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AIIB attacks GISC delays.
The General Insurance Standards Council has come under criticism from the Association of Insurance I...
Folgate learns from Independent's mistake.
Broker-only insurer Folgate claims it has learnt from the mistake of rival Independent Insurance, an...
Narrow CRM views.
David Worsfold reports from Post Magazine's customer relationship management conference that took place in London.
Rebus goes Dutch.
Following multi-million-pound deals this month with Axa Corporate Solutions and Ace, technology supp...
Call for Names to support Lloyd's.
David Shipley, lead underwriter of start-up syndicate 2791, exhorted Names to continue to offer supp...
Swiss saturation.
The Swiss life insurance market will struggle to return to profitability, ratings agency Standard & ...
CRM: management backing needed.
The need to ensure that every level of management was behind a customer relationship management stra...
Cybercrime cover.
According to a survey carried out on behalf of information security company Integralis, financial se...
Waking up to e-risks.
The e-tail revolution is here, and with e-risk exposure rising rapidly, the lack of provision among companies relying on the internet is alarming. But some insurers have woken up to the call for specialist covers tailored to the changing e-needs of…
Appointment at Lane Clark & Peacock.
Mark Nicoll has joined Lane Clark & Peacock's investment department as a senior consultant. His role...
Danish Re and Newmarket to merge Lloyd's operations
The Denmark-based reinsurer Danish Re is to boost its underwriting by combining its Lloyd's business,...
Trenwick to raise $400m
(Re)insurer Trenwick is to sell up to $400m of shares, warrants and contracts to raise money for uses...
Stirling Cooke focuses on special risks
The London-based reinsurance intermediary of Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings of Bermuda has set up a sp...
RSA continues to focus on general insurance
Royal & Sun Alliance has reinforced its global general insurance portfolio with a Swedish takeover an...
Direct Line buys US giant's European book
Direct Line, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is to acquire the European motor insurance b...
SFO to investigate Independent
The Serious Fraud Office is to investigate how Independent Insurance, which called in the provisional...
Indie appoints provisional liquidators
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, which was this morning appointed as provisional liquidators at Independent I...
US takes over UK as Lloyd's biggest market
Figures released by Lloyd's today have revealed that the United States has become the insurance marke...
New chairman for IUA
The International Underwriting Association has appointed Stephen Cane, chief executive officer of Ale...
RSA relaunches direct insurance arm
Royal & Sun Alliance has relaunched its direct insurance arm with a new name and brand — More Th>n....
Churchill to buy AMP's UK business
Financial group AMP has sold its Australian and UK general insurance businesses for about A$1.6bn. T...
Modest profits for DAS
Legal expenses insurer DAS Group has posted a modest increase in profits for 2000, with worse expecte...
Hannover Re joins internet exchange
The German group Hannover Re has joined Inreon, the internet-based trading exchange for standardised ...
Odyssey Re's partial flotation raises $308m
An initial public offering of 26% of the shares of Odyssey Re on the New York and Toronto stock excha...