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Employers not always to blame - Wallis v Balfour Beatty Rail
(Court of Appeal - 16 January 2003) In this action, the Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of a ...
Gibraltar: solvency level questions.
Gibraltar is increasing in popularity as a base for new insurers writing business in the UK. Andrew Gibson believes there is a major difference in the regulatory regimes.
Willis profits up
Broker Willis made a profit of $210m (£129.6m) in 2002, up from just $2m in 2001. Chief executive J...
Preparing for combat
The financial services sector - in particular the insurance industry - is holding its breath as war in The Gulf looms. Marcus Alcock looks at the impact the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act has had on the market and how UK insurers are preparing for…
Charitable campaign
"Changing Lives" is the theme of the Insurance Charities' new campaign launched last week, with the...
Appointment at Helphire Group
Insureassist, a division of Helphire Group, has appointed Barrie Hobbs as business development dire...
The pollution resolution
Compulsory environmental liability insurance could still become a reality under new EU legislation designed to make the polluter pay. However, this would put even more pressure on companies already struggling with employers' liability. Jane Bernstein…
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has appointed Rob Wakelam executive manager for home counties north. Mr Wakelam, w...
Appointment at Browne Jacobson
Browne Jacobson has appointed four new partners: Nik Carle, Sarah Erwin, Paul Taylor and Iain Patte...
West leaves Rubicon
Rubicon has suffered a blow with the news that its newly-appointed claims director Ashton West is to ...
Hiscox wins out over SVB
Hiscox has won out over SVB to provide 100% capacity for PI Direct's general professional indemnity...
Ansa and Premier merge in push to raise turnover
Specialist drainage services provider and health and safety consultancy Ansa has merged with subsid...
Appointments at Capita Insurance Services
Capita Insurance Services has announced the appointment of two senior executives as part of an on-g...
Business on hold
Crises and catastrophes pay no heed to company size and business interruption threatens large and small firms alike. Anthony Cherry explains, however, how size impacts the risk experience in practice.
Motor dealer brings police 'reckless' case - R Cruickshank v Chief
(Court of Appeal - 13 December 2002) Cruickshank imported Japanese cars and subsequently sold them...
Zenith deal may see Lombard staff reunion
Zenith Commercial is in talks with Heritage Managing Agency about providing capacity for its SME bu...
Levene strikes a chord with buyers
Lord Levene, the new chairman of Lloyd's, has been up-beat about the future of the market and his comments bode well for risk managers, believes David Ireland, chairman of Airmic.
Urgent talks in NU move
White collar union Amicus this week said it would seek "urgent" talks with the senior management and ...
CII qualification exemptions raise fears
As a practising insurance broker, I find Mr Arimpur's fears are well founded (ACII moves remove the...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has to confess to getting more than a little distracted at last week's breakfast launch of th...
PXRe returns to profit in 2002
A near tripling of net earned premiums in its main catastrophe and risk excess business helped the Be...
IPC Re profits on higher turnover
The Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Re has unveiled a $157.9m profit in 2002, compared w...
XL moves strongly into profit
The Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital managed nearly a $1bn turnaround in its fortunes in 2002, with a...
PartnerRe returns to profit in 2002
Premiums written by the Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe at the January renewals were 20% higher than it...