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Zurich's Pope on mission
Bob Pope, marketing director of Zurich Commercial has been seconded from his post for the next six we...
CGU questioned over Nat West deal
CGU has been dragged into the debacle between the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Bank of Scotland ove...
Pet practice leads to job cuts
Cornhill Insurance has confirmed it is to move the administration of DBI the pet insurance company it...
Zurich prepares for RSA bid
Zurich Financial Services, the Anglo-Swiss insurance group has appointed US investment bank Morgan St...
S&P estimates French storm damage
Standard and Poors (S&P) has estimated that the storms that swept through most of western Europe at t...
XL Capital to repurchase shares
Bermudian reinsurer XL Capital has authorised the repurchase of up to $500m of its shares. The grou...
Changeable times.
Andrew Newman charts the development, diversification, technological advances and opportunities created during 100 years of growth, and looks at the challenges to come.
Conference clash.
The London Processing Centre and the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conferences will ...
23 years and out.
Cornhill Insurance has decided not to renew its sponsorship of English Test cricket in 2001 followin...
Broker merger boom to continue.
Mergers in the broking community will continue at high levels this year, claims consultant Insurance...
Ex-Guardian trio R3 behind new firm.
A new affinity company is to bring two major new entrants into the UK e-commerce market. R3 aims ...
The learning curve.
For all the industry's growth in the 20th century, the numbers of people studying insurance academically has remained remarkably static over the past 100 years. But, says David Bland, the onset of globalisation has created an opportunities.
Exclusive - GAB lines up cuts.
A review of loss adjuster GAB Robin's 65 UK branches will result in the closure of some branches. ...
Axa box clever in PI at Lloyd's.
Axa Re has moved into professional indemnity, writing business from a box at Lloyd's. Heading the...
Lloyds TSB's loss sees Holt moved
Dennis Holt, who is currently managing director of Lloyds TSB Insurance, is to replace Gordon Pell as...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is feeling positively pooped after partying like it's 1899 and deciding to forgo the tradition...
Always in the front line.
Loss adjusters have been on the scene at every disaster - both natural and man-made - to affect Britain this century. Tony O'Reilly outlines the history of 100 years of undeniably exciting work.
ARIG ceases underwriting.
ARIG Insurance Company has become the latest company to cease underwriting citing the continuing sof...
Unum under fire in the Commons.
MPs of all parties have demanded regulation of permanent health insurance claims. A 90-minute adj...
Broker takes the Highway to court.
Lloyd's guaranteeing broker Edgar Hamilton is set to go to arbitration to settle its feud with Highw...
Brit details succession
Brit Insurance Holdings, the specialist Lloyd's insurer and reinsurer has appointed Jo Welman as its ...
A century of policymaking.
Running through the 20th century is a path of small steps for man and giant leaps for mankind, and insurers have walked in those footprints all the way. John Garner reports on an industry where to prosper means keeping up with the times.
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH A mansion built by rock singer Mariah Carey has mysteriously burned down, cau...
Insurer in ding-dong over bells.
A church was prevented from ringing in the new millennium after its bells were deemed too dangerous ...