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PXRe still seeking capital
Bermudian reinsurer PXRe has terminated talks with one of its investors, Select Re, about a possible ...
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk sets up Bermudian reinsurer
The Lloyd's insurer Goshawk plans to raise £101m ($143m) to set up a Bermudian reinsurer to exploit t...
New syndicate for Hampden following Sampo purchase
Hampden, the insurance outsourcing specialist that operates the largest Members' agency at Lloyd's, h...
Markel rebrands in Australia
Markel International is reorganising its Australian operation, R E Brown Australia Pty Limited. The c...
Appointment at St Paul at Lloyd's
Wayne Saich has been appointed active underwriter for the 2002 account at Lloyd's syndicate 227 by St...
Names call for halt to Lloyd's raising capital
The Lloyd's Names Association (LNA) has asked Lloyd's requesting that Lloyd's to stop soliciting new ...
Regulator considers action on Equitable's reinsurance
The UK regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said that it was considering action following...
Wellington to establish new London insurer
Lloyd's insurer Wellington plans to establish a new London-based insurance company by the end of the ...
Amercian Club hikes premiums for 2002
Protection & Indemnity Club the American Club has raised rates by 12.5% in order to raise levels in l...
Brit to raise £154m
Brit Insurance is to raise £154m through a placing and open offer to support an upturn in new busines...
Appointment at Miller Insurance Group.
Miller Insurance Group has made several promotions. Mike Bennett of Millers' energy unit has been ma...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was out with one of the insurance industry's oldest friends this week, when she fell into the ...
Appointment at Safeonline.
David Calverley joins digital risk insurance provider Safeonline as chief legal officer responsible ...
Ensign completes acquisition of syndicate 318
Lloyd's insurer Ensign Holdings has completed the acquisition of the right to manage former Limit's s...
Zurich adopts ISO to slash claims cost base.
Zurich Financial Services has implemented ISO's Claims Outcome Adviser, as part of its bid to slash ...
Trenwick moves treaty to Lloyd's.
Bermudian insurer Trenwick has moved its international property & casualty treaty portfolio to Lloyd...
View from the top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK Our industry is currently being...
The Arson Prevention Bureau.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has welcomed the Home Office report The Economic Costs of Fire and belie...
New venture to buy claims against insurers.
A new company, which is looking to buy claims against solvent and insolvent insurers and reinsurers,...
IFAs caught in Net.
There is set to be a mass migration of business to the internet from the independent financial advis...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph British families who watched their relatives die during live television cove...
DAS: GISC cover.
Legal expenses insurer DAS now offers cover against possible GISC probes in conjunction with its new...
Appointment at GE Financial Insurance.
GE Financial Insurance has appointed James Myatt to the role of general manager, financial instituti...
MP calls for end to unfair rules.
Unfair and inappropriate regulation has to be stamped out if the insurance industry is to recover fr...