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Name changING.
Australian financial services group Mercantile Mutual is to change its name to that of its long-time...
Asbestos ruling will go to appeal
A court case earlier this week in which insurer AIG and manufacturer Waddingtons won their defence ag...
Avon denies football exit
Avon Insurance has denied suggestions it is set to exit the football insurance market next season, de...
Markel restructures
Lloyd's syndicate Markel 702 has restructured its marketing operation with the appointment of John Fr...
PartnerRe profits in fourth quarter
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe made a net profit of $16.6m in the three months to the end of 2000 comp...
Lloyds moves to fill business gap
Lloyd's TSB, which sold off its commercial insurance arm a few years ago, has expanded its business ...
Pru restructure to cost 2000 jobs
Prudential is to axe 2000 jobs in sales, support, back office and administration operations as part o...
Axa results show UK picture
Axa's UK property and casualty operation saw only a modest 1.8% increase in gross written premiums la...
Ockham slips on motor
Shares in insurer Ockham Holdings dived almost 15% today as it warned its full year results would mi...
Direct Line ahead in internet race
Direct Line's website was given the highest overall ranking in the latest Gomez UK internet insurance...
Zurich shakes up general management
Zurich Financial Services UK general insurance arm has appointed three new managing directors followi...
Industry in firing line over acoustic shock
The insurance industry could have to pay out millions of pounds following claims for acoustic shock, ...
Specialty business boosts Scor
Scor, France's largest reinsurer, has announced a 14.5% increase in its premium income in 2000 to Eur...
Claims People partnership
Fledgling loss adjuster The Claims People Group is to set up a co-operative joint venture with the Cr...
EU plans to foster e-financial services
Proposals for European Union-wide rules governing sales of financial services on the internet have be...
Willis gets Bradstock.
The Willis Group's wholly-owned Australian subsidiary has acquired Bradstock GIS, an Australian brok...
Appointment at Crutes.
Gillian Huthart has joined the commercial unit of legal firm Crutes. Former group company solicitor ...
Sites set on Europe.
Paul Norkett, head of accounting and finance at the University of East London, has launched a websit...
Team's the Limit.
Reinsurer and insurer Sirius International has doubled the size of its operation at the London Under...
Storm forecasts impact renewals.
The Asian market reinsurance renewal season, due to start in April, could be impacted by an extended...
Allianz sets up Indian joint venture.
German insurer Allianz is to set up two joint venture companies in India with Indian auto manufactur...
Going with the flow.
BDML Connect has installed a web-based workflow management and claims notification system in partner...
Police probe taxi insurer.
A police investigation has lead to the closure of Goldleaf Insurance Brokers, after it was discovere...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Keoghs has appointed two new partners. Claire Pearson and Deborah Watson will both be based in the f...