News
Don't give up the day job.
Now that, for many of us, the festivities are over, it is back to the realities of the market. La...
Moody's downgrades three Lloyd's syndicates.
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded three Lloyd's syndicates in its latest quarterly review of synd...
P&I cat costs fall again.
For the fifth year in succession, the world's shipowners are to benefit from a significant reduction...
Nordic firms raise doubts at Moody's.
Rating agency Moody's has given good insurance financial strength ratings to two Scandinavian reinsu...
Profit 2000 talks.
Solutions for the business challenges facing the insurance and financial services industry will be o...
Appointments at Hamilton Barr.
Travel insurance specialist Hamilton Barr has made two new appointments to its sales team. Sarah Hil...
Lucky few buck the no-growth trend of '98.
Almost half of insurance companies did not grow at all last year, according to the latest Plimsoll P...
Rugby sponsors force England climbdown.
Financial services companies which have invested millions of pounds in Rugby Union had their say in ...
Appointment at Edge Ellison.
Edge Ellison has recruited three new staff to its insurance group. Dympna Campbell joins from Berrym...
Cave to be new CILA director.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) council has confirmed that its new executive direct...
NU hopes to strike gold with MIDAS.
Norwich Union has launched a customer and marketing database. The system, Marketing Information Di...
Be strict: the key to a smooth merger.
I read with interest the article on mergers and acquisitions (Merge or bust, PM, 7 Jan, p18). In ...
GRE sale will put 5000 jobs at risk.
Up to 5000 jobs could go if Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) succeeds in its £3.5bn bid for Guardian Royal...
Aviation brokers told to evolve or face extinction.
Aviation brokers have been told to evolve or face extinction. Willis Corroon Aerospace chairman Mart...
DAS' legal updates.
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance has updated its commercial legal protection product to take account of ...
BIB Underwriters offers a green fingered hand.
Darlington based BIB Underwriters has offered a green fingered hand to assist horticultural retailer...
Direct Line pulls plug on network.
Direct Line's bodyshop repair centre network experiment has failed. Two proposed sites are now no...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Yorkshire-based Smart and Cook has appointed leading finance strategist Ian Shay as group finance di...
Earning for learning.
More young people are opting for higher education, but they face tuition fees and loan repayments. Keith Sankey looks at the opportunities for insurers.
A question of priorities.
The reality is that we are not very close to seeing a virtual insurance market in operation.
Penny Black's insurance week.
It's been a busy week in the insurance world and while the insurance party season has yet to get und...
Extra travel cover.
The Retirement Insurance Advisory Service is to offer cover for pre-existing medical conditions with...
Feeling flexible?
Employing contract or temporary workers is a solution both for companies recovering from mergers and takeovers and for experienced managers made redundant, explains Martin Delahoyde.
Exclusive - New exam will boost adjusting.
A new qualification aimed at raising standards in the loss adjusting sector is to be launched this w...