News
Benfield Group sees operating revenue increase
Reinsurance broker Benfield Group, which listed on the London Stock Exchange on 18 June, has seen op...
Motor insurer Highway reports pre-tax profit
Motor insurer Highway last week reported pre-tax profits of £4.7m for the six months ended 30 June 2...
Primary Direct to rebrand itself as Primary1
Primary Direct, the provider of travel, home, pet and motor insurance, is to rebrand itself as Prima...
Management team acquiring Trenwick Group to adopt new name
The management team acquiring the Lloyd's interests of the Bermuda-based Trenwick Group plans to ado...
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
General insurance partnership provider UKI Partnerships has appointed Ruth Cherry as business develo...
Axa chief says company may seek further acquisitions
Axa chief executive Henri de Castries said the company may seek further US and European acquisitions...
Creechurch limits new business
Lloyd's managing agency Creechurch has admitted it has introduced restrictions on new business, but ...
Appointment at Arch Reinsurance
Dr Riccardo Nicolini has become European marketing representative at Arch Reinsurance. He will be ba...
Insure-shop acquires K&M Lee Insurance and Warnell Insurance Brokers
Insure-shop, the high-street broking arm of Cox Insurance, has acquired K&M Lee Insurance and Warnel...
Size doesn't matter says expansionist Lloyd's
Monte Carlo News
Rating agency Fitch maintains its negative rating outlook
Rating agency Fitch has said it is maintaining its negative rating outlook on the global reinsurance...
Liberty opens Paris office with ex-Axa staff
Lloyd's managing agency Liberty Syndicates has opened a new office in Paris staffed by several senio...
DAS reorganises its before-the-event underwriting operation
Legal expenses specialist DAS has reorganised its before-the-event underwriting operation into two d...
Aspen Insurance acquires the Dakota Speciality Insurance Company
Aspen Insurance has acquired the Dakota Speciality Insurance Company from The Insurance Corporation ...
Zurich cuts back on French business
Zurich Financial Services has decided to withdraw from most lines of business in France to focus on ...
Appointment at Prettys
Prettys has appointed Rob Crees, Claire Neal and Louise Pepper as solicitors. They all recently comp...
Lloyd's insurer Amlin reports pre-tax profit
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has reported a pre-tax profit of £63.3m for the first six months of 2003, up 2...
THB claims fleet leadership
Lloyd's broker THB, which last week announced a 49% growth in turnover to £22.9m and a pre-tax profi...
24 7 may rise again as assets sold
Speculation about the possibility of the much-touted IT service provider 24 7 Broking being reborn s...
UK business closed following review
Danish insurer Tryg Vesta Group has decided to discontinue its insurance business Tryg-Baltica Inter...
Penny Black's insurance week
Being no shrinking violet, Penny had the opportunity to show her mettle in some very fast metal last...
Concerns raised over FSA compensation plans
Brokers this week expressed serious concerns over the Financial Services Authority's plans to use th...
Moat to head up RBSI affinities
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has confirmed Chris Moat, former managing director of UKI Partnersh...
CP 174: near "final text"
Prudential and other requirements for mortgage firms and insurance intermediaries: - Professional i...