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Endurance sets up shop in City
Commercial property and international treaty specialist Endurance Worldwide has opened new headquart...
Ladbroke Grove train crash insurers deny delay in paying claims
The St Paul and AIG have strongly rebutted suggestions from the Paddington Survivors Group this week...
New TUC president elected
The joint general secretary of financial services union Amicus Roger Lyons has been elected as the n...
FSA study investigates fraud
The Financial Services Authority is undertaking a project to investigate the size and frequency of f...
Surplus lines gains US clout
The surplus lines insurance market will become increasingly important to the US economy, according t...
Aon launches Port Facility Security Toolkit
Broker Aon has launched its Port Facility Security Toolkit, developed primarily for port authorities...
Companies file lawsuit in New York
Chubb, Zurich, OneBeacon Insurance, Crum & Forster and Munich Re filed a multi-billion-dollar lawsui...
Appointment at Zurich North America
Kate Creswell has been promoted to vice president and manager of organisational innovation at Zurich...
Equitas set to defend Names in US battle
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run-off the pre-1993 liabilities of Lloyd's Names, ...
FSA disclosure rules could polarise industry
Brokers and insurers are set to face considerable extra costs as a result of the Financial Services ...
Guy Carpenter makes reports available on website
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has made its natural catastrophe reports available on its website. ...
Association of Run-Off Companies broadens membership
The Association of Run-Off Companies has broadened its membership to allow new categories of members...
Appointment at DAS
Jo Phillips has been promoted to HR manager at legal expenses insurer DAS. The vacancy was created b...
GAB restructures liability division
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has created a new structure for its liability division, which will see the ...
PL: brokers lose out to direct
Brokers have seen a dramatic reduction in their share of the personal lines sector, according to a n...
Appointment at ASA Insurance Services
ASA Insurance Services, a subsidiary of the Markerstudy Group, has taken on Alastair Christopherson ...
Appointment at Xchanging Ins-sure
Services Xchanging Ins-sure Services has appointed Andrew McKenzie and Amanda Burton to its business...
Singer & Friedlander chief exec leaves company
Ian Jerrum, chief executive of premium finance provider Singer & Friedlander Finance, has left the c...
Appointment at Ace European Group
Ace European Group has appointed Raman Mistry to the position of senior casualty underwriter in its ...
Goodhealth Worldwide to launch in UK private medical sector
Goodhealth Worldwide, the international health insurance provider, is set to launch into the UK priv...
SVB: profits up despite liability losses
Lloyd's insurer SVB has posted a pre-tax profit for the first six months of the year of £11.1m, comp...
Appointment at Markel International
Gerry Albanese has taken up the position of president and chief operating officer, and Richie Whitt ...
Groupama consolidates claims operations
Groupama Insurances is centralising its large ticket employers' liability and household claims opera...
Zurich Insurance reveals results
Zurich Insurance is to reveal the results of its long-awaited legal panel review this week, which, s...