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Scottish broker eyes businesses.
Edinburgh's insurance broker Bruce Stevenson is looking to pick up several books of business on the ...
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has appointed John Drysdale as director of executive development. He joins from the Haygroup,...
Rebus unveils LMP2001 pilot.
Rebus iS, information technology services provider to the insurance industry, has secured the partic...
FirstCity rebrand.
The FirstCity Partnership has rebranded after announcing brokerage income for the year ending 31 May...
The Health and Safety Commission.
The Health and Safety Commission has demanded a higher level of commitment to workplace safety from ...
Position of trust.
With all the attention surrounding pension mis-selling and now the introduction of stakeholder pensions, scheme trustees have been thrust into the spotlight, says Neil McCarthy.
Direct Line.
Direct Line has become one of the first insurers to express an interest in the Office of Fair Tradin...
Lloyd's set to recoup money.
Lloyd's has conceded that it stands to recoup the £300,000 it has already paid out in emergency heal...
Calls for new Act.
The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission published a joint report, this week, recommending...
Crowe syndicate to join Kiln
Lloyd's managing agency Kiln & Co has signed heads of agreement to assume the management of medical m...
Result for Callery.
The Court of Appeal handed down judgement in the case of Callery v Gray on the reasonableness of aft...
With-profits questions still raise long-term issues.
The with-profits providers have some very hard questions to answer before they can begin to regain p...
Commentary - Disappointment over reduction of discount rate.
The Lord Chancellor's recent decision to set the discount applied to personal injury awards, to allo...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The government's plan to create an offence of corporate killing would threate...
Horse sense.
If you believe the media, horse theft is on the up, although insurers stress it is mainly horse boxes that are being claimed for. However, those in the saddle are not taking any chances with their animals, says Veronica Cowan.
CNA posts $2bn loss and sells CNA Re UK
US reinsurer CNA Re is to sell its London reinsurance company, CNA Reinsurance Co. The announcement...
Markel improves result
Markel Corporation made a profit of $812 000 for the second quarter of this year. The result was a ...
Organophosphate group action dismissed
A class action brought on behalf of a number of claimants alleging injury caused by exposure to organ...
Test case fails to set clear precedent
Yesterday's judgement handed down by the Court of Appeal in the case of Callery v Gray has failed to ...
Loucaides departs Markel
Markel International today announced that Andreas Loucaides, active underwriter of Syndicate 702, has...
The big get bigger.
The largest reinsurance groups grew even larger in 2000. Janina Clark takes a look at the story behind the statistics in Reinsurance's exclusive rankings of the world's reinsurers.
Proceed with caution.
At first glance, the reinsurance industry seems to be heading towards a full recovery, but David Fanning finds many observers far from convinced.
2000's Top 20 Reinsurance Groups - ranked by net written premiums
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2000's Top 100 Reinsurance Companies - ranked by net written premiums
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