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NU should practise what it preaches.
I read with interest the article by Patrick Snowball (View from the Top, Post Magazine, 25 July, p13...
Gerling UK forfeits £6m over Bradford City FC venture.
The UK arm of German insurer Gerling will today be asked to write off over £6m it lent first divisio...
CII harks back to a bygone era.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is experiencing a period of immense and much needed change. With t...
Max Re makes loss and revises earnings downwards
Bermudian reinsurance group Max Re Capital made a $5m net loss in the three months to the end of June...
Herbert Clough renamed
Herbert Clough, the Stamford, Connecticut, US-based reinsurance broker has changed its name to Gen Re...
Converium moves into profit
Swiss reinsurer Converium made a net profit of $31.6m in its first full six months as an independent ...
Imagine rebrands
The Imagine Group of Bermuda is grouping together its reinsurance and insurance operations and rename...
Appointment at Zurich Financial Services.
Zurich Financial Services has moved Chris Keogh to a new role within the Zurich Advice Network - fin...
Appointment at Woodstock Insurance Brokers.
Woodstock Insurance Brokers has appointed Maureen McGill as HR manager. Ms McGill was previously emp...
The BIBA begins first training programme.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association this week began its first training programme for broking ...
Chaucer Holdings to intends to raise £39m.
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer Holdings intends to raise £39m through the issue of new ordinary shares and ...
Appointment at FSCS.
The Financial Service Authority has recruited two new non-executive members of the board of the Fina...
Fourth member of Merrion Re to face SFO charges.
Francois Verkaeren, executive director of Dublin-based reinsurer Merrion Reinsurance, has become the...
Investigating fire claims gets a warm reception.
For insurers, discovering the cause of a blaze is a burning issue in claims processing. Warming to his subject, fire claims investigator Rod Newbery talks to Richard Adams about the wide range of specialist skills involved and the job satisfaction he…
Churchill appoints manager of new broker division.
Churchill has appointed Trevor Britten as the manager of its new broker division. Mr Britten has spe...
Appointment at Cornhill Schemes.
Cornhill Schemes has recruited Tim Tresadern as IT manager. In his new role, he will supervise the t...
Sterling Hamilton Wright agrees to sponsor team.
Sterling Hamilton Wright has agreed to sponsor the Great British Australian Rules Football team, whi...
View from the Top - Patrick Snowball
Despite the commendable advances made in the wake of the Woolf Report, third-party bodily injury clai...
Appointment at Special Risk Services Underwriting Agency.
Special Risk Services Underwriting Agency (SRS) has appointed Sarah McCooey as managing director. Ms...
GAB Robins searches for new head as Nicholls quits.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins this week said it would look both inside the company and outside to find a r...
Markerstudy targets Lloyd's.
Broker-only insurance group Markerstudy, which assisted in the management buyout of Service Policies...
Pushing the right buttons.
If insurers fail to push policyholders' buttons regarding online claims services, customers will go to providers that do make the best use of the web-enabled technology, believes Jim Douglas.
ATE premiums halved by ruling.
A High Court ruling last week that said insurers should only have to pay back just over half of the ...
MCE on target for 10% market capture figure.
Motorcycle specialist MCE is aiming to capture 10% of the market by the end of 2003. The broker is c...