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Full of Seoul.
Bahrain-based Arig Re has strengthened its operations in East Asia by opening a liaison office in Se...
Ace hit by $35m catastrophe losses.
Catastrophes will cost Bermudian (re)insurer Ace an estimated $35m after tax in the quarter to the e...
Vanishing Venton.
Following the acquisition of the Venton Group by Underwriters Re late last year, the group has been ...
Amlin loses out.
PXRe Managing Agency has taken over management of Lloyd's first captive from Amlin Capital Managemen...
Insurance at heart of mortgage industry malaise
Bank and building society heads are to be warned by the government today that if the industry does no...
Rhine Re shuts London office
Rhine Re has closed the London market office of newly acquired Equus Re. The business underwritten by...
TMGRe in operational restructure
Tokio Marine Global Re in Dublin is to become the centre for the reinsurance operations of its parent...
HSBC cuts charges.
HSBC Bank has cut the charges on new personal pension plans to give customers higher transfer value ...
Not so traditional now.
Civil litigation as we knew it changed radically on 26 April. Marcus Alcock gauges the reactions to Woolf of those solicitors who are dealing with the changes on a day-to-day basis, and also looks at the effects the reforms have had on insurers.
Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe Insurance Group has appointed Kim Fox as compliance officer and Michael Falcon...
Scot Am offers discount on ISAs.
Scottish Amicable has introduced a discount on the cost of its Optisima individual savings account i...
Norwich Union ties up with St Paul
Norwich Union is to pass the renewal rights on its book of professional indemnity business to St Paul...
A burning issue of law.
A conundrum for insurers dealing with a building damaged by fire as a result of a building defect is...
Kiln hit by £6.2m loss.
Lloyd's big hitter Kiln has suffered a £6.2m loss for the first six months of the year. The result w...
L&G sends out self-regulation rallying call.
Composite insurer Legal & General has called for life and pensions firms to work together in prepara...
Bonus expectations did not create contractual rights.
The principal activity of the Equitable Life Assurance Society was the transaction of life assurance...
Learning the ropes.
As protocols for personal injury and clinical negligence are put into action, others are taking shape, as David Fanning finds out.
Last auctions.
Subscription offers (offers to buy) totalled £561.4m and tenders (offers to sell) totalled £364.9m i...
GISC admits date is unrealistic.
The General Insurance Standards Council has admitted that its plan to accept its first members in Fe...
No surprises.
With the Millennium Bug looming large, disaster recovery and business continuity companies are preparing for all eventualities. Jonathan Swift looks at what contingency lessons can be learnt and how e-commerce will offer the next major challenge.
Axa-sponsored FA Cup.
The Football Association has given Manchester United until this weekend to reach a final decision on...
Not always a beautiful option.
Insurance firms are getting increasingly sophisticated in their choice of legal firms. Audrey Snee examines the stiffening competition in the beauty parades and what this means for the future relationship between insurers and law firms.
Howden restructure.
Specialist broker Howden Spear Gulland has restructured to form Hyperion Insurance Group. The new co...
Court victory for brain-damaged boxer.
Boxer Michael Watson was injured during a high-profile bout. He suffered a sub-dural haemorrhage whi...