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Appointment at Horizon Portfolio Management.
Steve McCann joins Horizon Portfolio Management as claims director. He has more than 20 years' exper...
On-line reinsurance platform Inreon opens in Hong Kong
Online reinsurance trading platform Inreon has opened an office in Hong Kong as part of its expansion...
NU unveils pay-as-you-go pilot.
UK insurers have shown little willingness to follow Norwich Union's lead in unveiling plans this wee...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Aon Consulting has taken on Eileen Imrie as a senior consultant in its executive benefits practice. ...
Hiscox extends delegated power.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to extend the underwriting authority its high net worth brokers have throu...
Groupama taken off market as management team goes.
Groupama UK was last week taken off the market by its French parent, following a failure to find a b...
Appointment at Claimsplus.
Claimsplus has made Gary Vickery head of supply management, with responsibility for managing the com...
ClaimEx launches nationwide adjuster alliance.
Chartered loss adjuster ClaimEx has formed The Claim Experts Network, which, it said, is the first n...
Appointment at GastonWhybrew.
Richard Whybrew and Keith Gaston have set up their own property and subsidence law practice. Togethe...
DVT not a new phenomenon.
With regard to Economy Class Syndrome (Deep Vein Thrombosis): In 1789, Count Leopold Berchtold wrote...
Out of their hands?
A proposed EC directive will mean all intermediaries must have mandatory PI cover. However, in a market where rates are hardening drastically, could brokers and IFAs be trapped into high premiums and poor cover? Francis Higney reports.
"Sign up or sign off," declares Zurich.
Zurich Personal Insurances plans to purge its 4500-strong agency base, which has already been halved...
PM football comp kicks off.
Be part of the largest sporting event in the insurance industry and help raise £50,000 for charity. ...
Sale plan as OP goes into "orderly" run-off.
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partner has entered into talks with several companies about the possibi...
IRM: new boss plans shake-up.
Mark Butterworth, who has been elected as chairman of the Institute of Risk Management, following a ...
Stumped for cover?
Sports claims have seen a dramatic increase across the board and with the resultant premium rises, many amateur clubs are finding themselves caught out regarding cover. Howzat! shouts Lynn Rouse, as she investigates whether insurers are pricing…
80 years ago.
Motivating insurance personnel in the regions has always been an issue for the insurance industry. E...
Benelux-based insurer Fortis ...
Benelux-based insurer Fortis is expecting to make a 7% lower net profit for 2001 than the year befor...
AA sets sights on Centrica.
AA Insurance Services plans to start pushing out its product range to other parts of parent company ...
Moody's welcomes strategies to modernise Lloyd's.
Rating agency Moody's has welcomed the proposals put forward by the Chairman's Strategy Group to mod...
The 2002 edition of the Police & Constabulary Almanac ...
The 2002 edition of the Police & Constabulary Almanac has been published. The official register of p...
BIA 2002: race to win recognition underway.
The starting pistol has been fired in the race to win recognition at the industry's ultimate accolad...
What the papers said this week.
THE TIMES Burglars, who stole thousands of pounds-worth of property from the singer George Michae...
CNA Insurance has agreed to pay ...
CNA Insurance has agreed to pay $18m (£12.6m) to the family of a woman killed by a shard of glass th...