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Commentary - Ghosts in the legal machine.
A recent World in Action programme which dealt with alleged phantom litigation claims made for alarm...
Dickson calls time on off-the-peg cover.
Drinkers can now sink their pints safe in the knowledge that their local is able to get good value i...
Independent does its homework on student cover.
Students can now insure their possessions for the entire duration of their degree course. The Cam...
Oxford studies LTCI.
Professionals, campaigners and experts in the field of long-term care will meet in Oxford next week ...
Time to round up the black sheep.
Jim Rymer's suggestion ('Don't let buck for credit blacklists stop with insurers', PM, 27 Aug, p3) s...
Market wordings.
CNA Re has become the first company to add its own policy wordings to the London Market Wordings Dat...
Mad about M&A.
Technology giant IBM has conducted a survey of European insurance executives which found 54% of them...
Reinsurance: which way the future?
After all the conference speculation, where is the reinsurance market really headed? Alex Beatty talks to the people who will decide the direction of the industry.
Limit pledges further growth.
Lloyd's investment trust Limit produced impressive results for the year ending 31 March 1998, assist...
Taking a gamble.
Reinsurers are heading into the unknown in Monte Carlo this year, says Janina Clark.
High-performance index to highlight Bermuda success.
Fund managers and investors are to be able to track the performance of Bermuda's insurance market fo...
Contracts and obligations.
Obtaining the approval of clients is no defence for brokers in breach of duty claims, reports Robin White.
CNA Re scoops award.
US reinsurer CNA Re scooped the International Reinsurer of the Year Award at last month's British In...
US push for PartnerRe.
The PartnerRe Group has announced $100m of extra capital for the US subsidiary it acquired when it t...
Munich Re gets Reale.
German giant Munich Re has exercised its option to buy the remaining 80% of the shares of Italy's se...
IT networks converge.
The three electronic networks for the global insurance industry have taken their first step towards ...
Bear with a sore head.
Despite its huge potential, the Russian market remains dogged by political uncertainty and widespread corruption, says Martin Stone.
Under threat from the VAT man.
The UK insurance industry could be hit with an annual value-added tax (VAT) bill of up to £1bn if it...
General Re deal finds favour.
The shock $22bn acquisition of General Re by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathawa...
New ideas for old problems.
Nigel Alington looks at non-traditional methods of providing political risk cover.
New FFSA president.
Denis Kessler has succeeded Jean Arvis as president of the Federation Francaise des Societes d'Assur...
Benfield & Rea Investment Trust.
Lloyd's corporate investor Benfield & Rea Investment Trust (Brit) is seeking to become an insurance ...
Zurich bank licence.
Swiss insurer Zurich has applied for a banking licence from the Swiss Federal Banking Commission. It...
P&I clubs reply to Commission.
The International Group of protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs has notified the European Commission...