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CII hosts terrorism workshop
The Chartered Insurance Institute's London market faculty will host a counter -terrorism workshop fo...
Larke wins Unitas award for leadership
Tim Larke of Ryan Insurance Group in Ipswich has won the 2008 Unitas achievement award. Mr Larke co...
Aviva sponsors University of East Anglia insurance chair
Norwich Union and the University of East Anglia last week announced a new chair within the universit...
Kiln looks to build on new Syndicate partnership
Kiln aims to develop and sell its own product lines through parent Tokio Marine's international offi...
Appointment at Catlin Group
Catlin Group has strengthened its crisis management underwriting team with the addition of two produ...
XL opens new division with broker appointment
XL Insurance has launched a dedicated underwriting unit to protect architects and engineers against ...
Appointment at Open GI
Open GI has promoted Jason Wheelhouse to the role of national sales manager. Mr Wheelhouse was previ...
Question of cover
A recall of Irish pork will cost pig farmers dearly, as none of the suppliers in the Republic and No...
Appointment at Clash-Media
Clash-Media has appointed a new non-executive director to the company's advisory board. Prior to joi...
QBE hails taxi run
QBE has launched a taxi advertising campaign that will run for the month of December. Throughout thi...
Events
Claims Club members who were unable to attend the meeting can listen to all the presentations at the...
Credit crunch link to rise in potential HNW fraud
Fraudulent property claims are on the rise as the impact of the credit crunch reverberates through a...
AIG UK's Baugh admits Ascot sale consideration
AIG UK managing director Alexander Baugh has admitted that discussions over the possible sale of its...
Esser: insurance remains a good bet despite crunch
Cooper Gay will continue to focus on acquisitions into next year after its Portuguese investor Sonae...
NAIC adopts US proposal
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has adopted its reinsurance regulatory modernisa...
Appointment at Qatar Financial Centre Authority
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority has announced the appointment of the Board of Qatar Insurance S...
Appointment at CMS Cameron McKenna
Rebecca Smith has been promoted to partner at law firm CMS Cameron McKenna's insurance and reinsuran...
Prince's Trust change
Julian Enoizi, president and chief executive officer, CNA Europe has been appointed as the new chair...
Piracy risk sees glut of policies launched for ship owners
The insurance industry has responded to the hijacking of Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star and the growin...
Plaques bill could trigger U-turn
Financial wrangling could stop the Scottish government overturning a House of Lords decision to halt...
Oval eyes four more deals
Oval has set its sights on further growth after reporting a 16% increase in profit before tax to £4....
LIIBA for January launch
The London and International Insurance Brokers' Association plans to launch on 1 January 2009, follo...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich's North America surety, credit and political risk division has appointed John Pellew as under...