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Rates crisis must be averted
Insurers must engage more with pharmaceutical firms to avert a rates crisis, it was claimed this wee...
Appointment at Connect Mi
Connect Mi has appointed Colin Towers as a director. Mr Towers has worked in several senior claims m...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical has appointed Steve Wood as general manager of its UK general insurance division. Mr ...
NU targets new SME market for growth
Norwich Union has followed other insurers, entering micro-business healthcare. The NU medical insura...
Towergate Partnership to be formally created
The Towergate Partnership will be formally created at the end of October, after it received approval...
$300m deal is reached in US
Equitas, the reinsurer created to run off the 1992 and prior year's liabilities of Lloyd's syndicate...
Appointment at Budget
Clive Fulcher has been appointed as senior manager, motor products at Budget. Mr Fulcher will be res...
Landmark deafness case gets go-ahead
QBE, Zurich and Norwich Union have received confirmation that a landmark test case for industrial de...
Hiscox estimates profit increase
Hiscox has estimated increases in profit for Syndicate 33's 2003 and 2004 years of account. It predi...
Appointment at Canopius
Stephen Manning is to join the board of Canopius Managing Agents as chief risk officer. Mr Manning w...
JLT to back Kinnect
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has become the fourth broker and 21st business to back Kinnect. Chief executi...
Appointment at Cox
Cox insurance has appointed former Wellington Underwriting chief executive Julian Avery, left, as it...
Appointment at James Chapman and Company
James Chapman and Company has made Mike Fitzgerald client relationship manager. Mr Fitzgerald joins ...
Appointment at The Clear Group
The Clear Group has appointed Paul Druckman as chairman. Mr Druckman was formerly president of the I...
Fitch affirms rating
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lloyd's Insurer Financial Strength rating of 'A'. At the same time, Fitch...
Appointment at Universal Salvage
Universal Salvage has made Matthew Briggs chief operating officer. Mr Briggs will be responsible for...
Kiln forecasts profit improvement
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has forecasted that profits for its 2003 year of account are improving for thre...
Appointment at Cooper Gay and Cashman
Cooper Gay and Cashman has appointed Brian Engel to its newly formed US treaty brokerage unit based ...
Fortis points finger at direct rivals
Fortis has highlighted continued growth in its travel, small to medium-sized enterprise commercial a...
Jersey Financial Services Commission reveals licences
The Jersey Financial Services Commission revealed it had 168 insurance licences as at 30 June 2005. ...
Penny Black's insurance week
It is amazing who you bump into in the City while enjoying a spot of lunch with Post Magazine journa...
Investors push for small firm mergers
The performance of the UK's smaller stock-market-listed insurers received praise from industry analy...
GE plans insurance withdrawal
Global giant General Electric has confirmed it is planning to sell off all of its remaining insuranc...
Appointment at Swiss Re
Swiss Re has appointed Jacques Aigrain, chief executive officer, effective from 1 January 2006. Mr A...