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Do you buy it?
Buying and selling reinsurance on-line is finally becoming a reality, according to independent on-line platforms, but David Fanning finds it difficult to assess the amount of trading that is actually being done.
Representative sample of 30 US reinsurers for latest survey.
A representative sample of 30 US reinsurers made a combined $3.55bn loss after tax in 2001, accordin...
Copenhagen Re struggles to find buyer.
Copenhagen Re looks unlikely to find a buyer or be able to raise more capital to resume underwriting...
Post Magazine management briefings and technical masterclasses.
Facing up to the compensation culture 9 April, London An examination of the powerful forces shapin...
Appointment at Croftons Solicitors.
Manchester-based Croftons has recruited Simon Leighton as a partner in the firm's personal injury de...
FSA decision on travel agents by November.
John Tiner, managing director of consumer finance and insurance at the Financial Services Authority, ...
Jeff Travis of the Life Insurance Association to stand down.
Jeff Travis, chief executive of the Life Insurance Association, plans to stand down following the as...
Penny Black's insurance week.
With all the goings and goings at Capita McLarens over recent weeks, Penny has finally heard reports...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance.
Mondial Assistance has appointed Carol Rusdale-Jones to the position of business development manager...
RSA: Boyle steps up as Spencer exits.
Royal & Sun Alliance has rebuffed analyst speculation that the failure to sell its UK life arm was a ...
Royal London to embark on programme of redundancies.
Royal London is to embark on a programme of redundancies over the next three years, under newly-appo...
Will Budget IPT threat move insurers?
The Budget is looming and it could be a crucial one for the insurance industry. The Association of B...
Helphire creates a new trading division.
Accident management company Helphire has created a new trading division InsureAssist and acquired e-...
Final extension for airlines insists Treasury.
The Treasury indicated it would renew its involvement as insurer of last resort, as PM went to press...
Wilson appointed as FSA high-street head.
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Sarah Wilson to head up its new high-street firms divi...
Polish government to announce privatisation plans for PZU.
Polish Treasury Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek is, in the next fortnight, to present a new plan for the ...
DAS Legal Expenses to close its St Albans office.
DAS Legal Expenses will close its St Albans office from next week, with the operations reallocated ...
Capita deal close.
Capita Eastgate Insurance Services has confirmed it is about to secure a second outsourcing deal to m...
Beware hitting too hard over asbestos concerns.
While I share Geoff Charlton's concerns over the new asbestos regulations (Are insurers prepared for...
Lack of hard data is bar to liability progress.
Jane Bernstein and Lynn Rouse report from last week's Post Magazine conference - Dealing with Soft Tissue Injury Claims - held before a packed audience in London.
Goshawk still committed to Lloyd's after huge losses.
Listed Lloyd's insurer Goshawk confirmed its commitment to the market this week, as it posted an exp...
Appointment at Endurance Specialty Insurance.
Endurance Specialty Insurance, a new, global provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsur...
Axis set for push into Ireland and US.
Bermudian insurer Axis Speciality is close to receiving regulatory permission to write business in I...
mPower launches web-based IFA system.
Online financial specialist mPower, whose owners include Reuters and GE Capital, has launched a new ...