News
Munters in Belfast.
Property restoration company Munters has opened a new office in Belfast. It claims the move is a res...
HIH liquidators in windup talks.
A decision on whether insolvent Australian insurer HIH will be wound up will be made on 10 May, the ...
RSA splits for new branding.
Royal & Sun Alliance is set to differentiate its intermediary business from its direct arm, with the...
Beyond integration.
Life and pensions provider Pearl Assurance has gone live with an integrated system to connect its sa...
CGNU reports increase in new business
CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the first three months of 200...
Practical thinking.
Monitoring the compliance of GISC members is a straightforward procedure that brokers need not be afraid of, Trevor Newbery explains to Jonathan Swift.
Indie shares dip as rumour mill restarts
Shares in Independent Insurance fell this morning following the news of the resignation of chief exec...
Change of focus as Alec Finch sells PI to Towergate.
Manchester-based broker Alec Finch & Co has sold its professional indemnity portfolio to Towergate U...
Korean market up.
The Korea Investment Trust Management and Securities Company reports that the combined market share ...
CIS opens initiative.
CIS said it intends to roll out its Return to Work initiative to include lone parents, the over-50s ...
Dennis Tito becomes first person to require space travel insurance.
Ex-NASA aerospace engineer and stockmarket tycoon Dennis Tito became the first person to require spa...
XL invests in loss-making insurer Mutual
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital and three other investors are to take a $112.5m stake in the...
Pru drops action against AIG
The Prudential has abandoned its plans to seek an injunction against American International Group as ...
ZFS cuts UK jobs
Zurich Financial Services is to cut 500 jobs from its UK life arm as part of a restructuring plan des...
Equitable to investigate its own undoing
Troubled insurer Equitable Life, which has been rescued by the Halifax after being forced by the cour...
Benfield Greig acquires E W Blanch
Benfield Greig Group, the independent, UK-based reinsurance intermediary is to acquire EW Blanch Hold...
Benfield buys Blanch
Benfield Greig, the UK reinsurance broker, is to pay $179m for troubled US broker EW Blanch. The an...
Mutual trust no help to sacked staff.
Fenton Barry Johnson v Unisys House of Lords 22 March 2001 Following Addis v Gramophone, it ...
Alarming rise in claims.
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers' annual conference took place at Warwick University on Monday and Tuesday this week. David Worsfold was there.
Study finds bodyshop repairers dissatisfied.
Bodyshop repairers are increasingly dissatisfied with their insurer relationships and have listed re...
Appointment at Gallagher Bassett.
Gallagher Bassett has made Simon Pemberton manager of the London claims branch. He is re-locating fr...
Call for GISC fee reduction.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters annual conference and AGM in Cardiff last week attracted well under 100 loss adjusters, but the level of debate was nevertheless high. Anthony Gould reports.
Commentary - Fight against motor fraud: the procedural catch 22.
Despite investigation, insurers have not often been able to gather sufficient evidence by the time o...
Appointment at Aon Consulting.
Andy McKinnell is to head up Aon Consulting's Glasgow office. He is the principal and actuary with t...