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Co-operative lift Charity Cup
Co-operative Insurance triumphed 1-0 over Provident Insurance in the final of the Post Magazine Chari...
"Errors" to blame for poor results
The rating agency AM Best has blamed execution errors by underwriters rather than low prices in the m...
London suffers "serious" skills shortage
The London market has "a serious long-term problem" of a lack of skilled people, according to a senio...
RI3K plans e-commerce summit
Frustrated by slow take-up of e-commerce and technology in the reinsurance industry, electronic tradi...
Securitisation common within "five years"
The convergence of financial and (re)insurance expertise to securitise risk is set to become a well-e...
Endurance buys LaSalle property cat business
New Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty is acquiring the property catastrophe reinsurance busin...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Richard Woodhouse has been appointed to the newly-created position of underwriting audit manager at ...
Allianz Cornhill is working with the ISMM.
Following the accreditation of its Underwriting Academy by the Chartered Insurance Institute, Allian...
"Financial dog's dinner" danger for RSA.
Insurance analysts this week cast doubt over Royal & Sun Alliance's claim that its capital programme...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has taken on Ron Smith in its aviation consulting and reinsurance broking division. He brings wi...
PWC warns minimum standards not enough.
A senior manager in the PriceWaterhouse Coopers' Financial Services Regulatory Consulting Group, has...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following Axa's confirmation that it is to cut 700 jobs, Penny wasn't in the least bit surprised. At...
Korean growth.
South Korea's 22 general insurance companies moved into profit for the first time in five years last...
Footman James is to sponsor Parliamentary Classic Car Run.
West-Midlands based broker Footman James is to sponsor the fund-raising Parliamentary Classic Car Ru...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Brendan Harker has been made associate director within the insurance broking division at Smart & Coo...
Picture perfect.
The French and US governments have followed the UK's lead and will provide indemnity scheme cover fo...
Number of permanent job vacancies.
The number of permanent job vacancies filled in the insurance market in the South-east increased by ...
Giles signs travel website deal.
Giles Insurance Brokers has signed a deal with travel trade registration website www.theregister.net...
Appointment at DWF Solicitors.
Jacqui Bickerton, a member of the insurance team at north-west law firm DWF, has been appointed vice...
Striking a blow for panels.
The panels of damage management specialists used by many major insurers seem to have hit the spot in terms of speed and quality of response. Now the idea is being taken up by the smaller players, keen to take a swing at the market. David Fanning…
Sony Life Insurance confirms talks.
Sony Life Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony, confirmed last week it was in talks with non...
Appointment at Sirius Financial Systems.
Insurance technology provider Sirius Financial Systems has promoted Gareth Davies to the newly-creat...
Appointment at CNA.
CNA has made Stephen Shepherd head of its claims operations in Europe. Mr Shepherd joins CNA from AI...
Eurobase International supports Xchanging Ins-sure Services.
Underwriting software provider Eurobase International has given its support to the Xchanging Ins-sur...