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CGNU predicts floods will cost it £200m as it announces loss
The UK's largest general insurer CGNU said it expects to pay out less than £200m in insurance claims ...
Lloyd's start-up opens for business
Map Underwriting, the new Lloyd's syndicate of former Amlin underwriter David Shipley, has opened for...
China office for Lloyd's
Lloyd's is to open a representative office in China later this month. The Chinese authorities yeste...
ABI defends claims record
The Association of British Insurers insists that insurers are responding promptly and positively to t...
MAP launches with £120m capacity
MAP Underwriting - which claims to be the largest ever independent Lloyd's start-up- will officially...
RSA rebrands direct operations
Royal & Sun Alliance has taken the strategic decision to bring together the direct elements of its li...
EW Blanch up for sale
EW Blanch, the world's fourth largest reinsurance broker, is in discussions about the possible sale o...
High court victory for Lloyd's
Allegations of fraud against Lloyd's of London were this morning rejected by the High Court in London...
UK Aon jobs set to go
Broker Aon is planning to cut a number of UK jobs as part of a global restructuring. It said it wil...
High court victory for Lloyd's
Allegations of fraud against Lloyd's of London were this morning rejected by the High Court in London...
Lateral thinking.
It is time for professional indemnity cover to catch up with the modern-day workplace, says Marcus Alcock. So far PI insurers have concentrated on traditional sectors but, as areas such as contractual work become more popular, so a new market opens up.
NU drops mortgage.
Norwich Union has quit the mortgage market and sold its £200m book of business to Skipton Building S...
Mann & Holt v Lexington Insurance Company.
Court of Appeal 11 November 2000 The Court of Appeal has allowed the appeal of the claimant rei...
Wait for MP cover.
Insurers will have to wait until the new year to find out what the House of Commons requires from th...
Risk managers: the new breed.
As risk exposures widen for businesses, demand for people with the skills to manage those risks means recruiters have their work cut out, say Lesley Winrow and Carol Connolly.
Zurich in Malaysia.
Zurich Re has opened a marketing office in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia to provide a full range of reinsur...
Tesco enters life insurance market.
Supermarket giant Tesco has entered the life insurance market, selling term assurance products throu...
An Assure-dlink.
Electronic business service company, ICL, has delivered its online quotation service, OmniQuote, to ...
Words of warming.
The severe storms and floods witnessed over the past month could become much more common throughout ...
Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers dispute analysis & investigations has appointed Chris Barrett to the new rol...
Ultimate clarification.
Re: Article from Post Magazine, 26 October, p3, regarding Ultimate Insurance Services. We would l...
Appointment at Standard Life.
Jonathan Cobb is joining standard life investments. Mr Cobb will be part of the UK Equity team and w...
Future credit good.
A study by Swiss Re has outlined a positive future for the credit insurance industry. It claims ther...
Allianz gets US listing approval
German insurer Allianz has been given approval by the US regulators to list on Wall Street, a move wh...