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Alea placed on creditwatch
Alea has been placed on creditwatch by Standard and Poor's. The insurance and reinsurance group anno...
Passive smoking claims dismissed
Claimant law firm Thompsons has dismissed claims that smoking bans will remove the right of claimant...
Broker Network acquires WWR
The Broker Network has acquired the goodwill and asset purchase of member Whitehouse Woodall Reeves,...
Wellington CEO predicts positive price impact
The chief executive of Wellington Underwriting said positive moves in its share price this week coul...
Beazley awards contract to Globix
London Market News
ABI releases fraud figures
Commercial insurance fraud is costing £550m per year and adds 5% to the cost of premiums, according ...
Zurich sell-off may lead to buys
London Market News
Council hails fraud success
Glasgow City Council this week heralded the success of a new approach to combating the hundreds of f...
Amlin to speed up non-Lloyd's plans
Amlin has admitted that it is likely to speed up plans for its long-touted non-Lloyd's platform, to ...
Cathedral recruits Liberty Syndicates' team
London Market News
Fitch to review 'stable' outlook
Ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday it would reconsider its stable outlook for the reinsurance sect...
Reinsurance rendezvous
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Concerns of new fire regulations
Ecclesiastical Insurance said it understands the concerns of landlords who have complained about abo...
Katrina figures are misleading
Figures estimating insurers' losses for Hurricane Katrina are wildly misleading because "information...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has recruited Kathy Lisson as its chief operating officer. Ms Lisson previously worke...
Number of staged accidents increases
Staged motor accidents are increasing in frequency, and costing insurers thousands of pounds a time,...
Penny Black's insurance week
The great and good from the claims fraternity could be found at the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Inter-cont...
New corporate start-up targets 5% market share
Benfield formally launched its new primary broking operation this week, with the stated ambition of ...
Director swaps RSA for RBSI
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance this week revealed more high-profile comings and goings. NIG's man...
Beazley to rethink capacity after Katrina
Beazley Group has confirmed that it will be rethinking its strategy to drop capacity for 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Helphire appoints R&R founder as MD
Helphire Group has appointed Martin Ward managing director of Albany, following the company’s acquisition in October 2004.
Hurricane Katrina’s impact by industry sector.
Aon has commented on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on various sectors of the industry including Oil & Gas, Agribusiness, Transportation, Aviation, Property, Security and Film and Television.
GAB Robins director quits for Capita post
GAB Robins' construction risks director Jack Chisholm has resigned and is leaving the loss adjuster in the near future, to join rival Capita's subsidiary Teceris.
Earle quits NIG
NIG managing director of commercial lines Charles Earle has left the insurer, part of RBSI group since its acquisition of Churchill.