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Ace loses lawsuit but wins Capital
Following the dismissal of Ace's lawsuit against Capital Re for pulling out of a merger deal, the two...
Underwriter secures top rating
New London market insurer the Underwriter Insurance Company has received an A- (excellent) rating by ...
Beckett's Eastward push
Go ahead insurance intermediary the Beckett group has completed its fourth acquisition in 18 months b...
Titannic move for Hyperion
Specialist brokers Howden Spear Gulland has restructured to form Hyperion Insurance group. It has ...
Ace files lawsuit against Capital Re
The latest development in the wrangling between Bermudian insurance groups Ace and XL for control of ...
Riley moves to CNA Re
Stephen Riley, the former managing director of Swiss Re UK, has been appointed managing director of C...
Bodily injury claims rocketing says industry
Bodily injury claims in the UK have been rising at over 12% a year during the past decade, more than ...
Industry called to sign up to 'Rehabilitation First'
Insurers and claimant's lawyers are being urged to sign up a new voluntary Code of Best Practice - pu...
IFA system updated.
Clerical Medical has updated its Flexible Mortgage Illustration System for IFAs. Launched on Monday,...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Alan Air has been made liability survey manager with PCS. A chartered environmental health officer, ...
CGU's rape policy.
The South African subsidiary of CGU has launched a rape insurance policy after six months of researc...
New company ready for business.
New London market insurer the Underwriter Insurance Company is due to open for business on 1 Novembe...
Appointment at The Leisure Consortium.
Iain Ward has joined The Leisure Consortium as underwriter of its contingency account. Previously he...
Operations merge.
French mutual Groupama has announced plans to move its marine and transport operations into a single...
New claims guide.
Employers' liability insurer Iron Trades has released its 1999 claims booklet. It includes a review ...
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Voluntary mortgage code - safe as houses?
Industry figures have rounded on a claim by Dave Seviour, franchise support director of Allied Dunba...
A lot of work for charities.
Legal & General has teamed up with independent financial advisers Kingsworld Walder to launch its la...
Woolwich pulls ahead in SFS race.
Woolwich is believed to be winning the race to acquire Sedgwick Financial Services from broker Marsh...
Appointment at Experian.
Experian has appointed Richard Fiddis to the new senior management position of chief operations offi...
How to approach the police.
DC Maurice Ward of the West Midlands Police Fraud Squad told delegates how insurers should approach ...
£50m: the cost of travel fraud.
Travel fraud is costing UK insurers £50m a year, according to John Wagstaff, manager of the Associat...
Act to be reformed.
A compromise has now been reached between the US Federal Reserve and the Treasury to reform the Glas...
Balancing sectors.
A growing number of brokers are seeking premium finance deals for both commercial and personal lines business, but Steve Banner explains the two sectors must be dealt with in different ways.