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Overseas Partners in joint venture with RenaissanceRe
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners Cat (OPCat) has entered into a joint venture with RenaissanceRe...
Hannover Re in third securitisation deal
Hannover Re has completed a third deal for the transfer of acquisition costs in its life reinsurance ...
Prudential strides into Europe
Prudential has launched a European division following a decision to enter into alliances with French ...
Scor to join Dow Jones STOXX indexes
French reinsurer Scor is set to join the Dow Jones STOXX indexes following the quarterly review of th...
New president and COO at Ace
Dominic Frederico has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Bermudian reinsurer A...
Winterthur spreads its net
Winterthur Insurance, which has announced that it plans to pursue insurance sales over the Internet i...
Insurers must increase repair rates by 25%
The insurance industry's failure to pay decent labour rates for car body repair work is destroying th...
Heath and Lambert Fenchurch merge
Broker Lambert Fenchurch is to merge with the Heath Group, as predicted by Post Magazine two weeks a...
Hanks moves to Groupama
Lloyd Hanks has joined Groupama Insurances to head up the sales & agency operations of its personal i...
DHSM Lloyd's syndicates to go into run-off
Unum subsidiary, Duncanson & Holt Underwriters is to cease underwriting in the Lloyd's market early n...
Unum to cease underwriting for 2000
UnumProvident Corporation is to stop underwriting through its Lloyd's subsidiary Duncanson & Holt Und...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
David Eastwood has joined Ecclesiastical Insurance as an insurance consultant and surveyor. Previous...
Royal & Sun Alliance Panathlon Challenge.
A pupil of Phoenix School, Hammersmith, ponders his next move as he takes part in the Royal & Sun Al...
Appointment at QBE International Insurance.
Brian Lewis is to head QBE's engineering division. Mr Lewis, who will be based in the London Underwr...
Reinsurers could face huge bill from pensions mis-selling
Professional Indemnity insurers may soon start legal action to shift their costs from the £11bn pensi...
Website expansion.
Endsleigh Insurance has widened the range of products available on its website to include motor and ...
Budget merger.
Motor specialist Budget Insurance Services has merged with fellow motor player Arnott Century. The d...
Sherwood delivers speedier Net access.
Sherwood International, supplier of software systems to the insurance industry, has launched a new p...
Mondial Assistance races to raise money for charity.
Insurance and finance customer service company Mondial Assistance raced to raise £23,000 for charity...
Appointment at Wilby Insurance Brokers.
Bob Brownlee has been made managing director of Halifax-based Wilby Insurance Brokers. He joins from...
Ready for the big bang.
Mark Huxley says that the Internet explosion is fast-approaching and suggests how insurers can get the most from it.
Cash captain Kirk.
Eurobase Systems, the software and consultancy supplier to the financial services sector, has appoin...
Appointment at RE Brown & Others.
Edward Beckwith has joined RE Brown & Others Syndicate 702 as a professional and financial risk unde...
Pope spreads work of St Paul.
Underwriter Martin Pope began writing business this week from Box 244 for St Paul Syndicate Manageme...