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Swiss Re offers new funds to German insurers
Swiss Re has started to offer 'Spezialfonds', mutual funds with only one or two shareholders and cert...
PWS sets up Brazilian branch
UK reinsurance broker PWS Holdings has set up an office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Previously, PWS ...
Asbestos is Equitas threat
Asbestos claims continue to be the biggest threat to the stability of Equitas, according to chairman ...
RI3K summit hopes to boost electronic trading
Electronic trading company RI3K believes there will be more on-line trading "in the coming weeks" as ...
Norton Rose has new London managing partner.
City law firm Norton Rose, a shipping and insurance heavyweight, has made Deirdre Walker its new Lon...
July launch of new City and Central London BIBA region.
To mark the July launch of the new City and Central London BIBA region, Lloyd's is hosting a special...
NU must work hard to justify claims.
Norwich Union's decision to axe hundreds of jobs in a reorganisation of its national dedicated claim...
Appointment at Keoghs.
National law firm Keoghs has made four promotions to partner and created two new associates. Newly-a...
Crisis of confidence.
Jean-Philippe Thierry, chairman of Assurances Generales de France, this week said the insurance indu...
Insurers hit back at claims of overreaction to WTC.
The insurance industry has rejected criticism that it is guilty of overreacting in the wake of 11 Sep...
Appointment at XL London Market.
Juliet Redfern has joined Lloyd's insurer XL London Market Syndicate 1209 as deputy class underwrite...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This website, set up by wholesale broker Sterling Hamilton Wright, successfully splits its informati...
Appointment at Gerrard Stockbrokers.
Liz Chiswell is leaving the Financial Services National Training Organisation to join Gerrard Stockb...
Incisive Training rolls out autumn courses.
Incisive Training, Post Magazine's joint venture training arm, is rolling out a series of courses fo...
EU mutual aviation cover moves closer.
The establishment of a European mutual aviation insurer moved a step closer on Tuesday, following a ...
Appointment at Coversure Insurance Services.
Coversure Insurance Services has made several new appointments. These include: Bryan Baines as franc...
Last call in Helpline row.
Insurer Allianz Cornhill has served a petition seeking permission to appeal the Clark v Ardington cr...
Martin Wiggins joins InFront Solutions.
Martin Wiggins has joined InFront Solutions as head of sales and marketing. He was previously head o...
Friends Provident plans to raise £800m.
Friends Provident, which floated on the stock exchange this time last year, plans to raise £800m to ...
Switch on to marketing.
Insurers have abandoned the scatter-gun approach to marketing, but are their campaigns really switched on to what is needed. Richard Adams investigates.
Management knew of HIH's "parlous state of affairs".
Collapsed insurance company HIH Insurance's Australian management knew about problems with its UK-ba...
Amicus shocked by AMP job cuts.
Finance union Amicus this week said it was "shocked and saddened" by Australian insurer AMP's decisi...
The Pursuit of Excellence' chosen as theme.
The Pursuit of Excellence' has been chosen as a theme by David Ireland, the new chairman of the Asso...
ISO takeover boosts anti-fraud offering.
Insurance Services Office claims to have bolstered its anti-fraud offering in the UK, with the acqui...