News
Reinsurers forced to take the controls.
As losses mount and fragmentation persists in the primary market, airline reinsurers are taking action to stabilise plunging rates. Adrian Leonard reports.
It is not all bad news.
In a personal view, space broker Brian Moore compares the current market with that of the mid-1980s.
Swiss Re tightens belt after results.
Swiss Re, the world's second largest reinsurer, has launched a major efficiency drive following the ...
PartnerRe increased operating earnings.
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe increased operating earnings per share to $1.11 in the second quarter ...
Artemis goes live.
On-line information provider Wire has established a free-access Internet portal for the alternative ...
London united?
Some of the results of Reinsurance's survey of executive opinion at the International Underwriting A...
Rhine Re books help boost profit.
Swiss reinsurer Rhine Re's profits jumped to SFr 32m ($21m) last year from SFr 10.3m in 1997 as the ...
Swiss Re chair.
Swiss Re has sponsored a professorship at the University of Nottingham Business School. The funding ...
Customers come first.
Technological advances are affecting the vehicle repair business more than almost any other area of the industry. Andrew Newman discovers how customers and companies are benefiting.
What the Papers Say.
FINANCIAL TIMES Computer rage has joined road rage, air rage, and trolley rage as one of the side...
Crawford widens centres operation.
Loss adjuster Crawford-THG is to open three new service centres by the end of the summer. The ope...
Coyle Hamilton wants more new business.
International Lloyd's brokers Coyle Hamilton has bought a "substantial" book of business from London...
IFAs fear for their future.
Trade bodies are ignoring the plight of independent financial advisers as the introduction of stakeh...
Bright lights, big cities.
Business has boomed in Leeds and Bradford in recent years, with many insurance companies choosing to call them home. Simon Threadgold visits our friends in the north.
Special privileges.
Motorists are being encouraged to take a refresher course to eliminate silly mistakes and so drive d...
Why NHS chose a prescription for success.
I would like to comment on the implication in Terry Simister's letter ('Standards which didn't make ...
Schools plan to count on pupils.
The Financial Services Authority plans to turn today's school children into a generation of informed...
Impact Plus Cup Final.
Co-op centre forward Nick Welton blasts the ball goalward during his team's triumph in the Impact Pl...
Council calls time on crime.
Manchester has become the first city council to curb crime against empty properties using an inno-va...
Carole Nash bucks trend.
Motorcycle insurance specialist Carole Nash this week bucked the trend for pumping up premiums with ...
Appointment at Miller & Pycraft & Arnold.
Richard Little has been made director of the liability division at Miller & Pycraft & Arnold. He wil...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Christopher Murray has joined Manchester law firm James Chapman & Co. Previously he was a partner wi...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Catherine May has joined Davies Lavery as a pertner specialising in insurance litigation. She is par...
Underwriting pilot.
Winterthur Life is piloting an automated underwriting system which could dramatically speed up polic...