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Companies file lawsuit in New York
Chubb, Zurich, OneBeacon Insurance, Crum & Forster and Munich Re filed a multi-billion-dollar lawsui...
Appointment at Zurich North America
Kate Creswell has been promoted to vice president and manager of organisational innovation at Zurich...
Equitas set to defend Names in US battle
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run-off the pre-1993 liabilities of Lloyd's Names, ...
FSA disclosure rules could polarise industry
Brokers and insurers are set to face considerable extra costs as a result of the Financial Services ...
Guy Carpenter makes reports available on website
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has made its natural catastrophe reports available on its website. ...
Association of Run-Off Companies broadens membership
The Association of Run-Off Companies has broadened its membership to allow new categories of members...
Appointment at DAS
Jo Phillips has been promoted to HR manager at legal expenses insurer DAS. The vacancy was created b...
GAB restructures liability division
Loss adjuster GAB Robins has created a new structure for its liability division, which will see the ...
PL: brokers lose out to direct
Brokers have seen a dramatic reduction in their share of the personal lines sector, according to a n...
Appointment at ASA Insurance Services
ASA Insurance Services, a subsidiary of the Markerstudy Group, has taken on Alastair Christopherson ...
Appointment at Xchanging Ins-sure
Services Xchanging Ins-sure Services has appointed Andrew McKenzie and Amanda Burton to its business...
Singer & Friedlander chief exec leaves company
Ian Jerrum, chief executive of premium finance provider Singer & Friedlander Finance, has left the c...
Appointment at Ace European Group
Ace European Group has appointed Raman Mistry to the position of senior casualty underwriter in its ...
Goodhealth Worldwide to launch in UK private medical sector
Goodhealth Worldwide, the international health insurance provider, is set to launch into the UK priv...
SVB: profits up despite liability losses
Lloyd's insurer SVB has posted a pre-tax profit for the first six months of the year of £11.1m, comp...
Appointment at Markel International
Gerry Albanese has taken up the position of president and chief operating officer, and Richie Whitt ...
Groupama consolidates claims operations
Groupama Insurances is centralising its large ticket employers' liability and household claims opera...
Zurich Insurance reveals results
Zurich Insurance is to reveal the results of its long-awaited legal panel review this week, which, s...
PI may hit networks
Brokers have expressed concern that appointed representative schemes, given the go-ahead last week b...
Appointment at Keelan Westall
Commercial property insurance specialist Keelan Westall has recruited Ashley Canning as its chief ex...
Marine hull market is close to collapse
The hull insurance market is close to collapse after six to eight years of underwriting losses and l...
Appointment at Vanwise
Specialist niche insurance intermediary Vanwise has recruited Phill Wheeler as its commercial vehicl...
Home and Legacy eyes affinity deals
High net worth specialist underwriting agent Home and Legacy is looking to target several affinity d...
Merrior Re directors' trial to start in October
The trial of the directors of Dublin-based reinsurer Merrion Re is due to start on 27 October, after...