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Praise from faculty.
The Faculty & Institute of Actuaries has praised the attention paid by regulators to the manner in w...
Giant life assurers welcome plans for demutualisation.
The four biggest Canadian mutual life assurance firms have welcomed government publication of long-a...
Fortis enjoys strong results.
The international insurance banking and investment group Fortis has announced good first half year r...
Fire raged through Bath Street in London.
Adjusters are still counting the cost to insurers after fire raged through properties in Bath Street...
Warning on securitisation.
The securitisation of risk in the capital markets is here to stay and is likely to have a serious im...
Fire at tyre factory.
A fire at a tyre factory near Hull had an unusual side effect as a flock of racing pigeons became si...
Unemployment cover.
IFA Portfolio has launched a mortgage and income protection policy which provides six months unemplo...
ABI unveils plans to make insurers 'pull their socks up'.
The Association of British Insurers has revealed plans to benchmark standards for personal lines cla...
Mondial picks UNIFACE.
Mondial Assistance, one of the world's leading providers of motor, medical and legal customer assist...
Six of the best for Canvey but fans ask 'Who are Axa?'.
In the first in a series of articles. PM follows Axa as it seeks a return on its £41m FA Cup investment.
All change for name.
After a significant increase in capital, the Connecticut-based international insurance group, Chartw...
Richard Mendonza races around circuit for charity.
Lloyd's underwriter Richard Mendonza is earning pounds for points as he races around the Kent County...
Women losing out.
Colonial has called for greater awareness from women in cohabiting relationships after research show...
First Active team rise to rebranding challenge.
Leading flexible mortgage provider, Mortgage Trust, officially became First Active Financial last we...
Now there's no need to be home alone with problems.
Property Underwriting Services has devised a product to help prospective house buyers get cover for ...
Get 2000 right or end up in court'.
Insurers have been warned they have to ensure that their customers fully understand any year 2000 po...
Eureko says Eureka!
Eureko BV, the holding company of the European Insurance and Financial Services Alliance, has announ...
Ace London axes 60 staff.
Ace London, the Lloyd's operation of Bermudian giant Ace, has slashed the number of staff in its Lon...
Waters calmed over IG pool.
The European Commission is to approve the revised terms of the International Group of P&I (protectio...
Ancient mariner in a tough new world.
Portugal may be the traditional home of marine reinsurance, but it is now having to face up to 20th-century realities, says Eric Alexander.
Under the FSA umbrella.
Rosemary Sutherland assesses the likely effects of the UK Financial Services and Markets Bill on (re)insurers and insolvency procedures.
Chubb Re aims to take on the world.
US insurance giant Chubb is to enter the global reinsurance market with the creation of a new subsid...
Appointment at AHJ.
Barry Johnson and Michael Davis are to join the Alwen Hough Johnson Group (AHJ) to develop its accid...
Willis deal fails to silence rumours.
The proposed purchase of UK broker Willis Corroon by US leveraged buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis ...