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Appointment at Helphire Group
Insureassist, a division of Helphire Group, has appointed Barrie Hobbs as business development dire...
The pollution resolution
Compulsory environmental liability insurance could still become a reality under new EU legislation designed to make the polluter pay. However, this would put even more pressure on companies already struggling with employers' liability. Jane Bernstein…
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has appointed Rob Wakelam executive manager for home counties north. Mr Wakelam, w...
Appointment at Browne Jacobson
Browne Jacobson has appointed four new partners: Nik Carle, Sarah Erwin, Paul Taylor and Iain Patte...
West leaves Rubicon
Rubicon has suffered a blow with the news that its newly-appointed claims director Ashton West is to ...
Hiscox wins out over SVB
Hiscox has won out over SVB to provide 100% capacity for PI Direct's general professional indemnity...
Ansa and Premier merge in push to raise turnover
Specialist drainage services provider and health and safety consultancy Ansa has merged with subsid...
Appointments at Capita Insurance Services
Capita Insurance Services has announced the appointment of two senior executives as part of an on-g...
Business on hold
Crises and catastrophes pay no heed to company size and business interruption threatens large and small firms alike. Anthony Cherry explains, however, how size impacts the risk experience in practice.
Motor dealer brings police 'reckless' case - R Cruickshank v Chief
(Court of Appeal - 13 December 2002) Cruickshank imported Japanese cars and subsequently sold them...
Zenith deal may see Lombard staff reunion
Zenith Commercial is in talks with Heritage Managing Agency about providing capacity for its SME bu...
Levene strikes a chord with buyers
Lord Levene, the new chairman of Lloyd's, has been up-beat about the future of the market and his comments bode well for risk managers, believes David Ireland, chairman of Airmic.
Urgent talks in NU move
White collar union Amicus this week said it would seek "urgent" talks with the senior management and ...
CII qualification exemptions raise fears
As a practising insurance broker, I find Mr Arimpur's fears are well founded (ACII moves remove the...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has to confess to getting more than a little distracted at last week's breakfast launch of th...
PXRe returns to profit in 2002
A near tripling of net earned premiums in its main catastrophe and risk excess business helped the Be...
IPC Re profits on higher turnover
The Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Re has unveiled a $157.9m profit in 2002, compared w...
XL moves strongly into profit
The Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital managed nearly a $1bn turnaround in its fortunes in 2002, with a...
PartnerRe returns to profit in 2002
Premiums written by the Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe at the January renewals were 20% higher than it...
Endurance prices share offer
Endurance Specialty, the Bermudian property and casualty (re)insurer, plans to raise between $240m an...
Ace moves into corporate finance
The Bermudian (re)insurer Ace and the Dutch merchant bank NIB Capital have set up a specialised inves...
Fairfax ups stake in Odyssey Re
Fairfax Financial, the Canadian parent of Odyssey Re, is to increase its holding in the US reinsurer ...
Converium moves back into profit
Swiss reinsurer Converium made a $106.8m profit in 2002 following a $367.4m loss the year before. G...
Variety is the spice of life as an insurance lawyer
The role of an insurance lawyer, far from being dull, offers an extremely varied career, says Rob Hind who explains what is required from those who want to move into this sector.