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Oval makes healthcare push
Oval has formed a healthcare division through the acquisition of Bristol and Lancashire-based broker...
US/UK legal merger
US law firm Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, and Kendall Freeman of London, have officially announce...
Government to expand EA flood defence remit
The government has indicated it will expand the Environment Agency's responsibilities after its "les...
Act change applauded
UK Fraud prevention service CIFAS has welcomed the new provisions made within the Fraud Act, which w...
Appointment at Plexus
Plexus Law has announced Michael Jamieson and Jason Howarth as two new additions to its professional...
PIAB allows claimants to use lawyers
The Irish Personal Injuries Assessment Board is relaxing its rules on claimants incurring legal cost...
Insurers offer care cover
Erinaceous Insurance Services and Norwich Union have teamed up with eight other companies to provide...
What the papers said this week
Metro A biker who claims he was traumatised when he saw a fatal road accident is seeking compen...
Co-operative keeps tower after head office move
The Co-operative Group has said the future of its two landmark offices in the Manchester city centre...
FTSE 100 risk warning
FTSE 100 companies are reporting risk above what the UK's regulatory regime requires, according to r...
Atrium in Room tie-up
Atrium Underwriters is the first insurer to go live with a new business process outsourcing service ...
AIG outlines new branch office plan
AIG has said it hopes to expand the size of its Newcastle team next year after opening a new Quaysid...
California Wildfires - Californian wildfires to cost up to $1.7bn
The wildfires that ravaged southern California in October could cost insurers more than $1.7bn, maki...
Facilities Challenge - Connecticut AG accuses Guy Carp facilities of price fixing
Connecticut attorney general (AG) Richard Blumenthal has launched a lawsuit against Guy Carpenter, a...
US terror cover - US Senate votes in favour of TRIA extension
The US Senate has voted in favour of pushing ahead with a seven-year extension of the federal govern...
Robert Sinclair joins Guy Carpenter
Robert Sinclair has been appointed senior vice president of GCFac, Guy Carpenter's facultative reins...
Lloyd's broker extends Scandinavian coverage
Lloyd's broker Alwen Hough Johnson (AHJ), UK, has bought a 60% stake in Scandinavian (re)insurance b...
Markel reveals Stockholm expansion plans
Markel International has announced its plans to open for business in Sweden in its first move into t...
US expansion - Munich Re homes in on US insurance market
The world's largest reinsurance company, Munich Re, has expanded its US presence by agreeing to buy ...
Marsh sets up forensic accounting and claims practice
Marsh has established a forensic accounting and claims services (FACS) practice for the Middle East ...
RPC signs up reinsurance clients for contracts service
City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has signed up Glacier Re and Hiscox for its new ReWord int...
PWS four bailed again
Four executives of Lloyd's broker PWS who were arrested back in January 2007 have had their bail ext...
UK Insurers could save £1.4bn from plaques decision
Deloitte has estimated that the October ruling by the House of Lords on the asbestos-related conditi...
Typhoon Krosa losses swell to $600m says AIR
Typhoon Krosa caused up to $600m insured losses when it struck Taiwan and China in early October, ac...