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Assessing the damage.
The world is focusing on Lloyd's as a market barometer in the wake of the 11 September attacks. Although he remains positive, Nick Prettejohn tells Marcus Alcock he is philosophical about the effects the US atrocities will have on the market.
CGNU: new sales up.
UK insurance giant CGNU has reported an 18% hike in worldwide new business sales for the first nine ...
APB all fired up.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has called for a clamp down on deliberately started car fires, which acc...
Hardy passes 75% capacity threshold
Lloyd's isnurer Hardy Underwriting Group has purchased an additional £3.32m of capcity on its short t...
Open + Direct safe from sale.
Weekend reports that financial services company Open + Direct have been put up for sale by its paren...
GISC seeks answers.
The General Insurance Standards Council wants to set up a high-level meeting with the Treasury in or...
Five-a-side cup-winners.
Twenty rain-soaked teams took part in Post Magazine's first charity five-a-side football tournament ...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Clive Spiller has moved to Cunningham Lindsey UK as Cardiff service centre director, with both clien...
DVT action raises fears.
The aviation insurance market is facing yet another potentially crippling problem, after the launch ...
Russian rules increase cross-selling.
Legislation that would make third-party motor liability insurance compulsory in Russia is expected t...
Appointment at P&I Club.
Three members of the UK P&I Club have been elected to the board of directors. They are Adamantios Le...
Taking fraud on board.
In December, the ABI's anti-fraud seminar will see members talk about their company's fraud initiatives, as the insurance industry renews its fight against fraudsters with the weapons of openness and co-operation. David Neave explains to Lynn Rouse.
US rejects call for terror pool.
The US insurance industry is facing a critical market problem, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told ...
Eve in CEO move.
Mike Eve, former chief executive of Aon Risk Services, has been named as the new chief executive off...
Churchill tight-lipped on Pru.
Acquisitive insurer Churchill remained tight-lipped as to whether it would dip into its £500m war c...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has taken on Paul Gladwin as high net worth underwriting manager. He brings with...
Chubb posts losses.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a third-quarter operating loss of $240.6m (£165m), including a $420m p...
Free expert advice for readers of Post Magazine.
Post Magazine's panel of insurance industry experts provide free advice to any reader via the Ask th...
Insurers step up Middle East security.
Despite the fact that there is a war on in the region, and with the UK's chief of defence staff Admi...
Goshawk recruits.
Goshawk Insurance Holdings, the integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle has appointed two new underwrit...
Cox selection leaves Crowe life hanging.
The future of Lloyd's insurer Crowe's life syndicate 982 remains uncertain, following Cox's decision ...
Fraudsters jailed.
Newport Crown Court has given a Royal & Sun Alliance policyholder a suspended sentence and her partn...
Lloyd's welcomes post-WTC failures.
Several Lloyd's syndicates will "inevitably" go under, as a result of losses sustained from the Worl...
Insurers team up in Bermuda.
Global insurance giants AIG and Chubb have teamed up with Goldman Sachs to form a new Bermuda-based ...