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NU International to enter new markets following CEO exit
Dublin-based Norwich Union International plans to enter new markets and sell a broader range of prod...
Indie falls 13% amid rescue rights rumour
Independent Insurance Group fell 13% mid-afternoon today amid rumours of a rescue rights issue. The f...
Crash aid for insurers
Aviation company R&M International Engineering is set to unveil a new service for insurers on Friday ...
Benfield Greig wins Blanch
Around 94% of the shareholders of the US-based reinsurance broker EW Blanch had accepted the $179m ta...
New law firm for Bristol
Partners David Vernalls, Richard Ottley, Ian Poole and Deborah Bradley, of Cartwrights solicitors in ...
Dedicated broker section on Healthsure's website
Healthcare cash plan provider HealthSure's new website includes a section dedicated to brokers which ...
Capita confirms £33m McLarens deal
Outsourcing specialist Capita has confirmed today that it is to pay £33m for the UK arm of loss adjus...
Specialist broker to manage Axa's jewellers portfolio
Axa insurance has transferred the day-to-day management of its existing jewellers portfolio to specia...
Munich Re to focus on insurance
Reinsurer Munich Re, which this week forecast double-digit growth in net profit this year, said it pl...
Independent hit by S&P downgrade
Troubled insurer Independent has now been downgraded by another ratings agency following last week's ...
Broker challenges motor premium hike claim
Insurance intermediary Kwik Fit Insurance Services has hit back at market analyst Datamonitor's claim...
Insurers defend rate rises
The insurance industry has defended the continued rise in motor premiums forecast by market analyst D...
MS develops a taste for travel.
Personal finance website Money Supermarket has launched its travel cover index listing 700 premiums,...
Appointment at Anthony Kidd Agencies.
Anthony Kidd Agencies, part of Cox Retail Division, has taken on Michael Donnelly as business develo...
Pass the Finnish line.
Finnish financial services giant Sampo has entered into the bidding war for Norway's largest insurer...
PWC predicts further merger activity.
Consultancy firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers has forecast further merger and acquisition activity within...
New syndicate excluded from Sorema deal.
The future of Groupama's Lloyd's syndicate 1301, established only last year, hangs in the balance th...
Populaire choice.
French financial services group Assurances Banque Populaire hopes to expand its business across the ...
EU acts on insurance law.
The European Commission has announced it is taking legal action against five member states for faili...
Taking legal action.
Insurance law is a competitive and highly-specialised area, but there are different entry routes, as Richard Adams discovers.
Hiscox relocates its terrorism unit.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has moved its UK terrorism unit to its recently opened Birmingham office. ...
AIG in lead firing line.
US insurance giant AIG has been named as the liability insurer of Colebrand, the Lancashire-based pr...
Lloyd's warns over collapse of travel intermediary
Lloyd's is advising members of the public to check the validity of any travel insurance polices beari...
High-flying specialists.
The notion that small, provincial brokers will soon be a thing of the past has been mooted for several years now, and with powerful insurers holding all the aces there will be winners and losers. Rachel Gordon believes it is the high-flying smaller…