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Standard certificates would be a relief.
Why can't UK insurers follow the US example and have standard certificates? I read that in the US...
Little relief for P&I clubs, says S&P
Protection & indemnity (P&I) clubs face continued low rates and rising losses but will be unable to i...
Linaker sets up timber division
Insurance broker Linaker has set up a new division to cater specifically for the insurance needs of t...
Goshawk enters PI market
Integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle Goshawk has entered the professional indemnity market. It has...
Swiss Re integrates German non-life business
Swiss Re is merging its European non-life division in Germany, Bavarian Re, with its Europe division ...
Anderson fills gap at Miller Fisher
The troubled Miller Fisher group has appointed Tom Anderson as managing director of Miller Firstline,...
Club Direct pushes for change over DVT
Travel insurer, Club Direct, has changed its travel insurance policies in the wake of the debate ove...
Hiscox builds in Dublin
Hiscox, which recently rejected a bid from the giant US insurer Chubb, has acquired three-man Dublin-...
Sirius doubles up
Reinsurer and insurer Sirius International has doubled the size of its operation at the London Underw...
Government acts to stem flood tide
The insurance industry has welcomed the government's belated changes to its guidance note on plannin...
IIB threatens insurers and pushes ahead with OFT appeal
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is to push ahead with its appeal against the Office of Fair Tradin...
Sirius recruits Limit team
Sirius International has expanded its London presence with the recruitment of a trade credit and poli...
Halifax to pay £1bn for Equitable Life
Halifax Group is to acquire Equitable Life for up to £1bn under plans for the bank to diversify out o...
Chester Street victims lobby creditor's meeting
A group of Scots asbestos victims are lobbying a creditor's meeting in London today called to decide ...
Norwich Union dragged into Vaz affair
Norwich Union has been dragged into the Keith Vaz affair, after it was revealed that the foreign offi...
Equitable Life close to rescue deal
Equitable Life is understood to be close to offering a deal to its policyholders which, if accepted, ...
Charman gets expanded role
Ace is to divide its operations into two units, each with a president and chief executive. Under the ...
Bupa nets £3m Generali deal
Bupa has taken over the administration of £3m worth of group risk business from Generali. The portfol...
Cox increases stake.
Cox Insurance Holdings has increased its stake in insurancewide.com from 26% to 40%. Cox's own onlin...
AMP out of bidding.
Australian Insurer AMP and Dutch insurer Aegon have pulled out of the bidding for Equitable Life, le...
Argyll Insurance Service signs new chief executive.
Argyll Insurance Service has scored a transfer coup by signing up former CGU south east business man...
Questionnaire in this issue.
Enclosed with this issue is a questionnaire for the industry's first ever definitive salary and work...
Compliance catastrophe.
With regard to the Office of Fair Trading's decision to give the green light to the General Insuranc...
The old problem of dealing with sickness at work.
Sickness at work has long been an issue for both insurers and the government as Post Magazine report...