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Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
There is not a great deal to this site, but it is very well designed. The company is a broker s...
Boyle addresses fears over RSA's future
Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, told Post Magazine this week that while he ...
Synstar surveys IT managers
A survey of 700 IT managers by service provider Synstar has shown that 72% would like to outsource ...
Organisation for Economic Co-operation sets up formal system
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has set up a formal system to enable reg...
Linaker Insurance acquires Charles Lovick & Co
Bristol-based broker Linaker Insurance has acquired Charles Lovick & Company of Plymouth for an und...
EL: squeeze out lawyers
Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, believes the UK's employers' liability sy...
Insurance industry must not hold back top level talent on training
Clearly, Nicola Burdett (Call for fast-track training, Post Magazine, 12 September, p12) feels frus...
G-Risk claims Equitas may face liquidation
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run-off the pre-1993 liabilities of Lloyd's Names,...
Folgate: 10 more this year
The Folgate Partnership has expanded its broking network by signing up Willis Commercial Network me...
InsurE-com unveils next generation of admin system
InsurE-com has unveiled the next generation of its client administration and management system for ...
Gerling set to pull out of some non-life reinsurance markets
The reinsurance arm of the German (re)insurer Gerling, which is up for sale, is likely to stop writin...
Montpelier Re sets IPO at $20 per share
New Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re has set a $20 per share price for an initial public offering of...
Hull losses will force rates higher, says JHC
Marine hull insurance rates are likely to rise further as a result of $750m of recent hull losses, sa...
Max Re confirms move into traditional reinsurance
Max Re now expects to begin writing traditional reinsurance at the January 2003 renewals, in response...
Capital shortages will sustain price rises, says Swiss Re
Non-life insurance prices will continue rising for longer than in previous insurance industry cycles ...
RGA creates international division
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), the US life reinsurer, has merged its Asia Pacific and Europe & S...
OECD beefs up reinsurer monitoring
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has set up a formal system to enabl...
Hannover Re wants more capital options
German reinsurer Hannover Re plans to change its rules to allow it for the first time to raise capita...
Accidentcare strikes partnership with Sirius
Accident management company, Accidentcare, has struck a strategic partnership with software provide...
Standard commercial risk presentations planned
The British Insurance Brokers' Association, Polaris, broker software houses and service providers a...
THB Group confirms it is to be admitted to AIM
Lloyd's broker THB Group confirmed it is to be admitted to AIM, the London Stock Exchange's market ...
A watertight plan for flooding
The Association of British Insurers last week detailed insurers' new approach to properties in high-risk flood areas. Jane Milne gives the ABI's view.
Koukia details UK ambitions
Anglo-Australian insurance software provider Koukia has outlined its plan to return to the UK marke...
Senior Churchill Groups staff went 'back to the floor'.
Senior Churchill Group staff, including managing director John O'Roarke and chairman and chief execu...