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GE Frankona Re reduces Lloyd's involvement
GE Frankona Re is to reduce its involvement in the Lloyd's operations of (re)insurer Chaucer but will...
Price is prime concern of US risk managers
The biggest challenges facing US risk managers over the next year are price, coverage and capacity, a...
Strike Club warns of premium hikes
Specialist marine mutual insurer the Strike Club has warned its members to expect a big increase in p...
Ace expands US terror cover
Ace USA has extended the stand-alone terror insurance it offers to cover three gaps in the cover prov...
Munich Re offers sterling bond
Munich Re has launched a sterling bond of around £250m as a part of a subordinated bond launch that c...
Ace International gets Oztap
Ace subsidiary Ace International has appointed Kudret Oztap as senior vice-president for onshore ener...
Few buy US terror cover
Take-up of cover for US terrorism risks offered under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) passed ...
US risk managers shift spending to loss control
The hard insurance market has had a major impact on the spending decisions of North American risk man...
Bermuda threatens London on US property
Bermuda could overtake London and continental Europe in the next 12 months to become the second marke...
ERC gets full licence for South Korea
GE Employers Re (GE ERC) has become the fourth foreign reinsurer to be given a full licence to operat...
Grant Thornton expands insurance claims division
Consultancy Grant Thornton's forensic and investigations services practice has been expanded with the...
Chiltington International opens Chicago office
Reinsurance consultancy Chiltington International has opened its first office in Chicago. It will ...
Benfield rebrands
Reinsurance intermediary Benfield has announced that it is rebranding. All of its branches, including...
Report highlights hurricane risk
North America's Atlantic and gulf coasts could see above-average hurricane activity in 2003, accordin...
Generali boss lambasts space industry
The head of the pioneer space insurer Generali Global has delivered a stinging rebuke to the space in...
Brokers may quit space market
Brokers could pull out of the space insurance market unless it improves, according to William Lloyd, ...
Annuity & Life Re unveils delayed results
Bermuda-based Annuity & Life Re has announced its delayed results for 2002. The announcement was post...
PM's reception draws top industry names
Post Magazine's 2003 Annual Parliamentary Reception was held at the House of Commons last week. The...
IXEurope relocates to new headquarters in Hammersmith
Specialist datacentre and hosting services firm IXEurope has relocated to new headquarters in Hamme...
The real cost of capital
The UK's current economic climate is causing some problems for insurers - particularly where issues of maintaining capital and solvency are concerned. Francis Higney examines what is being done to address these problems - both in the UK and in Europe.
High-street giant in commercial network launch
Acquisitional high-street broker Swinton aims to go head to head with the Folgate Partnership, with...
Post Events
7 April Sherwood briefing: Cutting costs - the need for speed The Millennium Gloucester Hotel...
Aviation insurance: Troika waits in wings
Last week's meeting of EU transport ministers in Brussels sanctioned the idea of government-backed ...
It's time to address attitudes to trade unions
Paul Picknett of Groupama, (Just the job, Post Magazine, 27 March, p28) queries the role of trade u...