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Marine club bemoans criminal liability but praises steady ship
Marine mutual the London P&I Club announced that it ended the 2004/5 year of account with free reserves of $100m, and the thirteenth consecutive year of deferred calls within budget.
Beazley US gets A- rating
Beazley Group’s US admitted insurance subsidiary, Beazley Insurance Company has been assigned a rating of A- (Excellent) by AM Best.
Moody’s confirms RGA ratings
Moody's Investors Service has confirmed the credit ratings of Reinsurance Group of America, (RGA) (senior debt at Baa1), and the A1 insurance financial strength rating of its subsidiary, RGA Reinsurance Company.
Oxley backs TRIA renewal
US House Financial Services Committee Chairman Michael Oxley has said that he is committed to renewing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA).
Thunder Horse damage rethink
British Petroleum (BP) has confirmed that crews placed aboard the BP operated Thunder Horse platform in the Gulf of Mexico have restored partial power to the listing platform, and are working to begin pumping operations to restore the platform to a…
Another Lloyd's merger collapses as Amlin and Chaucer call off talks
Amlin and Chaucer have called of merger talks.
CII to double exam sitters
Former Capita Insurance Services business development director Lee Gladwell has joined the Chartered...
Searchlight teams up with IT skills specialist
Insurance training specialist Searchlight Solutions has expanded the content of its e-learning syste...
Time to Test Yourself: A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Whether studying for Chartered Insurance Institute exams or just to test yourself, see how you do
Hurricane Dennis losses
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Appointment at Glencairn
Glencairn has made Darren Norris an associate director in the marine cargo and fine art and specie u...
Marsh appoints
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Penny Black's insurance week
Financial products, as we all know, can be difficult to 'sex up' but search through French giant Axa...
FSA goes on charm offensive
The Financial Services Authority this week said it is committed to a charm offensive to woo dissatis...
Appointment at Oval
Oval has appointed Stephen Foot and Ian Smith to the management team of its Nottingham office. Mr Fo...
Debenhams teams with Homeserve
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Low financial impact from blasts
The bomb blasts that rocked London last week are unlikely to have a severe financial impact on the i...
Appointment at Singer and Friedlander
Singer and Friedlander has appointed Neil Jenkinson as head of sales. Mr Jenkinson joins from Close ...
Lloyd's closes two departments
Lloyd's has done away with two departments in a corporate restructuring exercise, co-inciding with t...
Industry defies atrocity
The insurance industry showed its defiance against the perpetrators of last Thursday's devastating L...
CIS GI reformer takes flight
The man charged with spearheading the modernisation of Co-operative Insurance Society's general insu...
Vega waits for FSA over FM Green bid
Acquisitive broker Vega has confirmed it is set to snap up Oxfordshire-based intermediary FM Green. ...
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Goshawk learns from revolt
The recent shareholder revolt at Goshawk Insurance Holdings over its directors' pay packets appeared...