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RSA takes reinsurance e-route.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to move to buying all its facultative reinsurance electronically, using the ...
S&P takes a second look at Lloyd's.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's this week launched its new assessments of Lloyd's syndicates, which...
A good impression.
It's not just about knowing your business inside out, brushing up on your communication skills can help you no end, too, says Dr Elizabeth Eustace.
Ascot Underwriting projects premium income.
Lloyd's managing agent Ascot Underwriting is projecting gross premium income of over £200m for the 2...
Axa PPP Healthcare adds new service to website.
Axa PPP Healthcare has added a new service to its website www.axappp-healthcare.co.uk, to give custo...
Don't spare the horses.
Competition is fierce in the equestrian market, and as claims costs spiral, those involved in the sector are not having an easy ride. Richard Adams takes a look at the current hard market and warns brokers to hold on tight.
Rates of change at Lloyd's.
This week, ratings agency Standard & Poor's launched a new way of assessing Lloyd's syndicates. Kevin Willis, Stephen Searby, Rob Jones and Marcus Rivaldi explain the rationale for the change and the process behind the new approach.
Penny Black's insurance week.
One presumed fraud investigator Bob Barnett was not a camera-shy sort of guy, given his many appeara...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
The problem with the address of this site is that is sounds like the start of the kind of desperate ...
Risk alliance to act as legal shake-up looms.
The long-awaited joint risk management standard is due to be launched next week, following years of ...
Annual review key to new flood deal.
The Government will this week be called upon to provide insurers with an annual account of flood def...
XL Re signs deal with August.
XL Re's UK operation has signed a deal with August for its Auganiser product. The reinsurer, which h...
Offices close in RSA shake-up.
Royal & Sun Alliance this week stressed the redeployment of staff from its direct personal lines arm...
Appointment at HSB Haughton Engineering.
Gavin Wilkie has joined HSB Haughton Engineering as account executive based in its Glasgow office, w...
Public relations.
More and more brokers are deciding to float on the stock exchange - reversing recent trends. Jonathan Swift analyses the rationale behind this move to go public and what it will mean for the market.
Euler in regional push.
Northern England and North Wales are top of the location list for credit insurer Euler Trade Indemni...
Home Office must set fraud targets.
The biggest challenge facing the industry is to achieve a more "joined-up" approach to fraud among t...
Cyclists need road sense.
I think Richard Thomas has missed the point (Cyclists belong on the road, Post Magazine, 12 Septembe...
Over £64bn of capital exits industry.
Over $100bn (£64.2bn) of capital has exited the industry over the past 24 months, excluding the Worl...
Debate to be led by chairman of Port@l.
Insurance call centre managers from across the UK will meet with industry experts at a conference in...
Fortis Health chooses Predictive Planning.
Fortis Health has chosen Armstrong Laing Group's web-based budgeting and strategic business planning...
Appointment at JL Manson & Partners.
JL Manson & Partners, the Manchester-based insurance broker, has appointed Barry Cattheral and Viv B...
Insurance industry must get its own house in order.
Stephen Byrne, managing director of Marsh Ireland, challenged insurers to examine areas of technical...
Forbes' African expansion.
Anglo-South African broker Alexander Forbes is hoping to expand, following an agreement to sell 30% ...