News
Countryside checks.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has warned customers to check their travel insurance poli...
Cornhill losses.
Allianz Cornhill blamed poor international market conditions and £20m flood losses in the final quar...
Appointment at Capital Healthcare.
Neil Higgins is the new sales director at Capital Healthcare. He will be heading a team of seven div...
Software savings.
Insurers could save as much as 50% of the money they are spending on integrating their IT systems, a...
Norwich Union fails in human rights appeal.
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...
Traditional insurers combat risky alternatives.
There are many worrying trends for insurers to contend with at the moment, but one that is already s...
Chubb fuels tie-up talk.
US insurer Chubb's European arm fuelled rumours this week that a tie-up with a bank could be in the ...
QBE profits climb.
Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group has recorded a 28% increase in net profits for the last six m...
Pru increases Indian interests.
Prudential Assurance, the Indian subsidiary of The Prudential, is looking to increase its stake in p...
Question of cover.
The creation of the General Insurance Standards Council has bought to the fore the issue of whether ...
Appointment at Langleys Solicitors.
Ken Benson has joined Langleys Solicitors as a claims investigator in its insurance claims departmen...
Brokers in focus.
The broker will increasingly become "a service conduit", said Graham Harris, sales and marketing dir...
Lloyd's HIH fallout.
Lloyd's managing agency Cotesworth will not be immediately affected by the announcement last week th...
Appointment at AMP.
AMP has recruited John Blowers as head of marketing and proposition for its new online investment se...
Second start-up with Relectronic Remech staff.
Electromec has become the latest disaster recovery specialist to launch in the wake of the takeover ...
Japan: suspension.
Four Japanese general insurers, Nippon Fire & Marine, Dowa Fire and Marine, Fuji Fire and Marine and...
Appointment at British Nuclear Insurers.
Following the retirement of Dr Tony McCabe, Bruce Kettle has been appointed technical manager of Bri...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following the departure of John Charman from Ace this week, Penny's mind wandered to the whereabouts...
Rehab research.
The Rehabilitation Working Party has requested input from claims personnel, personal injury and defe...
Space capacity falling to earth.
Insurance capacity for space risks is falling, according to Benito Pagnanelli, the deputy general ma...
Insurers slam ratings slur.
Three motor insurers have hit back at a rating agency's claim that the chances of one of them going ...
Appointment at Lutine Assurance Services.
Birmingham-based Lutine Assurance Services has recruited Jonathan Clarke to the position of managing...
US blow for Names.
The US Senate has removed a provision from its bankruptcy Bill that would have made it harder for Ll...
New lawyers hired.
Law firm Bond Pearce has appointed two new insurance partners to be based in its Southampton office....