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Scor opens in China.
Scor has opened a representative office in Beijing. The French reinsurer, which has written treaty a...
Wren-managed syndicates made losses.
Two out of the five Wren-managed syndicates made losses in 1997, the Brit Insurance subsidiary has a...
US insurer pays £1bn for Gartmore
Ohio-based insurer Nationwide Mutual has outbid CGU to buy fund manager Gartmore. It has agreed to ...
New syndicate for Copenhagen Re
Copenhagen Re will launch a Lloyd's syndicate this October, expecting annual written premiums of over...
GE and Prudential in £10m Internet investment
GE and the Prudential have led a £10m investment in Vavo.com, the European portal aimed at the over 4...
Claims costs hit Munich Re
The reinsurers in the Munich Re group recorded their worst year ever last year, according to provisio...
Fortis launch date.
Fortis Insurance is formally launched on Monday with a raft of new products for brokers. The new UK ...
Shane's BIIBA role.
Shane Matthews (above), director of Belfast insurance broker Bartholomew & James, has been appointed...
Damages seminar.
Property damage experts Munters is sponsoring a seminar on 'Implementing Property Damage Claims into...
Brokers damn insurers as ill-informed in poll.
Insurers are unknowledgeable and uncontactable according to brokers. NIG polled brokers on its so...
Step on toes' risk message.
Risk managers must be prepared to "step on other people's toes" to get their message across. This...
Elliotts on top of the world.
Insurance specialist Elliotts is on top of the world following trainee solictor Richard Thomas' asce...
That sinking feeling hits marine - again.
Lloyd's marine syndicates are heading for the rocks with marine underwriters knowingly writing losse...
Zurich websites.
Zurich Personal Insurances and Zurich Commercial launch two websites today. The sites, ww.zurichpers...
Marsh's Web plans.
Marsh has unveiled plans for a new online service aimed at the small to medium-sized business sector...
Avon prize winner.
The winner of the grand prize in this year's Avon Insurance Football Competition is Richard Richards...
Insurers escape damages disaster.
The insurance industry is breathing a sigh of relief after a special Court of Appeal ruling on damag...
Time for kick off.
The third Post Magazine Charity Football Competition for the Impact Plus Cup kicks off tonight. Resu...
Rip-off perception must go.
For too long there has been a perception that the insurance industry is product driven and rips peop...
Wear service inside-out.
Barry Smith, director of customer services at Axa Insurance, turned the spotlight on the people who ...
Six form alliance.
Six independent financial advisers in Yorkshire and the north east have formed the Independent Finan...
The case for extra pension cover.
Fifty years ago Post Magazine reported that the UK insurance industry had so far felt little impact ...
RSA: Allianz and Zurich say 'no' after due diligence.
Allianz and Zurich have both said 'no' to Royal & Sun Alliance following due diligence undertakings,...
EU beats Japan to top the life market.
The European Union has overtaken Japan to become the world's largest market for life insurance. S...