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Court rejects many reinsurance claims against failed Taisei
A Tokyo court has rejected an initial 55% of overseas reinsurance claims submitted by creditors of th...
CNA Re combined ratio tops 274%
CNA Re's combined ratio surged to 274.4% in 2001 and made an operating loss for the year of $666m. ...
Towergate Underwriting Group to extend football sponsorship.
Towergate Underwriting Group is to extend its sponsorship of third-division football club Cheltenham...
Texan insurer Gainsco plans to discontinue ...
Texan insurer Gainsco plans to discontinue writing commercial lines insurance business due to contin...
Russians pool risks to combat high rates.
Six Russian insurers have teamed up to establish a terrorism risk pool, claiming reinsurance has bec...
NU takes innovative lead in flood fight.
It is sad to say, but more than a year on from the insurance industry's first representations to the...
The US's major airlines ...
The US's major airlines are looking to set up their own insurance company in the wake of 11 Septembe...
DL abandons plans for VSA.
Direct Line has scrapped plans to use telephone voice stress analysis to detect fraud, despite its s...
LMP renewal slips could reach 90%.
Use of the delayed London Market Principles slips for all renewals could exceed 90% by the end of th...
Goshawk Re has opened for business in Bermuda ...
Goshawk Re has opened for business in Bermuda and announced a new senior management team. Jim Kemp h...
Halifax GI moves closer to in-house goal.
Halifax General Insurance this week moved nearer its goal of underwriting most of its personal lines...
Asbestos ruling goes under the microscope.
The House of Lords is to review the central finding on causation in the Fairchild case - last December's landmark employers' liability ruling, which left hundreds of mesothelioma claimants without compensation. Nick Pargeter and Kathryn Kenny look behind…
Assistance companies set for stress windfall.
Employers and their insurers are not alone in welcoming last week's Court of Appeal decision to over...
Canadian insurance giant Manulife ...
Canadian insurance giant Manulife has asked for permission to expand its life insurance sales networ...
50 years ago.
As the insurance and reinsurance industry lock horns over the future of terrorism cover, Post Magazi...
Adjusters must add value or face a cut in fees.
Having now worked both sides of the fence, I have a degree of sympathy with the comments by the adju...
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries ...
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers will hold an EGM on 12 March to decide wheth...
Piper Alpha gets long-awaited ruling.
The House of Lords has handed down a landmark final judgement in the long-running Piper Alpha litiga...
Software company Sherwood International ...
Software company Sherwood International has concluded the process of securing a partnership agreemen...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This site attempts to address the needs of three target audiences: ordinary consumers, dentists and ...
The High Court has approved the Equitable Life ...
The High Court has approved the Equitable Life rescue plan, opening the way for a £250m injection fr...
Staff go as Groupama taken off the market
Groupama in the UK has been taken off the market by its French parent following a failure to find a ...
Reluctance to provide training.
As you reported last week, there seems to be a great reluctance on the part of the industry, brokers...
ABI wins NHS law reprieve.
The Association of British Insurers last week won a temporary reprieve from the government, which ca...