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Volvo sells off car insurance business to If.
Sweden's Volvia, the insurance business of Volvo, has sold its car-related insurance business to the...
Top sites toppled.
Direct Line has toppled Royal and Sun Alliance from the top of the internet scorecard run by Gomez, ...
IUA melting pot.
The International Underwriting Association's 15th international seminar Into the Melting Pot will be...
Phoenix General dismisses rumours.
Greece's second largest general insurer Phoenix General this week dismissed rumours it was looking t...
An Equitable inquiry.
The Treasury Select Committee's inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life starts today. The commit...
Groupama in Nam.
French insurer Groupama could soon start selling general insurance in Vietnam having been given the ...
Linaker branches into timber sector.
Insurance broker Linaker has set up a new division to cater for the insurance needs of the timber in...
CIFAS saves £203m from fraud.
CIFAS, the fraud avoidance scheme for the financial services sector, which Direct Line, Royal & Sun ...
Prudential to axe 2000 jobs.
The Prudential, this week, said the introduction of stakeholder pensions and technological developme...
Ozzy acquisition.
Australian general insurer NRMA Insurance is to acquire insurer CGNU's New Zealand operation, New Ze...
Drop in fourth quarter earnings fails to dent Ace's year
Bermudian insurer Ace posted a drop in net income for the quarter ended 31 December 2000, at £78m ($1...
Setting the legal record straight.
It is asserted that the case of Hitchens v Berkshire CC is the most significant finding on contribut...
Definitive ruling sought.
UK insurer Norwich Union has applied for leave to appeal in a recent ruling on recoverability of aft...
L&G recruits IFAs.
Legal & General has recruited 100 independent financial adviser service consultants to join its regi...
Fishing further.
Miller International, part of the Miller Fisher Group, has opened two new offices in Jeddah and Damm...
All hands on deck.
The marine sector is beginning to pick up. With increasing co-operation between insurers and shipowners and risk management issues high on the agenda, this market is more attractive than ever before. Eric Alexander discovers why.
Occupational hazards.
Employers have their work cut out keeping abreast of the changing employment laws, but insurers are developing increasingly sophisticated strategies to help them keep ahead of the game and out of the courts. Veronica Cowan reports.
Joint fight on fraud.
Fledgling loss adjuster The Claims People Group is to set up a joint venture with the Croma Group, w...
EU drags feet on net rules.
The European Commission, which last week put forward plans for European Union-wide rules governing s...
Inreon signings set.
Internet-based reinsurance trading system Inreon, launched last December, is close to signing up sev...
Core gets Gold.
Core, the London-based provider of e-business solutions to insurers and financial organisations, has...
Scor Group sees premiums dip.
France's Scor Group recorded a dip in premium income of 9% in its property and casualty business las...
Change of fortune.
Commercial legal expenses cover is stacking up as the latest must-have for risk-conscious businesses. Insurers are making the most of this with new products, says Rachel Gordon.
Name changING.
Australian financial services group Mercantile Mutual is to change its name to that of its long-time...