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John Sinnott to retire from broking giant Marsh
John Sinnott, chairman and chief executive officer of broking giant Marsh is to retire in July 2003...
Halifax General Insurance Services strikes deal with DAS.
Free before-the-event legal expenses insurance will be granted to around four million people, after ...
Aviva in deal with French bank group
Aviva has signed a bancassurance deal with French banking group Credit du Nord and French life insu...
Scope of regulation set to be extended
Anthony Gould and Jonathan Swift report on last week's Chartered Insurance Institute annual conference, which was held at the Birmingham ICC.
Appointment at CTC Services
Paul May has been appointed chairman and chief executive of CTC Services. He will continue as execu...
Donna Young wins Rutter Medal
Donna Young, an assistant underwriter with Marlborough Underwriting Agency, won the Rutter Medal fo...
BBB set to benefit from decision
Berkeley Berry Birch Insurance Brokers looks set to benefit from its parent company's decision to g...
Sirius centralises UK insurance arm
Software provider Sirius Financial Solutions has brought all its insurance operations under one roof ...
Speakers' points - in a nutshell
The industry is poorly prepared. Expertise has haemorrhaged from within and we have under-invested ...
Climate change: an insurance perspective
We read everyday about the threat of global warming and climate change but what does it really mean...
Business interruption losses rise
Business interruption losses associated with last year's US terrorist attacks have risen from 25% t...
D&G: no lag in turnover
With reference to Post Magazine, 29 August, D&G moves to ease shareholder fears, our claims ratio w...
Rehabilitation reviewed
Post Magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign began three years ago. Next week's update looks at how far the industry has come.
Structural changes
Dennis Mahoney, chairman and chief executive of Aon, in a whirlwind presentation, said he believed ...
Insurers defend flood opt-outs
The Association of British Insurers has defended its new guidelines for insurers offering flood pro...
Zurich plans to launch nationwide campaign
Zurich plans to launch a national TV, press and nationwide poster advertising campaign from tomorro...
Insurance on a plate?
Banks are in an ideal position to provide smaller businesses with cover and insurers and brokers are having to fight for a slice of the market. Some believe the solution is to offer commercial cover in bite-size chunks to satisfy a smaller company's…
President elected
Andy Homer, chief executive of the Folgate Partnership, was elected president with Royal & Sun Alli...
Appointment at Darwin Rhodes
Recruitment consultant Darwin Rhodes has employed Ian Ritchie as an additional consultant to the te...
Lloyd's returns to profit
The latest results from Lloyd's have revealed a long-awaited return to profitability, with four of ...
Industry calls for one body to deal with FSA
UK insurance chiefs have intimated their support for a single trade body, comprising both insurance c...
Scor to call an extraordinary general meeting
French reinsurer Scor is to call an extraordinary general meeting on 5 November to approve a EUR400...
Events
2-3 October Institute of Risk Managers annual conference and dinner Robinson College, Cambridge...
Appointment at Watershed Claims Services
Craig Oddy, former principal of CRI Investigations, has joined Yorkshire-based liability specialist...