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Royal&Sun Alliance in Korean move
Royal&Sun Alliance has obtained approval to open a liaison office in South Korea as a first step towa...
New property consortium for Brockbank
Brockbank Syndicate Management has announced a new property underwriting consortium for 2000. From ...
Capital Re sells stake in Ace Capital Re
Following Ace's acquisition of New York-based Capital Re, the US reinsurer is to sell its 13.4% stake...
Rising champs.
Key Choice is targeting private and professional landlords with a new scheme. The plan provides cove...
SVB defenses.
SVB Holdings, which recently acquired Lloyd's bedfellow CLM, has moved its underwriting risks for th...
Appointment at Lawrence Graham.
Law firm Lawrence Graham has recruited Ron Thom to its pensions practice. Mr Thom comes from Fiel...
QBE launches new syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agency QBE has gone on the expansionary path with the establishment of two new synd...
Berlin ART lesson.
Seminars on alternative risk transfer drew the biggest crowds at last month's Federation of European Risk Management Associations Forum. Anthony Gould reports.
Motor rates higher.
Motor insurance, especially vehicle fleets, as well as commercial satellite insurance and retrocessi...
A world's first?
Comverse Infosys claims to have introduced the world's first call recording system to support multip...
An Indian renaissance.
A bill that will free up the state-monopolised Indian insurance sector to foreign and private compan...
Appointment at DAS.
DAS has appointed Paul Jacobs marketing communications manager. He will be responsible for all creat...
Show faith in salvage firms.
The vehicle salvage industry is overcoming its old stigmas, says Alan Greenouff.
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Norwich Union has made Tom Fraser executive director, international on its board of directors. Mr Fr...
iSee a TV bargain.
Retail technology firm Media Logic is to launch iSee, a TV home shopping system for the financial se...
What the Papers Say.
The Times A sugar company employee who took early retirement spent his entire £2200 pension in a ...
Appointment at St Paul.
St Paul International Insurance Company has taken on Mick Laws and Peter O'Grady as regional underwr...
All clear to Allstate.
US insurer Allstate has been granted permission by the Italian insurance regulator ISVAP to begin op...
Exclusive - Experts draw up old age blueprint.
Both long term care and pensions provision should be wrapped in a new Lifetime Savings Plan, a body ...
Ready for floods.
Disaster specialists Document SOS and ActionDry have teamed up to create a flood response service, S...
Appointment at the Underwriter Insurance Company.
The Underwriter James Dunleavy has become technical accountant of the Underwriter Insurance Company....
OTPPB due south.
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has agreed to pay C$2.3bn (£1bn) to take full ownership of ...
Appointment at KPMG Search & Selection.
Vanessa Coleman has been appointed senior consultant within KPMG Search & Selection. Ms Coleman will...
Coversure At The Movies.
Oh my god, they've stolen Kenny! The death-stalked star of the cartoon series South Park and his fri...