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Claim avoided in light of fire fraud.
Uddin v Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (Queen's Bench Division - 28 February 2002).
CGNU announces increase in new worldwide life and pensions business
CGNU last week announced new worldwide life and pensions business sales of £629m for the first quart...
Candidates buoyed up as marine market hardens.
The marine market is gradually recovering its sea legs, making now the perfect time for prospective employees to launch forth into uncharted territory, says Andy Bailey.
Friends Ivory & Sime in £240 deal.
Friends Provident's fund management company Friends Ivory & Sime is to acquire Royal & Sun Alliance'...
Ockham Holdings appoints non-executive director.
Ockham Holdings, which owns Lloyd's motor insurer Highway, has appointed Ross Dunlop as a non-execut...
Chairman of the IGIE elected.
Chartered Insurance Institute director general Dr Sandy Scott has been elected chairman of the Insti...
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society.
Wesleyan Assurance Society has appointed Richard Sheret as head of partnership development. He will ...
Lloyd's trio set to sign up to Impact launch.
Capital Computer (UK) has launched a back-office system for Lloyd's brokers. Impact has been deve...
What the papers said this week.
Financial Times A proposed train safety system would cause more deaths than it would save by forc...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was pleased to spot the dapper-looking Tony Lancaster - ex-Groupama - in Covent Garden last we...
No time to waste in modernising broking.
The insurance industry has so far failed to work together to change the industry with the help of technology. Michael Collins says time is running out and the industry cannot afford to continue to fritter away money on needless administration costs.
The role of leaders in securing success.
Strategic Shorts is a new series in which a management consultant offers insights into planning for successful business.
Appointment at Wilby.
Halifax-based Wilby has made several new appointments. Vincent Claxton, Jayne Moss and Phil Mayes wi...
Open + Direct in £111m MBO
Viridian Group has completed the sale of its Open + Direct Consumer Financial Services business to a ...
An indivisible risk.
John Butler reviews cases that highlight the difficulty of allocating liability in mesothelioma cases.
Appointment at Ace.
Evan Greenberg (right), who joined Bermuda's Ace group as chief executive of Ace Tempest Re and vice...
Start-up Axis goes into US.
New Bermudian reinsurer Axis Specialty has bought two US shell companies, giving it licences to writ...
XL buys into investment firm.
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital has bought a minority stake in OneCapital Management Partners, a Ne...
Appointment at Partner Re.
Partner Re's chairman, David McLaughlin, is to retire and be replaced by board member John Rollwagen...
Scor ends quest for capital.
French reinsurer Scor has said it has the capital it needs to pursue organic growth, but that it wou...
Rediary.
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IAIS hopes to agree on principles.
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) hopes to agree global principles for t...
Rocky roads to reform.
The inadvertent theme of this issue of Reinsurance seems to be reform: from markets' efforts to cove...
Appointment at British Nuclear Insurers.
The British Nuclear Insurers pool has appointed Mark Tetley general manager and chief executive. He ...