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Industry makes six-month fraud pledge
The insurance industry this week committed to launching a crime-busting anti-fraud database by next...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has promoted Rob Chapman and recruited Chris Dee to senior underwriting roles. Mr C...
Middle East insurance briefing
Insurers, reinsurers and brokers in the London market will be able to get a major insight into the b...
First scheme sanctioned since BAIC
The High Court has sanctioned schemes of arrangement proposed by a pool of 18 Dutch insurance compa...
Katrina proves need for certainty
The inability of insurers to provide accurate loss estimates following Hurricane Katrina is the clea...
Football cover is "realistic"
A worldwide insurance scheme to compensate football clubs when their players are injured on internat...
Appointment at Moscow Re
Reinsurance executive Charles Catt has joined Russian reinsurer Moscow Re as adviser to the manageme...
MMA Insurance enhances its Master Tradesman Plus
Broker-only insurer MMA Insurance has added several trades and enhanced the cover available under it...
Guardian appoints new director
Guardian General's aims to improve its European businesses' affinity standing have been boosted by ...
Appointment at Willis Group
Willis Group has appointed Andy Pearce as head of claims within global operations UK. Mr Pearce was ...
Quinn Direct's parent may go public
Quinn Direct's parent may go public by raising $300m (£169.8m) through the US private investment mar...
Appointment at Aascent
Aascent has promoted Kevin Houghton to risk director. He will be responsible for both finance and un...
Cautious response
The insurance broking fraternity has given the Financial Services Authority's announcement that it p...
FSA to make full GI review
The Financial Services Authority has confirmed it will be undertaking a full review of the effective...
Appointment at Kynixa
Martin Hynes has been apppointed director and chief operating officer at Kynixa. Mr Hynes will be re...
AM Best downgrades Alea
AM Best has joined Standard and Poor's in downgrading Alea. In a statement, Alea said it has been no...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has announced two senior appointments. Alan Williamson has been appointed head of risk consult...
Penny Black's insurance week
Last week, Penny was once again to be seen rubbing shoulders with the great and good of the industry...
AIG relaunch after market demand
AIG this week announced plans to relaunch its directors' and officers' liability insurance and finan...
Government urged not to impose extra VAT burdens on insurance companies
A senior broking figure has urged the government not to impose extra VAT burdens on UK insurance com...
Groupama Insurances completes negotiations
Groupama Insurances has completed negotiations on a new scheme arrangement that is expected to produ...
Affinity schemes on the increase
Nearly two in five trade associations will have a commercial insurance affinity scheme in place by t...
Corner turned in claims arena
The insurance industry has turned an important corner by getting rid of call centre de-skilling and ...
Sirius Financial announces increase in operating profit
Insurance software specialist Sirius Financial announced that its operating profit for the first hal...