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Royal & Sun Alliance team launches online forum.
Royal & Sun Alliance's London & Specialist Businesses team has launched an online forum to debate th...
What the papers said this week.
THE SUNDAY TIMES A shipment of some of the world's finest wines - including a bottle worth £1700 ...
Allianz Marine & Aviation and Cox insurance reach agreement.
Allianz Marine & Aviation and Cox Insurance have reached an agreement concerning the continuation of...
Groupama customer services director to leave.
Jacci Taylor, claims and customer services director, Groupama, is to leave the company for personal ...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
With a web address like this, it would be very easy to litter this review with thinly-veiled referen...
Success fees slashed in ruling.
Insurers have been saved millions of pounds by a surprise Court of Appeal ruling that has reduced th...
Casualty rates not property expected to climb.
Reinsurance rates are more likely to increase in casualty lines than for property cover at 1 January...
Northern trio to form powerhouse.
Three major independent brokers are set to merge in a move that will create a new Yorkshire-based com...
CMCs root of rising fraud cases.
Is Patrick Allan (Stop CFA technical challenges, Post Magazine, 5 September, p15) seriously suggesti...
SecureDirect Insurance Services to convert branches.
Midlands broker network SecureDirect Insurance Services is to convert branches trading as OBC Insura...
Lloyd's predicted to quit reinsurance.
Lloyd's will revert to being a specialist insurer and cease to write most lines of reinsurance, Dirk...
Going public with liability.
With the current debate on professional liability, some may consider the launch of a company focusing on such risks foolhardy. Chief executive of the new venture Andreas Loucaides, explains all to Marcus Alcock.
Broker Network makes a push into commercial.
The Yorkshire-based Broker Network has signalled its intention to write more commercial policies, fo...
Casenet begins London push.
Claims management software provider Casenet is opening new City of London offices and has appointed ...
A change in perspective.
The financial losses experienced after the World Trade Center attacks were enormous but it was the loss of life that was most shocking. Grover Davis says this has reinforced a team ethic within the industry.
Inreon aims high with liability expansion.
Electronic reinsurance trading platform Inreon has stated its aim to become the Microsoft of the rei...
A matter of definition.
The 11 September attacks moved terrorism on to another level and the industry has been struggling to revise the terms of terrorism since. Tim Hardy explains.
US insurers cede more to alien reinsurers
Alien reinsurers are taking a growing share of the reinsurance business in the US, according to a stu...
Yorkshire super-group to be formed
Three major independent brokers are set to merge in a move that will create a new Yorkshire-based com...
PartnerRe expects more aviation business
The Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe expects to boost its aviation business this year to more than $200m...
Rate rises expected to continue
Reinsurance rates are more likely to increase in casualty lines than for property cover at 1 January ...
France looks for more terrorism pool reinsurance
The new terrorism pool in France wants to buy more reinsurance in order to reduce the call on the sta...
Endurance to open in London and New York
New Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty has applied to the UK's Financial Services Authority fo...
Hedges moves to Platinum as IPO goes ahead
Bart Hedges, former chief executive of Scandinavian Re, has joined Platinum Underwriters Bermuda as c...