News
Voice of dissent.
Lord Justice Waller disagreed with the majority view in a recent credit insurance case before the Court of Appeal. John Butler looks at both the views of the dissenting judge and the majority verdict.
London looks at reforms.
Proposed reforms to London's procedures and standards were circulated to the market last month. T...
Time to keep talking.
Despite their obvious intelligence when it comes to matters reinsurance, there are individuals, comp...
Everest open in Bermuda.
The Everest Re Group has appointed a chief executive for its new Bermuda-based reinsurer, Everest Be...
OECD list on hold.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has postponed its plans to publish...
Catch for Swiss Re.
Liz Catchpole (pictured) has joined Swiss Re Life & Health in the UK as chief financial officer. Ms ...
Haag to leave PartnerRe.
Herbert Haag, chief executive of PartnerRe, has advised the group's shareholders that he plans to re...
Hannover converts shares.
Hannover Re is converting all its shares into fully paid, listed shares, requiring its shareholders ...
Insurers look at Drake book
At least six insurance companies have approached the liquidators at failed motor insurer Drake with a...
Swiss Re sets up UK-based e-business
A new e-commerce business is being set up in the UK by Swiss Re which will be headed up by chief exec...
Munich Re's profits hit by catastrophes
1999 was the worst year for natural catastrophe losses in Munich Re's 120-year history, the group has...
Bermuda targets Rims conference
Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance industries are to join forces to help put the island on the map a...
RSA in If rumour
Royal and Sun Alliance is considering a bid for If, the general insurance joint venture of Swedish in...
Layton Blackham in Surrey acquisition
Acquisitive broker the Layton Blackham Group has snapped up the general insurance business of Surrey-...
Mortgage insurance growth
There was a 9% increase in the take-up of mortgage insurance in the last six months of 1999, followin...
ERC combines Canadian p&c portfolio
US-based Employers Re (ERC) is to combine its Canadian property and casualty (p&c) operations in an a...
CGNU gets life listing
New insurance giant CGNU, which will be formed next week from the merger of Norwich and CGU, will be ...
Co-op triumphs at Millwall
Co-operative Insurance won the Impact Plus Cup for the second year running as they comfortably overca...
Print and be damned.
Veronica Cowan looks at the difficulties that arise when providing some parts of the media with professional indemnity insurance.
Aon/QBE teaming.
Broker Aon has joined up with Australian insurer QBE to devise a new range of products for the solic...
Olympic sponsor.
Lloyd's broker MRM Hancock is to sponsor the British Olympic men's heavyweight rowing squad at this ...
Crafty cover.
The yacht and pleasure craft market is seeing a change of fortune after several years of soft rates. Eric Alexander asks the sector's main players what they think is driving this upturn.
Liability in Crisis.
If you dread the latest news from the US about the extension of liability into previously unthought ...
What the Papers Say.
THE BIRMINGHAM POST A church built near Stratford more than four centuries ago and which was desi...