News
Favourite to buy.
South African insurance company Santam is the front runner to buy Guardian National from owner Axa a...
Chauffuerplan puts motorists in driving seat.
Longford Insurance Schemes has developed a policy to keep motorists mobile when they are unable to d...
RSA shares rise amid buy talk.
Shares in giant composite Royal & Sun Alliance continue to rise in the face of increasing speculatio...
Exodus to rival in wake of sex scandal.
A sex scandal which rocked law firm Edward Lewis has resulted in 18 of its lawyers defecting to riva...
Am Re to pick up stress tab.
American Reinsurance is to pay the bill for the UK's largest stress-related claim after Randy Ingram...
Star on the TV.
Direct insurer Eagle Star is to launch an interactive digital TV service in the spring to promote it...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Kieran Rigby has been appointed managing director of GAB Robins' Scully Tyrrell branch in the Republ...
Appointment at Atrium Underwriting.
Imogen Lyndon Skeggs has joined Atrium's Syndicate 570 as personal accident and kidnap & ransom unde...
Bug cash can now fund Millennium mergers.
The recriminations over the failure of the once feared Millennium Bug to show up at midnight on New ...
Insurers could stall Euro law.
Insurers' refusal to underwrite difficult risks could scupper European Commission plans for new envi...
Norman's revamp.
Norman Insurance has revamped its motor trade products to reflect the latest industry practices. Its...
The trusty pitfalls of rehab.
While I applaud PM's Rehabilitation First Campaign, I feel we may all be missing one vital point. ...
Compensation not costs.
Insurers can significantly reduce the cost of handling employers' liability claims by putting the well-being and rehabilitation of victims at the heart of the claims process, argues Ashton West.
Carmichael enlists help.
Loss adjuster Carmichael enlisted the help of resident martial arts expert Rhory More to officially ...
Agency is positive outlook is negative.
The German life insurance sector is facing a shake-out due to increasing competition and the challen...
Internet to put jobs on the line.
Most life offices expect the Internet to totally transform the way they do business and result in wi...
Turnbull conference.
Willis is to sponsor a two-day conference on corporate governance next month. The event 'Practical I...
Cargo on the move.
Angerstein Transit Underwriting Agency, part of the Amlin Group, has taken over the renewal rights o...
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
Specialist Lloyd's broker RL Davison & Co has recruited Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administratio...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following the decision of an electronics company this week to seek to recover costs incurred for mak...
Appointment at The Beckett Group.
Ray Hollis has joined Bury St Edmunds-based The beckett group as a pensions consultant. He was previ...
Bogus clinic stole millions.
A bogus medical clinic in a Brooklyn basement has been accused of bleeding insurers dry. A civil ...
Appointment at Mansion House Executive.
Carol Connolly has joined insurance search and selection specialists Mansion House Executive as a re...
First women to the South Pole.
A Blue Peter badge is on its way to 34-year-old Catharine Hartley, former stage manager of the child...