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Bell & Clements goes provincial.
Lloyd's broker Bell & Clements has moved into the UK provincial market with the acquisition of busin...
Indy in Dublin.
Independent Insurance officially opened its first Irish office in Dublin last Monday. Manager Michae...
What 2K?
After all the hype, the Millennium Bug turned out to be not so much a star destroyer as a phantom me...
Norwegian train crash.
The Norwegian train crash on Tuesday, which is believed to have claimed over 30 lives, came only mon...
Insurance uncovered.
If you think insurance has been around for a couple of centuries, think again. David Worsfold traces the roots of the industry and also describes the birth of its most prestigious and long-established journal - Post Magazine.
Assured progress.
The trends of the later years of this century suggest the life assurance market will continue to grow in the next one. Clifford German examines the steady progress of the last 100 years, which have not been without scandal.
Albion drops cargo
Angerstein Transit Underwriting Agency, part of the Amlin Group, has taken over the renewal rights of...
Cox Lee makes commercial deal with BDH
West Midlands-based broker Cox Lee & Co has acquired the mainly commercial insurance business of BDH ...
Insurer warns government it is heading for pensions scandal
A leading insurer will today warn the government it could create a new pensions mis-selling scandal w...
LPC and BIBA clash
The London Processing Centre and the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conferences will c...
New Year boost for insurers
The value of shares in major insurance companies - which have been long undervalued - are set to bene...
Old Mutual disposes of UK arm
South Africa's largest life assurer Old Mutual is to sell its UK life business, Old Mutual Life Assur...
New syndicate given thumbs up
A new Lloyd's syndicate has been given approval - syndicate 2525 - to operate from the second gallery...
Lloyd's back after glitch
Lloyd's website is back up and running, after being shut down following the actions of a hacker on Su...
Trenwick and LaSalle to merge
US based Trenwick Group Inc. and Bermudian catastrophe reinsurer LaSalle Re Holdings are to merge to ...
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Swiss Re holds second auction.
Only a few transactions were completed during Swiss Re's first week-long internet auction of catastr...
Unum quits.
UnumProvident Corporation is to stop writing reinsurance through its Lloyd's subsidiary, Duncanson &...
Madsen promoted.
Fred Madsen, executive vice-president of Nac Re's casualty division, has been promoted to the positi...
The test of time.
Reinsurers may have to show prejudice to get redress against insurers for late notice of possible losses. Peter Chaffetz and Philip Goodman report.
Floyd costs $1.8bn.
The estimated insured damage from last September's Hurricane Floyd has been revised upwards from $1....
Lock up your assets.
Protected cell companies have been catching on in Guernsey despite doubts over their legal status. Steve Butterworth reveals who is using them and why.
XL Capital's net income falls.
XL Capital's net income in the quarter to the end of September 1999 fell 2% year-on-year to $137.4m....
More retention forces change.
Reinsurance treaty volumes are falling as Europe's swelling insurance groups rationalise their progr...