News
Hurricane Floyd to cost insurers $1.3bn
US property/casualty insurers will face a bill of $1.3bn for property damage caused by Hurricane Floy...
CGU replaces Tony Cornell
Insurance giant CGU has appointed John Bissell to replace Tony Cornell as head of broker relations. M...
Farmers targeted in move to head off fraud
A leading agricultural underwriter has acted to head off the threat of fraud or reduced insurance cov...
Disability Act ignorance exposed
Brokers and independent financial advisers should raise the issue of disability management with their...
Moody's warns of corporate capital exodus from Lloyd's
Poor results could lead corporate investors to withdraw from the Lloyd's market according to rating a...
Jobs to go as Sun Life of Canada embraces the Internet
Sun Life of Canada is to make 500 of its 1600 UK staff redundant following a strategic review of the ...
Abbey National denies bid for Legal & General
Abbey National has denied rumours circulating at the weekend that it plans to bid for life and pensio...
Legal & General/Nat West tie up threatened by new offer
The £10bn take over of insurer Legal and General by banking group Nat West has been thrown into turmo...
Boxing hit by landmark liability blow
British boxer Michael Watson has won a landmark court case. It is believed to be the first time that ...
AMP to acquire GIO
Exit mechanism proposed for GIO shareholders
New recruit for Broker Alliance.
The Broker Alliance, a partnership of Yorkshire-based insurance and financial services brokers forme...
Lloyd's takes Bull by the horns in £26m IT first.
Integris, the managed services division of Bull Information Systems, has won a £26m contract from Ll...
Treasury support.
The government has backed the new trade body for business continuity and damage restoration companie...
Minibus Plus raise money for charity.
Two Minibus Plus employees put their heads together to come up with a way of raising cash for the NS...
Another chapter in RSA's life story.
Following an article in last week's edition (PM 16 September, p3), I would like to reassure readers ...
Still time to be at fraud forum.
There is still time to book your place at the Post Magazine Insurance Fraud Up-date on 14 October at...
Stress free strategy.
All mergers and acquisitions are unsettling for staff, as most people find change stressful. Catherine Davenport reports on the approach of one loss adjuster.
Help the aged scheme for pets.
A leading pet insurer has devised a new guide to help animal lovers look after ageing four-legged fr...
Aviation market shrugs off Britannia crash.
Loss? What loss? That's the message from the UK aviation insurance market following the crash of Bri...
Falling fruit.
The loss adjusting sector has changed in recent years. Tony O'Reilly outlines the driving forces behind these changes and warns of some adverse effects that are hanging over some companies.
Appointment at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Dispute resolution partner Simon Twigden has been named partner in charge of Addleshaw Booth & Co's ...
Hi-tech talking.
Jonathan Swift looks at what is in store at this year's European and financial services technology conference - jointly supported by Post Magazine and sister publication Professional Broking - to be held in North London.
Spain tastes gain amid pain.
The insurance sector in Spain is continuing to grow in importance but, explains Jose Sanchez-Crespo, expect growth to slow this year as the industry works to accommodate internal and external challenges.
Non-life go ahead for Sampo.
Sampo Poland has been granted a licence to sell all non-life insurance lines in the east European na...