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Fortis restructures commercial operation
Revamped business to target SME growth
Davies appointed to Teachers Assurance claims panel
Mutual hands Davies claims service role.
Heath Lambert expands PI team
Three new staff join 24-strong division
Gab Robins expands construction and engineering team
Ian Newth is to take on the role of market manager for construction and engineering in London.
FM Global becomes admitted reinsurer in Brazil
Property and engineering (re)insurer FM Global has become an admitted reinsurer in Brazil in order to meet the growing reinsurance needs of its clients in the region.
QBE appoints new head of underwriting and reinsurance management
David Woodruff takes new role.
Catlin opens Rome office
New base is staffed by ex Swiss Re team.
Zurich hands Egan operations role
He replaces Stephen Lewis who will run the UK GI business.
Willis appoints Ireland CEO
Brian Curtis lands Willis Risk Services role
US senators look to curb insurer executive pay
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee voted to encourage limits on compensation of health insurance executives.
General Re chief predicts further Bermuda reinsurer mergers
Franklin Montross, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway’s General Re, said more Bermuda-based reinsurers may combine after Validus/IPC merger.
Broker moves into new £2m bespoke base in York
Insurance Partnership hails "significant step".
Helphire sees more insurer engagement but slips £149m into the red
Credit hire giant MD Martin Ward remains optimistic new management team will turn business around.
RSA welcomes new guidance on climate change
Insurer welcomes statement on 'carbon neutral' term
Ace Life appoints Middle East & North Africa MD
Ace Life has appointed former AIG exec, Abdallah D. "Budy" Kubursi, as managing director for its Middle East & North Africa businesses
Junction appoints new associate director
Vincent Chaney joins from HBOS
Scottish civil justice review "welcome" news for insurers
Lord Gill's long-awaited review outlines plans to streamline court system
Shane Aldons defects to Liberty Syndicates
Ex-QBE syndicate underwriter to join Liberty Syndicates as motor and international liability treaty underwriter.
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Axa chief: no need to change rules on insurers’ capital
European insurers shouldn’t be required to increase capital reserves as they play a “stabilizing” role in the financial system and pose “no systemic risk” to markets, Axa SA’s CEO Henri de Castries said.
Arc legal launches helpline for medical tourism market
Insurance provider teams up with solicitors to offer service.
Ace unveils new oil and gas product
Policy to address offshore contractor issues
Moody's downgrades Transatlantic Re
Moody's has downgraded the insurance financial strength rating of Transatlantic Re to A1 from Aa3 and the senior debt rating of Transatlantic Holdings, to Baa1 from A3.
Munich Re announces buyback
Execution research says that the buy back shows Munich Re believes market has stabilized.