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Halifax scoops customer award
Halifax General Insurance has picked up the Most Effective Customer Communication award at the Institute of Financial Services Financial Innovation Awards 2004.
JLT receives FSA authorisation
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has been granted its “Scope of Permission” notice from the Finantial Services Authority.
Lundberg takes director role at Cooper Gay
Broker Cooper Gay has appointed Philip Lundberg as a director within its non marine division.
Moody’s issues Odyssey Re rating
Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Baa3 rating to Odyssey Re Holdings Corporation's $225m 10-year senior notes issued in November of 2003. In addition, the rating agency affirmed the A3 insurance financial strength ratings of Odyssey's lead…
FSA counts down to taking charge
As the FSA in the UK takes over regulation of the insurance sellers, reinsurers can start to see the priorities it is likely to set
Glacier Re launched
Glacier Reinsurance, a Swiss start-up reinsurance company, has been launched, having successfully ra...
Appointment at Ace European Group
Andrew Kendrick, president and chief executive of Ace Bermuda, has been named chairman and chief exe...
IPCRe keeps AM Best'sA+ rating
Re-ratings
CIAB witness attacks "misguided" view of brokers
The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers has said in Washington that it is "misguided" to presume...
Hartford buys nat cat package from Foundation Re
Hartford Financial Services Group has bought $247.5m worth of reinsurance for natural catastrophes f...
Aon sells off Endurance stake
Aon Corporation has sold virtually all of its equity investment in Bermuda-based insurance and reins...
Carvill Re launched
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Appointment at Amlin Credit
Damien Dawson has been appointed as underwriting director at specialist trade credit insurer Amlin C...
Appointment at JLT Risk Solutions
JLT Risk Solutions, a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, has expanded its real estate team ...
2004 hurricane season 'not unusual'
The 2004 hurricane season, which saw four hurricanes hit the state of Florida, should not be conside...
Industry hopes political stability will bring Tria renewal
The insurance industry showed little preference in the recent election as it looks to Washington to pass a raft of reforms
Spitzer inquiry continues to widen
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has announced that he is suing consulting firm Universal Lif...
Appointment at Xchanging
Paulus Deuticke has been appointed as development director at Xchanging. Reporting to Adele Brown, s...
The winds of no change
2004's hurricanes are likely to prevent the kind of rate-softening that buyers have been hoping for this renewal season
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Heath Lambert Group has appointed Laurence Lemee to its London-based marketing department. Ms Lemee...
Appointment at John B. Collins
John B. Collins Associates has appointed Tim Poeton as a vice-president in the company's New York of...
Appointment at Agnew Higgins Pickering
Tony Pickering, chairman of independently managed Lloyd's broker Agnew Higgins Pickering, will retir...
Appointment at Marsh & McLennan
Marsh & McLennan has announced that Roger Egan, president and chief operating officer of Marsh, and ...