News
Chinese insurers' premium income rises
Chinese insurers' premium income rose 30% in the first 10 months to 322.8bn Yuan (£23bn), according ...
What the papers said this week
THE GUARDIAN A UK company facing asbestos claims in North America is deliberately not turning up in...
Wellington to own part of Aspen share capital
Wellington Underwriting is to own 16.95% of Bermudian reinsurer Aspen's issued share capital based o...
Danger crop unlikely to test insurers
Insurers have escaped exposure to a potential farming epidemic after a highly contagious bug was fou...
Appointment at Misys Insurance Management
Misy Insurance Management has made a string of appointments to its Worcester-based insurance service...
Appointment at Lovells
Lovells has made John Young senior partner. Mr Young is currently head of the company's corporate in...
Chaucer boosts claims offering
Chaucer Insurance has implemented a new claims management solution for its personal injury business,...
New start-up targets adjusters
Paul May, former director of Charles Taylor Consulting, has launched a new international company cal...
Cut to the chase
Reforms to coroners' courts are set to cut straight to the heart of the inquest procedure, which will affect insurers and their policyholders - particularly in terms of accountability. Penny Lewis and Peter James report
Appointment at Goodhealth
Kevin Jones has joined Goodhealth Worldwide's UK private medical insurance operation as associate di...
Appointment at Regency
Gentian Winterson has become the new business development manager for Regency. She previously worked...
Appointment at Intech Solutions
Insurance technology provider Intech Solutions has appointed two new sales managers. Peter Green and...
Broker Direct not for sale
Broker Direct this week denied it was for sale, despite market speculation. The company, of which A...
Bell critical of EL inaction
A prominent employers' liability underwriter has taken a swipe at the government for its inaction ov...
Cox looks to treble network with buys
Cox Insurance intends to continue its high street broker acquisition strategy focused purely on pers...
Jersey looks to mirror UK FSA regulation
Jersey intends to introduce its own legislation for the regulation of general insurance intermediari...
Survey conducted by DLA
UK businesses are significantly failing to risk manage the consequences of litigation despite one of...
XL America acquires renewal rights
XL America has acquired the renewal rights for Royal & Sun Alliance USA's DPIC unit, which provides ...
Catlin venture seeks office network
Lloyd's insurer Catlin is understood to be looking to expand its network of coverholders following i...
Layton Blackham and Axa deal approved by FSA
Broker Layton Blackham and Axa confirmed this week that the deal to allow Axa to convert its previou...
Greenway warns of increased criminal charges threat
John Greenway MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, ha...
TF Bell opts for Sirius system
Midlands-based broker and independent financial adviser TF Bell Group has chosen Sirius Financial Sy...
Appointment at NEBOSH
Teresa Budworth has been appointed as director of the National Examination Board in Occupational Saf...
Biba chief to conduct review
Newly appointed British Insurance Brokers' Association chief executive Eric Galbraith is undertaking...