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Appointment at Santam
Dr Johan van Zyl, chief executive of Santam, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the c...
Chancellor announces appointment of chairman of the FSA
The Chancellor Gordon Brown this week formerly announced the appointment of Callum McCarthy as chai...
Bakers are deserted by insurers
John Greenway MP has criticised both government ministers and the insurance industry for failing to a...
Search engine insurance launch targets 6000
Personal finance aggregator Money Supermarket has launched what it calls a second generation search...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has made David Shea chief financial & administrative officer of the company's financial ...
Appointment at SBJ Group
SBJ Group, the insurance and consulting group, has appointed Chris King as regional managing direct...
Financial Services Compensation Scheme lodges appeal
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has lodged an appeal against a recent judgement aimed at...
RAC returns cash to insurers
An investigation by the Association of British Insurer's fraud squad has led to money being returne...
The power to perform?
The 7th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference takes place next week. Magne Seljeflot, who helped establish the event, talks to Marcus Alcock about the turbulence the oil and gas insurance sector has experienced over the last few years and what the…
Eurobase Systems warns regulatory compliance will not be achieved
Software provider Eurobase Systems has warned that regulatory compliance will not be achieved by "s...
Collins Solicitors lodges an appeal
Collins Solicitors has lodged an appeal against the high court decision that found against claimant...
Equitas and Honeywell International reach settlement
Lloyd's run-off company Equitas and Honeywell International have reached a comprehensive policy buy...
Study leaves rehab at a standstill
The Association of British Insurers/International Underwriting Association's third UK Bodily Injury A...
Courts Bill indicates compromise
The government last week opened the door to compromise over its plans in the Courts Bill to introdu...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was wined and dined last week at the annual Chartered Insurance Institute's president's dinne...
"No logic" in relating indemnity to broker size
Geoff Foster Taylor suggests personal lines brokers should be subject to lower requirements than th...
Lloyd's set to go into profit
Lloyd's was finally expected to unveil record profits of over £1.5bn for 2002 this week, after five...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
The first thing that strikes you about Primary's website is how stupidly wide the front page is. To...
Motaquote Insurance completes its third acquisition in three months
Welsh broker Motaquote Insurance has completed its third acquisition in three months with the purch...
Hiscox sees operating profits increase by 54%
UK retail insurer Hiscox saw operating profit increase by 54% last year to £11.7m as part of a grou...
SVB Syndicates appoints John Thirlwell
SVB Syndicates, the managing agency subsidiary of SVB Holdings, has appointed John Thirlwell as a n...
Zurich claims top spot in solicitors' professional indemnity market
Zurich has claimed the top spot in the solicitors' professional indemnity market. It said the figur...
Valued customers
High net worth insurers are combating the problems of underinsurance and rising claims costs in various ways. One strategy is to insist that items to be covered are correctly valued by approved valuers, says Mira Butterworth.
Lord Phillips moots fixed rates for expert witnesses
Lord Phillips, the Master of the Rolls, is currently "exploring options" with several medical agencie...