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Names win right to appeal Jaffray case
The Court of Appeal today granted a group of 220 former Lloyd's Names permission to appeal against Mr...
Ins-sure makes WISe move
Ins-sure Services is to acquire for an undisclosed sum the trading assets of Worldwide Insurance e-co...
Insurers set to provide airlines with $1bn cover
German insurer Allianz says insurers are on the verge of offering airlines cover of up to $1bn on the...
Willis secures $200m capacity for terrorism venture
Global broker Willis has created a new electronic trading capacity for sabotage and terrorism for pro...
New rehab service launched
A new case management and rehabilitation consultancy, Proactive Rehab, has been launched by former S...
Ryanair teams up with Churchill to sell insurance online
Irish low cost airline Ryanair has linked up with insurer Churchill and Dublin-based broker Richardso...
NFU moves to fight off invaders
NFU Mutual has appointed investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, which is already its financi...
Power cut.
The insurance industry has committed itself to reducing pollution, yet, says Andrew Warren, as the largest single investor in the commercial property market, which is responsible for the highest rate of energy consumption, it has so far only paid lip…
Quality, claims and customers.
Two one-day conferences presented back-to-back that together will give the claims professional a comp...
Wellington set to become first £1bn syndicate
Wellington Underwriting has revised its losses from the US terrorist attacks, and announced ambitious...
Cox hit by poor returns.
Lloyd's insurer Cox has posted a loss of £11m for the first six months of the year, compared to one ...
Federal protection.
Automotive components manufacturer Federal Mogul has filed for protection from bankruptcy, in the wa...
Sirius warns of IT slowdown.
Sirius Group, which recorded a 21.3% rise in turnover for the first six months of the year to £9.1m ...
Equitable Life attacks FIA.
Equitable Life has lambasted the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries' inquiry into the company for fa...
Credit hire decision on track.
Insurers and credit hire companies must wait until at least next summer before there is any chance o...
Appointment at Weightmans.
Weightmans has taken on work-related injury specialist Steve Woods in its Manchester offices. Mr Woo...
Humana verdict.
A Florida appeals court has thrown out a $79.6m (£55m) verdict levied against Humana for cutting off...
US attacks: art claims may be huge.
Art insurance specialist Axa Nordstern, which was rebranded Axa Art this week, has estimated that th...
Motor insurers lambasted for refusing thousands of valid claims
Axa Direct , Allianz Cornhill and other motor insurers have been lambasted by the Consumer Associatio...
Henderson buyouts.
Henderson Insurance Brokers has completed two acquisitions as part of the strategy to establish its ...
Aruna reaches the IT Pinnacle.
Pinnacle Insurance has signed up to use software developer Aruna's information access platform Aruna...
WTC claims on fast track.
With an enormous litigious battle looming, UK insurers have welcomed the US government's initiative ...
Insurers on alert over WTC fraud.
Following September's terrorist attacks, UK insurers are anticipating the added burden of identifyin...
Untangling technology.
The role of technology, and in particular e-commerce, in the evolving insurance market was tackled at the Post Magazine/Kennedy's round table event this week. Lynn Rouse and Jane Bernstein report.