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Appointment at Combined Insurance.
Combined Insurance, an underwriting subsidiary of Aon Corporation, has promoted Clive Robinson to th...
Orphan investigated.
Royal London is to investigate the possibility of unlocking the orphan estate of one of its subsidia...
Names: Lloyd's to send in bailiffs.
Lloyd's looks set to call in the bailiffs within weeks, following a mass snub of its latest settleme...
Central reservations.
Call centres have answered the public's call for 24-hour service from insurers. However, the cracks are beginning to show and critics believe the integration of systems has fallen short in the rush to provide a solution, says David Fanning.
Sharing out risk.
Axa Assistance has entered into a risk share agreement with Hamilton Insurance, a member of the HFC ...
Lloyd's plan for captives in ruins.
Lloyd's plan to encourage a plethora of captive insurers was left in ruins this week, after it emerg...
GISC rejects complusion.
The General Insurance Standards Council has published its competence and training guidance and, as e...
Risk managers abandon insurers.
Risk managers are turning away from the traditional insurance market, according to a new survey by t...
Motor confusion.
I suspect very few motorists understand what business use, if any their policy provides. Policies co...
Database on target.
The drivers' database being deve-loped by the Motor Insurers' Information Centre is set to go live i...
All bets off over security.
Insurers are not prepared to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to IT security, ac...
Round of applause for plausible Coverclick.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Zurich Re to become independent company
Zurich Financial Services is to spin off and rename its Zurich Re operation as part of a restructurin...
Policy Master to be dropped
Broking systems supplier Policy Master plans to change its name to the Sirius Group and is to seek a ...
Fusion takes another three Independent staff
Fusion, which is owned by Lloyd's vehicle SVB, has recruited another three senior development manage...
Chubb chief calls for peace
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb - policy adviser to President Bush - has called fo...
Bupa ties up with Old Mutual
Bupa International and Old Mutual Healthcare have joined forces to deliver a new international healt...
Post nominated for Campaign of the Year
Rehabilitation First, Post Magazine's editorial campaign has been short listed in the Periodical Publ...
NU fails in move to use Human Rights Act
Norwich Union has failed in its attempt to use the Human Rights Act to win an appeal hearing in an em...
Moody's predicts large losses for Lloyd's
Lloyd's will have total losses of £3.5bn ($5bn) in the 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 years of account, pr...
NIG gets new ARM
Broker-only insurer NIG has taken a majority shareholding in Glasgow-based All Risk Management, a pro...
CGNU makes Hungarian acquisition
CGNU has acquired Hungarian high net worth life insurer Mebit from Dutch banking group ABN Amro Bank ...
Charman quits Ace
John Charman has quit Bermuda-based insurer Ace only weeks after being promoted to group president an...
Pru's US bid faces Holocaust challenge
Prudential's £29bn takeover of US life business American General could be challenged by the Internati...