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Both crash trains insured by St Paul.
The rush-hour train crash near Paddington Station on Tuesday morning has again raised serious questi...
Groupama UK takes shape
Gan Insurance and Lombard, the UK subsidiaries of French insurance giant Groupama-Gan, have confirmed...
London crash has echoes of Southall
Loss adjusters rushed to the scene of this morning's railcrash in London in which at least eight peop...
US groups file Y2K suits against insurers
Three US companies - Xerox, GTE and Unisys - have filed complaints against insurers which seek remedi...
Halifax to go online for insurance
Halifax will begin selling insurance products over the Internet from April next year under its plans ...
Industry wasting $50bn a year
Small improvements in insurer efficiency would translate into massive global savings for the industry...
Reinsurers targeted for takeover
Top reinsurers such as Bermudian groups Ace and XL Capital, and French reinsurer Scor could be target...
Motor insurance losses hit £1.6bn high
Motor insurance losses in the UK reached a record £1.6bn last year, a result even worse than market e...
Miller Pycraft targets liability sector
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft is making a major play for the liability market with the launch of a new...
Churchill buys Devitt
Direct insurer Churchill has acquired personal lines broker Devitt Insurance for an undisclosed sum f...
Insurers monitor nuclear fallout in Japan
The Japan Atomic Energy Insurance Pool, set up by casualty insurers to manage nuclear insurance polic...
Scor points finger at p&c.
French reinsurance group Scor has blamed the poor state of the property and casualty market for a 32...
Swiss Re strengthens Paris office.
Swiss Re is expanding its Paris-based operation by transferring its French non-life business from Zu...
Passing judgement on the lawyers.
This exclusive extract from the latest edition of The Legal 500 reveals the top UK law firms for reinsurance, insurance litigation and insurance insolvency.
In search of the pot of gold.
The ills of the world markets are now firmly entrenched in South Africa, which also has to deal with its own parochial idiosyncrasies. Mark Haken reports from the rainbow nation.
Weavers' tangled web.
In the first of a series of articles on the litigation arising from the Weavers pool, John Butler considers the case's background and issues over contract wordings.
American Re acquires United National.
American Re is to expand its US domestic insurance holdings through the purchase of the United Natio...
Good Swiss Re results built on investments.
Good investment returns boosted Swiss Re's earnings by almost 50% to SFr 2.6bn ($1.7bn) for the firs...
Continuing catastrophes destroy US profits.
The pressures on US property and casualty insurers from mounting underwriting losses, weak premium g...
Sirius buys Kemper Europe.
Kemper Europe Re of Belgium is to become part of Swedish reinsurer Sirius. Sirius' parent, ABB, i...
Cologne Re pays dividends out of reserves.
Despite plunging into the red with a DM 61.1m ($32.7m) loss after tax in the 1998 calendar year, the...
No US buy for Gerling.
The Gerling Group is unlikely to proceed with its mooted acquisition of a US reinsurer, a spokesman ...
Lloyd's attracts CNA.
CNA Maritime has moved its International Underwriting Association of London account, handling claims...
Annuities make better nest eggs.
The use of annuities to partly replace lump sum damages is growing in popularity in the UK, says Keith Sankey.