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Churchill tight-lipped on Pru.
Acquisitive insurer Churchill remained tight-lipped as to whether it would dip into its £500m war c...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has taken on Paul Gladwin as high net worth underwriting manager. He brings with...
Chubb posts losses.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a third-quarter operating loss of $240.6m (£165m), including a $420m p...
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Insurers step up Middle East security.
Despite the fact that there is a war on in the region, and with the UK's chief of defence staff Admi...
Goshawk recruits.
Goshawk Insurance Holdings, the integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle has appointed two new underwrit...
Cox selection leaves Crowe life hanging.
The future of Lloyd's insurer Crowe's life syndicate 982 remains uncertain, following Cox's decision ...
Fraudsters jailed.
Newport Crown Court has given a Royal & Sun Alliance policyholder a suspended sentence and her partn...
Lloyd's welcomes post-WTC failures.
Several Lloyd's syndicates will "inevitably" go under, as a result of losses sustained from the Worl...
Insurers team up in Bermuda.
Global insurance giants AIG and Chubb have teamed up with Goldman Sachs to form a new Bermuda-based ...
Primary to enter motor market.
The Primary Insurance Group is set to enter the motor market, after targeting acquisitions in the se...
LIS nets credit.
Lambourn Insurance Services has developed a web-enabled credit control system for reinsurance recove...
GAB to shed 70 staff nationwide.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is making 70 of its 1000 staff redundant, primarily as a result of Norwich U...
Quest for new risk.
Liability adjusters the Quest Gates Partnership has launched a new risk management division. With he...
The funeral of Alan O'Brien.
The funeral of Alan O'Brien, founder of APN Insurance Services, will be held on Friday 2 November. A...
Munich Re could be set to takeover bank.
Speculation is mounting that Munich Re could be set to takeover Germany's second largest bank, the t...
Lincoln goes live.
Lincoln Financial Group has gone live with its revamped corporate website at www.lincolnuk.co.uk. Th...
Class action looms over Independent's commission.
Class Law is reluctantly preparing for a possible class action against Independent Insurance's provi...
Link future looks to be uncertain.
The future of Lloyd's retail motor insurer Link was again thrown into uncertainty this week, after i...
Strong point.
Despite a threat to the role of loss adjusters from solicitors in the liability adjusting sector, they have managed to hold their own in the market by playing to their strengths, says Veronica Cowan.
Directline moves into online claims.
Directline.com customers can now log home insurance claims online. The new claims registration facil...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Location, location, location. Stevenage Insurance Services was prominently pictured in the Evening...
Annabel trades places for new old masters.
Annabel Fell-Clark began her working life as a trader at the London Stock Exchange, but after a move into insurance, she has found her own niche and with it a greater sense of job satisfaction, says Richard Adams.
Write to reply.
As our lives become more hectic, many of us are turning to e-mail to contact call centres with our out-of-hours queries. Insurers could lose out if they do not get to grips with the electronic postal service, says Steve Payne.