News
The same but different.
Where does traditional reinsurance end and non-traditional risk financing begin? Dr Alan Punter assesses the state of the non-traditional nation.
M&M sets up NM.
Marsh & McLennan Capital, the investment subsidiary of giant broking and consulting group Marsh & Mc...
Pettersen joins Partner.
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe has recruited Phillip Pettersen from South African broking group Forbe...
New Cap Re suspended.
Troubled Australian reinsurer New Cap Re temporarily suspended underwriting last month as a result o...
Hiscox's three syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agent Hiscox's three syndicates made a profit before personal expenses of £74m ($11...
Benefits of JLT merger boost performance.
London (re)insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) performed strongly last year as benefits fr...
High cat claims may rise further.
Insured losses from natural catastrophes have risen by a factor of 15 since the 1960s, according to ...
Kuwait wins 9-year battle.
Lloyd's and a number of (re)insurance companies worldwide face a combined bill for up to $250m follo...
New millennium, new strategy.
Axa Re's Jean-Marie Nessi and Adrian Ballardie reveal details of a radical change of direction for the company to Janina Clark.
Serbian terrorism.
In the wake of NATO strikes on Serbia, specialist Lloyd's war insurer Wellington Underwriting is off...
Brokers shown new NU ropes.
Norwich Union is going face-to-face with ITT London & Edinburgh brokers to explain how it plans to r...
Hassle free ticket.
The Crowe Insurance Group has launched a new 'hassle free' facility for provincial brokers who want ...
Back-to-work assesment plan for injured workers.
Policy Management Systems Corporation has unveiled a new liability claims solution for return-to-wor...
Lambert Fenchurch fined.
Lambert Fenchurch has been hit with a £190,000 fine by the Personal Investment Authority. The bro...
Here is the news.
A worldwide insurance news research database has been made available on the Internet to LIMNET members...
Fire protection.
The British Fire Protection Systems Association has issued its 1999 membership directory. The 24-pag...
More training.
Independent Insurance has added four new training courses to its comprehensive programme for brokers...
Insurance '99.
Any readers who missed last week's Insurance 99 Post Magazine conference can get copies of all the s...
Meeting date.
The World Association of International Finance Centres is to hold its inaugural meeting in London on...
Outsourcing impacts on Top 2000's risk.
A survey of the UK's top 2000 public and private organisations, over half with a turnover exceeding ...
Fedsure's bonus.
South Africa's Fedsure Life has announced a bonus rate of 7% for 1998 on group benefits untaxed pens...
£716m windfall.
A record £716.3m is being distributed in bonuses to life assurance and pension policyholders of the ...
Show public they are the cash casualties of 'victimless crime'.
I refer to the article by Tony Baker concerning the problem of uninsured drivers ('The perfect data ...
In on the action.
A major shake-up in the way insurance claims are dealt with, with strict timetables to be adhered to...