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ERC gets full licence for South Korea
GE Employers Re (GE ERC) has become the fourth foreign reinsurer to be given a full licence to operat...
Grant Thornton expands insurance claims division
Consultancy Grant Thornton's forensic and investigations services practice has been expanded with the...
Chiltington International opens Chicago office
Reinsurance consultancy Chiltington International has opened its first office in Chicago. It will ...
Benfield rebrands
Reinsurance intermediary Benfield has announced that it is rebranding. All of its branches, including...
Report highlights hurricane risk
North America's Atlantic and gulf coasts could see above-average hurricane activity in 2003, accordin...
Generali boss lambasts space industry
The head of the pioneer space insurer Generali Global has delivered a stinging rebuke to the space in...
Brokers may quit space market
Brokers could pull out of the space insurance market unless it improves, according to William Lloyd, ...
Annuity & Life Re unveils delayed results
Bermuda-based Annuity & Life Re has announced its delayed results for 2002. The announcement was post...
PM's reception draws top industry names
Post Magazine's 2003 Annual Parliamentary Reception was held at the House of Commons last week. The...
IXEurope relocates to new headquarters in Hammersmith
Specialist datacentre and hosting services firm IXEurope has relocated to new headquarters in Hamme...
The real cost of capital
The UK's current economic climate is causing some problems for insurers - particularly where issues of maintaining capital and solvency are concerned. Francis Higney examines what is being done to address these problems - both in the UK and in Europe.
High-street giant in commercial network launch
Acquisitional high-street broker Swinton aims to go head to head with the Folgate Partnership, with...
Post Events
7 April Sherwood briefing: Cutting costs - the need for speed The Millennium Gloucester Hotel...
Aviation insurance: Troika waits in wings
Last week's meeting of EU transport ministers in Brussels sanctioned the idea of government-backed ...
It's time to address attitudes to trade unions
Paul Picknett of Groupama, (Just the job, Post Magazine, 27 March, p28) queries the role of trade u...
Appointment at Santam
Dr Johan van Zyl, chief executive of Santam, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the c...
Chancellor announces appointment of chairman of the FSA
The Chancellor Gordon Brown this week formerly announced the appointment of Callum McCarthy as chai...
Bakers are deserted by insurers
John Greenway MP has criticised both government ministers and the insurance industry for failing to a...
Search engine insurance launch targets 6000
Personal finance aggregator Money Supermarket has launched what it calls a second generation search...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has made David Shea chief financial & administrative officer of the company's financial ...
Appointment at SBJ Group
SBJ Group, the insurance and consulting group, has appointed Chris King as regional managing direct...
Financial Services Compensation Scheme lodges appeal
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has lodged an appeal against a recent judgement aimed at...
RAC returns cash to insurers
An investigation by the Association of British Insurer's fraud squad has led to money being returne...
The power to perform?
The 7th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference takes place next week. Magne Seljeflot, who helped establish the event, talks to Marcus Alcock about the turbulence the oil and gas insurance sector has experienced over the last few years and what the…