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Repeople - Appointment at Reinsurance Association of America.
Joseph Brandon, the chairman and chief executive of General Re, has been elected chairman of the Rei...
The City fights back
Man of letters Samuel Johnson wrote that by seeing London he had "seen as much of life as the world...
Rebriefs - Scor expected to announce buyer.
French reinsurer Scor was expected to announce a buyer for its loss-making, Bermuda-based specialty ...
Benfield IPO values broker at £575m
Benfield Group's flotation on the London Stock Exchange raised £157m ($262m), valuing the reinsuran...
EL should be "put out of its misery".
Out-going Airmic chairman David Ireland has called on the government to scrap the current tort-based...
Treasury proposal for retro regulation by the FOS is unfair to
The Treasury is considering giving the Financial Ombudsman Service the power to deal with complaints...
Events.
19 June Legislation and industry initiatives International Association for Cold Storage Constru...
Lutine Lineslip Regatta.
This year, Post Magazine is once again sponsoring the Lutine Lineslip Regatta, the premier yachting ...
Appointment at Crispin Speers.
Colin Vening has joined the employee benefits team of Crispin Speers. He has joined the company spec...
Chown sets new standards.
Incoming Association of Insurance and Risk Managers chairman Nick Chown, director of risk management...
Kiln confirms reports.
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has confirmed that it had formally entered into an agreement with Berkley Londo...
The right tools for the virtual job.
The internet risks facing small UK businesses are still climbing, but the number of SMEs having any specific e-risk insurance remains frighteningly small. Brokers have a vital role to play in ensuring companies get the right tools to counter the net…
Seven years ago
Insurers are still suffering from problems over recovering money from each other. Back in 1996, the industry was being urged to replace the defunct knock-for-knock scheme with an electronic exchange.
Adjuster mergers predicted
Market insiders expect further consolidation within the loss adjusting market, following the acquis...
BWP strengthens senior management team.
Broker BWP has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Peter Newson as a boa...
Total Broker may regulate 2000.
The Mike Williams-headed broker network Total Broker Solutions could eventually regulate over 2000 b...
St Paul buys SME book
Insurer St Paul is due to launch into the medium-sized commercial market in August, after condition...
Association of Underpinning Contractors relaunched.
The Association of Underpinning Contractors has been relaunched as ASUCplus - Subsidence Repair Tech...
Legal expenses launch
Midlands-based solicitors Blakemores has teamed up with Lloyd's insurer Euclidian to launch a new leg...
HSE fails to sidetrack claim - Thames Trains v Health & Safety
(Court of Appeal - 22 May 2003) On 5 October 1999, a serious rail accident occurred at Ladbroke Gr...
Roundabout case lacks direction - King v Department of the
(Court of Appeal - 3 May 2003) The claimant was injured when he drove his motorcycle at a safe spe...
Culture Clash.
The Co-operative Group, including Co-operative Insurance Society is supporting the left-field stage ...
When two become one.
The long-awaited confirmation that Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Direct Line, is to add one of ...
XL Insurance Global Risk to increase property underwriting.
XL's worldwide property and casualty large commercial account operation XL Insurance Global Risk pla...