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Paul Smith joins GAB Robins
Paul Smith has joined GAB Robins as national account director, primarily taking responsibility for th...
UIA to insure magistrates' court staff
Mutual affinity insurer UIA Insurance has been appointed by AMO, the trade union for magistrates' cou...
63% don't know who to turn to when insurers go bust
Almost two thirds (63%) of policyholders are unaware that there is anyone who would compensate them f...
Swiss Re gets 41% rights take-up
Existing shareholders have signed up for just 41% of the 28.5m shares that Swiss Re offered them on a...
S&P predicts large boost in reinsurance capacity
Investors will put up to $20bn of new capital into reinsurance markets over the next six months, pred...
Arig looks for refinancing
The Middle East's largest reinsurer, the Arab Insurance Group (Arig), is seeking urgent support from ...
New chief accountant for R L Davison
Specialist Lloyd's broker R L Davison & Co has appointed James Ranson to the position of chief accoun...
New directors for Claims People
Loss adjusting company The Claims People has appointed two new directors: Jim Douglas and Graham Cole...
QBE estimates Airbus exposure at £1.37m
Australian insurer QBE has estimated its initial exposure to yesterday's American Airlines Airbus A30...
Legal & General in fraud probe
Legal & General is being probed over a suspected internal fraud involving billions of pounds of savin...
Alexander Forbes reshuffle
Graeme Kerrigan, group chief executive of Alexander Forbes, is to retire at the end 2002. From Decemb...
Lloyd's confirms involvement in Airbus crash
Lloyd's has confirmed it has some involvement in the insurance of American Airlines, the operator of ...
GISC to seek exemption from Competition Act
The General Insurance Standards Council is to seek exemption from the director general of the Office ...
PartnerRe to raise $350m
The Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe is to offer $200m of trust preferred and $150m of mandatory convert...
Broker Network sets up premier partnership with NIG
A premier partnership has been established between The Broker Network Ltd and NIG's commercial divisi...
Willis prices second stock offering
Broker Willis Group Holdings' secondary public offering of common stock has been priced at $24.25 (£1...
SVB board changes follow resignation
SVB has changed its board following the resignation of Caroline Banszky, director and chief operating...
View from the top - David Margrett
David Margrett, chief executive, Heath Lambert Group. It is not hard to recognise that the messages...
Plan to punish shoddy reservers.
Insurers with higher levels of reserves would have to pay less into the Financial Services Compensat...
Lloyd's attacks Moody downgrades.
Lloyd's has attacked rating agency Moody's decision to downgrade five syndicates amidst what it desc...
Appointment at The Primary Group.
The Primary Group, has strengthened its team by recruiting John Boardman and Jonathan Hodes as group...
US holds key for Sherwood.
Sherwood International plans to turn to the US market in the search for future growth, according to ...
Focus partnership.
Focus Solutions, a provider of solutions to automate the sales process in the financial services ind...
New Year date for Names decision.
Lloyd's Names will have to wait until the New Year for a decision on infringement proceedings from t...