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Fitch changes Fortis rating watch to positive
Fitch Ratings has changed the rating watch on the long-term issuer default ratings of the five Fortis holding companies - Fortis SA/NV, Fortis NV, Fortis Brussels, Fortis Utrecht and Fortis Insurance NV - to positive from evolving.
Amlin recruits senior restructuring and integration expert
Amlin has appointed Andrew Grant as group operations officer, reporting to chief executive, Charles Philipps. In this new role, the insurer said he will be responsible for overseeing operational governance standards across the group and for ensuring that…
PHP completes Health Care Matters acquisition
Skipton Building Society group company The Private Health Partnership has acquired Health Care Matters.
First Assist targets SME market with new product
First Assist Legal Protection has launched a version of its Business Care legal and compliance solution for the SME marketplace.
Lloyd's pension fund chair claimed for floating duck house
Sir Peter Viggers was today exposed by the Telegraph for claiming £1645 cost of a floating duck house in the garden pond at his Hampshire home.
RBSI boss Sullivan to step down from role in July
The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance is to step aside at the end of July and take on a new role within the bank.
MP claimed expenses for insured water damage
In the latest round of exposures about MPs expenses it was today revealed that Labour MP Ruth Kelly claimed thousands of pounds in expenses to pay for damage caused to her home by flooding, although at the time she had a building insurance policy.
Insurers start to offer swine flu policies in Hong Kong - report
Travelers forced to undergo quarantine when overseas or on returning to Hong Kong as a result of the current swine flu scare are being offered cash payouts thanks to a new insurance scheme, the Hong Kong Standard has reported.
Worry over 'stale' companies
Organisations across the UK are in danger of becoming "rudderless" and "stale", according to new fig...
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FSSC licence is not renewed
The Financial Services Skills Council has criticised a decision not to renew its licence, in a move ...
Migrant policies should rise up the agenda says survey
More insurance and other financial policies that apply across Europe's national boundaries must be d...
Pick of the week: FSA authorisations nose-dive; NU jobs return from India...
Reporter Leigh Jackson looks at the major news stories from this week's Post: FSA authorisations hit ...
NIG chief insists it has backing after restructure
NIG commercial underwriting chief Steve Kingshott claims that brokers have welcomed its recent restr...
NU to bring more Indian jobs back into the UK
Norwich Union is to shut one of its service centre operations in India and bring the work back to th...
BGL Group expands
The BGL Group has expanded beyond motor and home insurance with the launch of its personal accident ...
Lloyd's Portugal licence
Lloyd's has received an establishment licence in Portugal allowing its underwriters to appoint cover...
Allianz CEO upset over lack of rate movement
Allianz's commercial business is performing "ahead of plan" despite a disappointing lack of movement...
Post PI briefing
Post's Catastrophic Personal Injury Briefing, held yesterday, in conjunction with Plexus Law, was a ...
Biba Conference - FSA admits torpor
A Financial Services Authority boss has admitted it should have acted more quickly in the banking cr...
Biba Conference - Aggregator presence could help raise brand awareness
Broker presence on insurance comparison sites could help them boost their brand awareness. In spite...
IPC share offer review
IPC has said that it will review a revised share offer by Validus but urged its shareholders not to ...
Biba Conference - Rating interest conflicts
Rating agencies have an inherent conflict of interests and are faced with the challenge of managing ...
EDM tabled over 'bully boy' settlements
A Labour MP has tabled an early day motion urging the government and the Financial Services Authorit...