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GIO approves sale to AMP
The shareholders of Australian group GIO have approved the sale to AMP of Australia of the 43% of the...
KAC insurers to pay $150m
The war risks (re)insurers of Kuwait Airlines Corporation (KAC) have been ordered to pay $150m for sp...
Backbench MPs publish their Bills
The topics chosen by the 20 MPs successful in the ballot for Private Members' Bills were published th...
New Institute President
Peter Clark has been elected to succeed Paul Thornton as the new president of the Institute of Actuar...
Lambert wins Contract
Axa Sun Life and Provincial has appointed Lambert Smith Hampton to manage the disposal of Axa's natio...
Chairman of Legal & General dies
The chairman of the Legal & General Group, Christopher Harding, is reported to have died. The comp...
Windsor change
Independent broker Windsor said a strong showing in its sports and professional indemnity portfolio h...
Hannover Re set for record results
Strong growth in Hannover Re's life and health and financial reinsurance business, and its acquisitio...
Churchill parent acquire's NIG Skandia
The Winterthur Group, which owns Churchill Insurance is to acquire Swedish-owned NIG Skandia. Under...
CGU auction move
Insurer CGU is to launch an Internet auction business in January. It is to set up a website to help ...
Royal&Sun Alliance in Korean move
Royal&Sun Alliance has obtained approval to open a liaison office in South Korea as a first step towa...
New property consortium for Brockbank
Brockbank Syndicate Management has announced a new property underwriting consortium for 2000. From ...
Capital Re sells stake in Ace Capital Re
Following Ace's acquisition of New York-based Capital Re, the US reinsurer is to sell its 13.4% stake...
Rising champs.
Key Choice is targeting private and professional landlords with a new scheme. The plan provides cove...
SVB defenses.
SVB Holdings, which recently acquired Lloyd's bedfellow CLM, has moved its underwriting risks for th...
Appointment at Lawrence Graham.
Law firm Lawrence Graham has recruited Ron Thom to its pensions practice. Mr Thom comes from Fiel...
QBE launches new syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agency QBE has gone on the expansionary path with the establishment of two new synd...
Berlin ART lesson.
Seminars on alternative risk transfer drew the biggest crowds at last month's Federation of European Risk Management Associations Forum. Anthony Gould reports.
Motor rates higher.
Motor insurance, especially vehicle fleets, as well as commercial satellite insurance and retrocessi...
A world's first?
Comverse Infosys claims to have introduced the world's first call recording system to support multip...
An Indian renaissance.
A bill that will free up the state-monopolised Indian insurance sector to foreign and private compan...
Appointment at DAS.
DAS has appointed Paul Jacobs marketing communications manager. He will be responsible for all creat...
Show faith in salvage firms.
The vehicle salvage industry is overcoming its old stigmas, says Alan Greenouff.
Appointment at Norwich Union.
Norwich Union has made Tom Fraser executive director, international on its board of directors. Mr Fr...