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What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph Cinven, the venture capital group, is backing the consortium that has looked...
Thomas Miller in CGU acquisition.
London market mutual Thomas Miller, the parent company of the UK P&I Club and the TT Club, has agree...
Coface rebrands.
The UK business of trade credit insurer Coface Group, Coface LBF, has been rebranded Coface UK. The...
NHS misses £100m recovery target.
The NHS has confirmed it will not hit its target to recover £100m a year from insurers for treatment...
Alwen appointments.
Lloyd's broker Alwen Hough Johnson has made three senior broking appointments. Nick Barve joins f...
Well-thought-out site to help you pay.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Moody's predicts substantial losses for Lloyd's.
Rating agency Moody's is predicting substantial losses for Lloyd's, with £1.7bn forecast for 1999; £...
Appointment at Smart and Cook.
Harrogate-headquartered Smart and Cook has made Ken Popplewell managing director. He has been with t...
Mediolanum expands.
Bancassurer Mediolanum plans entry into France, according to chief executive officer Ennio Doris. Th...
ING lifts sex ban.
Dutch financial services giant ING bank has lifted its ban on sex workers opening business accounts....
A-P quits London.
Personal injury specialist Amery-Parkes is pulling out of London to focus primarily on litigation fr...
Xmas card orders.
The Insurance Charities Christmas cards, based on designs from children who won a recent Post Magazi...
Angling for cover.
The solicitors' professional indemnity season has kicked off and several big fish have taken the plunge. While rates increase as they jostle for position, Simon Threadgold assesses the impact of the resulting rate rises across the whole PI sector.
Appointment at Chaucer Syndicates.
Chaucer Syndicates has taken on Andy Robinson as class underwriter for its non-marine syndicate 1096...
Axa posts strong half-year results
Results released by French insurer Axa for the six months to 31 July 2001 have shown a jump in both e...
Appointment at Rubicon.
The Rubicon Corporation has made seven appointments to its management team. Tony Sherman, who moved ...
JLT rebranding.
The US reinsurance subsidiary of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Jardine Sayer, has been rebran...
Crabtree makes Watkins move.
Watkins Syndicate 457 is gearing up to enter the marine liability market, having appointed Oliver Cr...
Lloyd's net move with Marinesure.
Advances towards the internet in the Lloyd's market continued this week, with the launch of Marinesu...
ABI slammed on damages delay.
A leading claimant solicitor has slammed the Association of British Insurers for dragging its feet o...
Life:outlined launch.
Standard Life this week launched a new website at www.lifeoutlined.co.uk to compliment its customer ...
WTC: fears for colleagues.
At the annual Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous, all proceedings and meetings came to a dramatic ha...
Equitable actuary.
Michael Arnold has been appointed the independent actuary for Equitable Life's compromise agreement....
MULRA blocked over motor data.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre, which was scheduled to launch its database of individually i...