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Signet joins sister insurer.
US-based WR Berkley is combining its Signet Star Re subsidiary with Berkley Regional Insurance to fo...
Munich Re doubles up in US life.
Munich Re has strengthened its position in the US life reinsurance market with the acquisition of th...
Rules come to the fore.
Rates might be top of most reinsurers' agenda at the moment, but regulation would seem to be making ...
China Re set to expand.
China's only reinsurer has begun to set up offices throughout the country, in advance of the arrival...
Battling over a buy-out.
A dispute over whether insurers were liable for the legal costs of a drug company hinged on the meaning of a policy buy-out. John Butler considers the case of John Wyeth v Cigna.
Lloyd's auctions.
Trading prices and volumes in this year's auctions of Lloyd's syndicate capacity were well down on l...
Jakobi to retire.
Dr Walter Jakobi, managing director of London-based Gerling Global General and Reinsurance (GGG & Re...
Tesco gets a life
Supermarket giant Tesco has entered the life insurance market selling term assurance products through...
Credit insurance market has massive potential, claims study
A study by Swiss Re has outlined a positive future for the credit insurance industry claiming many ma...
New Zealand: CGNU out, St Paul in
CGNU has put one of its two New Zealand general insurance businesses, State Insurance, on the market....
Ultimate gets its marching orders.
The Department of Trade and Industry has presented a petition in the High Court to wind up unauthori...
Site plastic not so fantastic.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny could not help but feel a tinge of sadness as she attended the Diamond anniversary annual dinn...
Marsh nets rises.
Insurance broker Marsh recorded revenues up 7% in the period July to September, to $1.1bn (£700m), d...
Appointment at Quest Gates Partnership.
Mike Ward has joined Quest Gates as managing adjuster. Mr Ward is both a qualified barrister and los...
Majority of claims for Hatfield rail crash fall on AIG Europe.
The lion's share of claims arising out of the Hatfield rail crash look likely to fall on AIG Europe,...
Brokers driven to affinity deals.
Two brokers have signed major affinity deals with luxury car manufacturers to provide insurance to v...
CNA fleet to merge.
The merger of CNA Insurance (Europe) and CNA Maritime, both part of the CNA Group, has been set for ...
On a mission for repudiation.
So, now we know. A new property claims handling service has been set up (Ex-RSA trio in new launch, ...
Steering into the fast lane?
Max Taylor explains why he believes the move to a part-time chairman at Lloyd's is a positive and not a negative step for the London insurance market.
MD out: no crisis says NU.
Norwich Union has pledged its commitment to the healthcare market, despite a spate of high-profile d...
Groupama opens credit market.
Groupama Commercial Insurances is to open up its credit insurance cover to its commercial brokers. ...
NIG: broker building.
Insurer NIG is to hold the latest in its series of "Building a stronger broker channel" conferences ...
Appointment at Cigna.
Cigna HealthCare & Group Life has made two appointments. Dave Priestley will fill the new role of co...