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Rebriefs - World Trade Centre.
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that World Trade Centre (WTC) ...
Petrobras still making waves.
View the pdf of this story The sinking in March 2001 of P-36, the world's largest semi-submersibl...
Forecast is promising.
There is a growing demand for financial protection against the effects on business of unusual but non-catastrophic weather, says Michael Corbally.
Weathering the storm.
It was the day that changed the world. Or was it? In many respects, the effects of 11 September on t...
Torrential rain leads to major flooding.
Torrential rain led to major flooding across large parts of central Europe last month. In the Czech ...
Appointment at Ace Asset Management.
Former managing director of the North American insurance practice of rating agency Standard & Poor's...
Rebriefs - GE Frankona Re.
GE Frankona Re has formed a London-based aviation unit led by Greg Dawson, who has 20 years' experie...
Appointment at Axis Specialty.
Michael Butt has resigned as a director of Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital to chair the start-up Be...
German terror pool ready to write.
Germany's proposed state-backed terrorism insurer, Extremus, was expected to be licenced and to begi...
XL opens financial guarantee subsidiary in London
Financial guarantee insurer XL Capital Assurance of New York, part of the Bermudian (re)insurance gro...
ABI gains police access to suspected fraudsters.
After years in the pipeline, a significant step in the fight against fraud has finally been achieved...
A medical assessment.
The government's healthcare reform strategy has attracted a lot of attention - particularly from the insurance industry, keen to assess the implications for the private medical insurance sector and future healthcare provision. Dr Adrian Bull explains.
Flood levels.
The Association of British Insurers this week said very little information was available on the like...
Appointment at Bland Bankart.
Bland Bankart has expanded its new business team, following the appointment of Richard Storey in a s...
Miller sets up global team.
The Miller Insurance Group has set up a global services team to handle large multi-national accounts...
NIG adds commercial vehicle product.
NIG has added a commercial vehicle product to InsurE-com's portal, allowing policy information to be...
Aon moves on accounting concerns.
Broker Aon has resolved questions relating to the investigation of its accounts by the Securities an...
Wellington Re recruits team of US underwriters.
Wellington Re, established in June, has recruited a team of US casualty reinsurance underwriters fro...
Teams warm up for PM's five-a-side.
Post Magazine is running its second five-a-side football competition on Sunday 29 September at The G...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was interested to hear of the recent furore that broke out over the Chartered Insurance Instit...
Resolving the catch-22 situation surrounding EL.
John Parker, head of general insurance at the Association of British Insurers, wrote in Post Magazine recently that "the current system for providing employers' liability insurance has reached a crossroads". However, risk managers claim many of the…
NFRC pushes government to introduce new measures.
The National Federation of Roofing Contractors is pushing the government to introduce measures to en...
S&P gives European reinsurance sector 'negative outlook'.
Rating company Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the European reinsurance sector a 'negative outlook...
Fortis in price push.
Five key external appointments, including the creation of new positions, have signalled a step up in...