News
Quake loss covered.
Marsh & McLennan Securities Corporation has completed a £31m insurance-linked transaction for a majo...
Irish call for benefits cut.
The Irish Law Reform Commission is seeking to have state disability pensions, sick pay and other "co...
Mortgage protection - EPP offers mortgage bolt-ons.
Equity Protection Policy is launching a bolt-on product which incorporates the cost of insurance cov...
NU gives Virgin a private medical.
Norwich Union is to get physical with Virgin with a new private medical insurance package. The mo...
Chatset predicts 3.17% losses for Lloyd's.
Chatset has released its latest forecast for the Lloyd's market, and, in line with analyst's predict...
Swiss Re profits up.
Swiss Re has posted good figures for the first half of 1999. Gross premiums increased by 19% compare...
Aware and prepared?
In last year's Post Magazine survey of UK risk managers, many respondents expressed concern about te...
Flocking to Wren.
Wren Syndicates Management, which operates syndicates 250 and 389 at Lloyd's, has taken on Kevin Hut...
Aon links up with real estate body.
Aon has formed a strategic alliance with an international real estate federation as the official pro...
9.9.99 no-show a foretaste of Y2K problems?
Well, it came and it went. Did anyone notice? 9.9.99 threatened computer chaos and a foretaste of th...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS Two workers fell eight floors to their deaths after making a hole through concrete wi...
Exclusive - City of London police investigate collapsed broker.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the brokerage Denis Hilton la...
Equitable Life in Euro-push.
Equitable Life is poised to expand into Europe following last week's High Court victory on guarantee...
Mutuality boost.
Royal London Insurance is taking its pro-mutual message to this autumn's party political conferences...
Exclusive - Retail raid will shake up industry.
A major retail outlet is to launch a broad range of financial and insurance services in the UK withi...
Columbus Net poll.
Travel insurer Columbus Direct claims that 80% of its customers now have e-mail and access to the In...
Churchill Insurance opens new headquarters.
Martin Long, chief executive of Churchill Insurance, officially opened the company's new headquarter...
Keeping control.
Risks facing local authorities seem to be increasing at a frightening rate, which is why risk management strategies need to be made a priority, says David Fanning.
PCS moves on survey plans.
Loss adjuster PCS plans to diversify by moving into the commercial property liability survey market....
WPA: healthcare premiums slashed.
Western Provident Association has launched an Internet-based health insurance product called XS, whi...
MSF and Axa link.
The MSF union has teamed up with Axa Insurance to launch a new benefits scheme for members with plan...
The future's bright.
Independent financial advisers have had a tough time over the last 10 years, but now the skies are beginning to clear with some of the larger insurers' initiatives set to boost the outlook in this sector, says Francis Higney.
79 to focus on direct.
At Bankside/Jason Green Syndicates, syndicate 79 has announced it will focus its underwriting activi...
CE&B lays off staff in drive for efficiency.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle laid off 50 staff last week, as predicted by Post Magazine (...