institute of Insurance Brokers.
Admiral IPO begins successfully
Admiral Group has successfully placed its initial public offering of existing ordinary shares to institutional investors. The offer price was set at 275 pence, with shares trading at 283 pence at 8:15am
Ex-Aon man moves to Health Lambert for north regional role
Heath Lambert has appointed David Rudman, as director responsible for the broker's business development and client servicing initiatives in the Northern region.
JLT switches Cayman operations to Bermuda
JLT Risk Solutions has announced that following the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ivan it has temporarily relocated its Cayman operation to its Bermuda office while the damage to infrastructure is being repaired.
Offshoring trend to continue
Norwich Union has announced plans to move 950 more jobs abroad following its December announcement of shifting 2350 jobs to India, according to the National Outsourcing Association.
Appointment at Software Solutions Partners
Software Solutions Partners has appointed Liz Latter as manager for corporate business development. ...
RAC mulls commercial push
RAC is understood to be considering a move into commercial lines after confirming the expansion of i...
Amicus closes college for health and safety reasons
Insurance union Amicus, has closed its London Whitehall College for health and safety reasons. The c...
Relaunch targets £800m GWP
Bluesure is launching its 'multiplex' insurance offering in the UK this month, planning to reach £80...
Appointment at Summit Re
Reinsurance broker Summit Re has appointed Deborah Stubbs as a managed care specialist. She joins fr...
Medicash to advertise via Taxi TV
Health cash plan provider Medicash is to advertise with Liverpool black cabs via Taxi TV. Some 70 ta...
Saga IPO 'not a sale tactic'
Saga has launched a national press campaign to promote a stock market float, but it has denied it is...
Alea Group announces underwriting profit
Insurer and reinsurer Alea Group has announced underwriting profit before allocated investment retur...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has made Tristan Webb development executive in the company's Southampton office. Working withi...
No Can Do for Cox as insurer divests
Cox Insurance has closed two subsidiaries and put one up for sale as it announced half-year profits ...