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ABI puts asbestos scheme offer on the table
The House of Lords is to continue with its plans to hear the three cases relating to mesothelioma cl...
Moody's downgrades Chaucer syndicate
Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the syndicate performance rating of Chaucer's syndicate 1096 fr...
What the papers said this week.
THE BUSINESS Insurance company Royal & Sun Alliance's hopes of agreeing a speedy sale of its inve...
Careless talk can cost insurers dear.
The authorities are coming down hard on companies they suspect of any form of cartel-like behaviour. Maggie Litster considers the implications of this for the insurance industry and looks at what can be done to avoid falling foul of the competition…
Zurich to rebuild arm.
Zurich UK Commercial is restructuring its construction business into a single unit, which will opera...
View from the Top - Peter Hubbard
Peter Hubbard, chief executive, Axa Insurance Trust is the main theme of this week's British Insura...
Folgate managers poised for buyout.
The former commercial management team of Folgate Insurance is close to signing a deal to acquire par...
Co-operation vital in face of compensation culture.
Post Magazine's management briefing on the compensation culture raised some important issues for all insurance industry professionals. David Worsfold reports.
Chemical fire.
Royal & Sun Alliance has confirmed it is lead insurer on the Tyneside chemical plant fire that force...
French reinsurer Scor is to sell its US surplus lines company ...
French reinsurer Scor is to sell its US surplus lines company Fulcrum Insurance and put the resultin...
Misys Insurance Management's regulatory support package ...
Misys Insurance Management's regulatory support package has signed up its 500th user from a company ...
Appointment at AMC Accident Management.
AMC Accident Management, part of the Huddersfield-based FMG Group, has taken on Matthew Briggs as op...
Appointment at Opus Corporate Risk.
Opus Corporate Risk, the national risk management and insurance broking arm of the Opus Group, has p...
Hiscox looks to regions.
Maidenhead has been named the most likely location for Hiscox's fourth regional branch, under plans ...
Planning for the future.
Strategic Shorts is a new series in which a management consultant offers insights into planning for ...
Rate hikes in the motor market are continuing to ease ...
Rate hikes in the motor market are continuing to ease, according to figures from the Automobile Asso...
One for the road?
The government has recently refused to implement tighter controls for drink-driving. However, the ABI is keen to remind drivers, when they are deciding whether to have that last drink, that premiums are loaded against those that flout the law, says…
Penny Black's insurance week.
Attention to detail is perhaps nowhere better personified than in the loss adjusting community, so P...
Swiss Life to axe 800 employees.
Swiss Life is to cut 800 jobs, having recorded a drop in net profits to SFr124m (£52m). The insurer ...
Bupa to be official health partner for Commonwealth Games.
Bupa has signed a deal to be the official health partner for the Commonwealth Games, taking place in...
OAMPS Insurance Brokers to be accredited by Lloyd's.
OAMPS Insurance Brokers has become the first Australian broker to be accredited by Lloyd's....
Lloyd's insurer Atrium has reported a loss ...
Lloyd's insurer Atrium has reported a loss of 5.6% on capacity for the 1999 year of account and esti...
IT Direct is to launch an online purchasing portal ...
IT Direct is to launch an online purchasing portal for Lloyd's, British Insurance Brokers' Associati...
O'Hare predicts four Bermudian casualties.
Marcus Alcock reports from the 40th Risk and Insurance Management Society Conference, which is taking place in New Orleans this week.