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Living on the edge of the Asian danger zone.
Australia's insurance industry remains relatively healthy, despite the proximity of the Asian financial crisis. Jeremy Golden reports.
Shareholders approve dividend payment.
Shareholders of Swiss Re approved a dividend payment of SF 44 ($29) per share at the company's annua...
AmRe consolidates services arms.
American Re is forming a subsidiary, Am-Re Global Services, to bring together its worldwide reinsura...
Ruling on the waves.
Fears of an underwriting dilemma caused by non-compliance with the new ISM code appear to have been unwarranted, says Eric Alexander.
A tale of three cities.
Adrian Leonard talks to Graham Dimmock of PartnerRe and SAFR about life in a global market.
ILU building delays London merger.
The planned merger of the London International Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association (Lirma) ...
Fishers deal off.
UK insurance services provider Fishers Group has abandoned its attempted acquisition of specialist e...
Eagle Star Re records profit.
Eagle Star Re recorded a pre-tax profit of £33.4m ($54m) in 1997, a sharp improvement on its loss of...
Strike hangs in the ballot.
Bosses at Co-operative Insurance are today holding their breath over the outcome of a ballot for ind...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
ITT L&E has made several new appointments as part of a restructuring of its commercial lines sales a...
ICU won again.
Commercial Union scored a hat trick this year with a third annual win in the British Insurance Awards. Jonathan Guy spoke to Cees Schrauwers to find out how he did it.
Mexican cash waves.
Premiums for pension and retirement funds in Mexico rose by 26% in the first half of 1998 and motor ...
ISA support from PMSC.
Policy Management Systems Corporation has announced it will support Individual Savings Accounts (ISA...
Have loophole, will travel.
Insurers have expressed concerns over a legal loophole that threatens to allow travel companies to c...
Appointment at BUPA Travel Services.
Francesca Paulden has been made corporate travel consultant with BUPA Travel Service. She will be ba...
Smashing idea.
Autoglass has come up with a product to stop motorists becoming unstuck after their windscreens have...
Good and bad news.
American insurer Aetna has reported higher than expected second-quarter earnings, but operating prof...
Brokers ready for fight.
Lloyd's largest motor insurance syndicate has called on its brokers to hit back following Barclay's ...
Committees act over millennium enquiries.
In response to enquiries from underwriters concerning the millennium, London Market's Joint Hull com...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has restructured its marine division and appointed Mel Neale as marine manager...
Appointment at Jacksons Solicitors.
Jacksons Solicitors has promoted partner Chris Gannon to the company's management board. A partner f...
Long term care ideas.
The Continuing Care Conference has made a number of submissions to the Royal Commission on long term...
Appointment at the Insurance and Actuarial Society of Glasgow.
Brian Hodges of Axa Provincial has been elected president of the Insurance and Actuarial Society of ...
Regulation must keep the consumer in mind.
The Government has called for effective self-regulation in the general insurance sector. The aim ...