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Misys sells Screentrade to bank
Technology giant Misys today said it has sold its general insurance Internet brand, Screentrade, to ...
Swiss Re buys Lincoln Re
Swiss Re is to pay $2bn for US life reinsurer Lincoln Re. Lincoln Re is the world's third largest l...
Thatcham launches new rating system to combat theft
A new vehicle rating system designed to combat motor theft has been launched by vehicle security spec...
Second quarter profit drops 25% at Transatlantic
Transatlantic Holdings suffered $15m of pre-tax catastrophe losses in the second quarter of this year...
Specialty boosts Berkley
Specialty business helped WR Berkley, the US (re)insurance group, increase its net written premiums b...
Trenwick gets rating review
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has put its ratings of Trenwick Group on CreditWatch with negative implicatio...
Appointment at The St Paul.
The St Paul at Lloyd's has promoted Robert Philpot to the post of marine claims adjuster. He has ove...
First half profits up at Prudential
Prudential said that strong sales in the UK and Asia have helped it achieve a 16% increase in profits...
Elephantastic site scores 10 out of 10.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Andrea Arundell has been appointed to the newly-created role of human resources manager at Devitt In...
NU quits Gun Trade scheme.
Sporting Insurance Services, the specialist gun trade insurance subsidiary of broker Stuart Alexande...
Market improvement.
There will be continued consolidation of syndicates at Lloyd's and corporate capital vehicles will i...
Russian for cover.
The Russian insurance market will become increasingly attractive to European insurers, said rating a...
MP attacks ABI.
Barry Gardiner MP has heavily criticised the Association of British Insurers for failing to publicly ...
Towergate cuts Dickinson's staff.
Towergate has confirmed it has cut two thirds of Midlands-based broker Dickinson's staff, following ...
Thousands are left uninsured.
Car owners and holidaymakers alike are facing the prospect of no insurance cover this week in two ca...
NHS: Envision deal.
The NHS Pensions Agency has awarded Envision, a consortium of technology companies Paymaster 1836 an...
Indie high net worth team goes to Zurich
Zurich Retail Financial Services has acquired a new high net worth team from Independent Insurance. ...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Early deaths through smoking save the Czech government tens of millions of po...
IFAs web service.
Technology supplier to the IFA market Synaptic Systems is to launch a web building service for indep...
NIG opens more offices in commercial drive.
NIG has announced it will open a further four or five commercial offices in the next six to nine mon...
US broker access.
Lloyd's announced that the first ever independent US brokers have been granted access to the London-...
Appointment at Chubb Europe.
Jamie Keaney has been appointed to the newly-created position of fine art underwriting manager for E...
Exchange FS wins e-contract for Bank of Ireland.
E-commerce specialist Exchange FS has won a £2m contract to implement a browser-based, point-of-sale...