News
High cost if UK mimics US.
If the UK develops a full-scale US-style compensation culture, claims volumes and settlements levels...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This week I was sent something quite cool through the post as an enticement to review a website. Ins...
Appointment at QBE International Insurance.
Gary Norman has joined QBE International Insurance to further expand the general liability division....
Xchanging launches e-repository for industry.
Business process outsourcing company Xchanging has launched its London Market Repository. The rep...
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Royal & Sun Alliance has named John Baker as its deputy chairman, effective from the end of the 2001...
Max Re expects lower Q1 earnings
Bermudian finite reinsurer Max Re has said it expects to report weaker earnings than it anticipated f...
Budget latest
Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon put his f...
Scor securitises credit risk
French reinsurer Scor is to protect itself from credit insurance risks for the next five years with a...
test viewpoint
ABN Exams the facts
Winterthur joins Inreon
Switzerland-based Winterthur has become the second major insurance company after Axa Corporate Soluti...
Captives market is booming, says AM Best
The captive market is becoming increasingly important with captive premiums in 2000 again growing fas...
XL Capital invests in OneCapital
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital has bought a minority stake in OneCapital Management Partners, a New...
US P&C makes first annual loss
The US property and casualty (P&C) sector in 2001 suffered its first ever full-year loss — $7.9bn, ac...
Lack of terrorism cover causes crisis in confidence
Corporate confidence in the US insurance industry has fallen in the wake of the 11 September attacks,...
Scor sells Fulcrum Insurance
French reinsurer Scor is to sell its US surplus lines company Fulcrum Insurance and put the resulting...
Profesional Broking Second Story
NatWest
Munich Re expects to get first China licence
Munich Re said that it would be the first foreign company to be issued with a reinsurance licence to ...
Medical brokers have voted Standard Life Healthcare as winner ...
Medical brokers have voted Standard Life Healthcare as winner of their 2002 insurer performance surv...
What the papers said this week.
METRO For £1500 a day, a California treatment centre is offering film companies the ultimate insu...
Trust to offer basic freelancer cover.
The provision of an insurance scheme to provide basic cover for all freelance journalists is being i...
Third PostMag
Credit Suisse
Dutch insurer Aegon is closing down its operations ...
Dutch insurer Aegon is closing down its operations in the Philippines after losing its sole marketin...
Lloyd's facing struggle as ALM laments losses.
Lloyd's faces a desperate struggle to raise more funds this week, after it emerged its losses for th...
Banding together.
To reap the rewards of customer relationship management it is vital for businesses to place the emphasis on teamwork between departments. Bob Bevan explains how to take a more elastic approach to future initiatives.