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Fire costs flare up.
UK fire costs exceed £5bn a year, according to the World Fire Statistics Centre's annual report to t...
Appointment at R L Davison & Co.
Specialist Lloyd's broker R L Davison & Co has appointed Richard Stiling as an account executive for...
Professionally simple website from Lincoln.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
ABI calls on government to spend at least another £145m on flood defences
The Association of British Insurers has called on the government to increase annual spending on enhan...
Easy to swallow.
Where the headaches of running an insurance company are concerned, the pain relief an outsourcing specialist can provide is essential - and the savings can be very welcome, says Lynn Rouse.
RSA is tight-lipped on £2bn rights issue.
Royal and Sun Alliance declined to comment on speculation it is to launch a £2bn rights issue today,...
RSA judged most generous company.
Royal and Sun Alliance has been judged the UK's most generous FTSE 100 company in terms of support f...
Appointment at Green Flag Group.
Green Flag has expanded its affinity sales team by appointing Chris Knott as its new business develo...
Colgate in legal push.
Accident management specialist Colgate has purchased legal expenses provider Motor Law from The Acci...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has appointed Neil Woodhouse as project implementation manager of its sales and ...
Adams leaves Axa.
Mark Adams, chief executive for Axa PPP healthcare is to leave the company at the end of the month. ...
Lead action by Christmas.
AIG could be facing a multi-million pound compensation bill by the end of the year from victims of l...
WTC lawsuit filed.
Larry Silverstein, leaseholder of the World Trade Center, has filed a lawsuit against Bermuda-based ...
Loss for Markel.
US insurer Markel has recorded a third-quarter net loss of $91m (£60.5m) compared with a net loss of...
Capacity for Hardy.
Lloyd's insurer Hardy Underwriting Group has purchased an additional £3.32m of capacity on its short...
Mutual benefits.
Standard Life believes its latest business figures vindicate its decision to remain mutual. The comp...
How to prepare for long-term liabilities.
The industry constantly gets it wrong when forecasting the likely nature, extent and cost of long-ta...
Doctors assist in MBO.
Mobile Doctors, which facilitates the production of medical reports for the personal injury market, ...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Matthew Thomas has joined the London-based offices of GAB Robins as a fidelity guarantee adjuster. He...
Stress remains despite damp squib.
Jane Bernstein looks at the impact of the Human Rights Act on the insurance industry since its introduction last year and discovers that despite the hype there has been no massive claims increases as feared. Insurers cannot, however, be complacent about…
Davies speaks out.
Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, will be the Association of Insuranc...
RSA to raise capital as profits drop
Royal & Sun Alliance, which has recorded a sharp fall in profits for the nine months upto the end of ...
Strategic advance.
Alexander Forbes' deputy chief executive, John Percy-Davis, talks to Richard Adams about the company's future plans and, following several European acquisitions, the UK's highly regulated trading conditions.
Out on a limb.
Last month the House of Lords found in favour of a buildings insurer of a London mansion block that had suffered substantial subsidence damage caused by a pavement tree. Rachel Bolt goes straight to the root of the problem.