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Annual review key to new flood deal.
The Government will this week be called upon to provide insurers with an annual account of flood def...
XL Re signs deal with August.
XL Re's UK operation has signed a deal with August for its Auganiser product. The reinsurer, which h...
Offices close in RSA shake-up.
Royal & Sun Alliance this week stressed the redeployment of staff from its direct personal lines arm...
Appointment at HSB Haughton Engineering.
Gavin Wilkie has joined HSB Haughton Engineering as account executive based in its Glasgow office, w...
Public relations.
More and more brokers are deciding to float on the stock exchange - reversing recent trends. Jonathan Swift analyses the rationale behind this move to go public and what it will mean for the market.
Euler in regional push.
Northern England and North Wales are top of the location list for credit insurer Euler Trade Indemni...
Home Office must set fraud targets.
The biggest challenge facing the industry is to achieve a more "joined-up" approach to fraud among t...
Cyclists need road sense.
I think Richard Thomas has missed the point (Cyclists belong on the road, Post Magazine, 12 Septembe...
Over £64bn of capital exits industry.
Over $100bn (£64.2bn) of capital has exited the industry over the past 24 months, excluding the Worl...
Debate to be led by chairman of Port@l.
Insurance call centre managers from across the UK will meet with industry experts at a conference in...
Fortis Health chooses Predictive Planning.
Fortis Health has chosen Armstrong Laing Group's web-based budgeting and strategic business planning...
Appointment at JL Manson & Partners.
JL Manson & Partners, the Manchester-based insurance broker, has appointed Barry Cattheral and Viv B...
Insurance industry must get its own house in order.
Stephen Byrne, managing director of Marsh Ireland, challenged insurers to examine areas of technical...
Forbes' African expansion.
Anglo-South African broker Alexander Forbes is hoping to expand, following an agreement to sell 30% ...
Zurich London launches into contingency market.
Zurich London has launched into the contingency market, with the creation of a new head of media, sp...
EU aviation situation "dangerous".
The European Commission's announcement that it may no longer endorse state aid to European airlines,...
RSA buys reinsurance online
UK insurer Royal and SunAlliance (RSA) is to move to buying all its facultative reinsurance electroni...
Scor ends Gerling Re takeover talks
French reinsurer Scor said today it has pulled out of negotations with German (re)insurer Gerling ove...
Appointment at Kennedys.
Nicholas Carnell has joined Kennedys as a partner in the construction team based at the firm's Chisw...
RSA plays down hunt for new chief.
Royal & Sun Alliance has confirmed that chairman Sir Patrick Gillam will stand again at next May's a...
Names set for Lloyd's truce.
Names are expected to call a truce with Lloyd's and seek negotiations over proposals to modernise th...
Employers must not stifle staff keen to further development in their
I agree with many of the points raised by Chris Miller in Training to take the industry forward (Pos...
Blooming with health?
Despite fears over rising rates and the possibility of guaranteed rates being shelved, the critical illness sector looks set to remain in good health, particularly when taking the Association of British Insurers' move on definitions into account. Rachel…
Alien reinsurers big in US.
Alien reinsurers are taking a growing share of the reinsurance business in the US, according to a st...