News
New image for ERC.
From this month, Employers Re (ERC), GE Re and all the other risk and insurance operations of GE Cap...
English summaries.
The 'Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswirtschaft' has published a booklet of English summari...
Good health.
Laura Bazer and Simon Harris find attractive opportunities ahead for the world's life reinsurers.
Correction.
The table of French reinsurers' profitability supplied by the Association of French Reinsurers (ARF)...
Arig rating under review.
As Reinsurance went to press, the ratings company Standard & Poor's (S&P) was beginning talks with t...
Unionamerica stands alone.
Unionamerica will continue to operate as a separate operation following its acquisition by St Paul, ...
IPC to close UK office
IPC Holdings is to shut its UK contact office, IPCRe Services, blaming the move on consolidations amo...
News of Lloyd's demise are premature
Lloyd' s is financially secure, strongly regulated and should outperform other insurers across the cy...
Markel and Terra Nova announce definitive agreement
Markel and Terra Nova have now entered into a definitive agreement on the revised terms of their merg...
CBS buys Amlin arm
Lloyd's company Amlin has sold its members' agency business, Amlin Private Capital and associated com...
Cunningham Ellis and Buckle centralises
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis and Buckle has centralised its home services adjuster field force so t...
NU sales heights.
Norwich Union's worldwide sales increased by 50% in 1999, boosted by strong showings in the UK, Euro...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny would like to pass on her congratulations to the editor of a rival rag who popped the question...
No horseing about.
South Essex Insurance Brokers has extended its opening hours. The equestrian insurance specialist wi...
Record '99 results.
Friends Provident has announced record results for 1999. Total single premiums increased by 96% to £...
New Miller division.
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft has launched a new division, Miller Pycraft Specialist Investigations. ...
Court victory for environmentalists.
The right of environmental groups to sue alleged polluters under the Federal Clean Waters Act has be...
Swiss Life launches shake-up.
Switzerland's biggest life assurer Swiss Life has launched a minor management shake-up in a bid to c...
Superior Scottish.
Scottish Mutual has been awarded an A+ (Superior) rating by rating agency AM Best. The rating reflec...
Pinning down cover.
Underpinning guaranteeing trade body the Association of Specialist Underpinning Contractors has intr...
Zurich and Permanent jostle for term business.
The first shots have been fired in the term battlefield with both Zurich Life and Permanent Insuranc...
Internet deal bags Helphire free adverts.
Legal services specialist Helphire has formed a strategic alliance with Internet and software develo...
Fire causes substantial loss.
The Specialist Adjusting Team for loss adjusters Cunningham Ellis & Buckle in London were called to ...
GAB offers global web access to data.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is launching a self-service web-enabled reporting system that will allow it...