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ALARM chairman outlines plans.
Kevin McClone, the new chairman of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers, has backed the ...
Prompt duo poached.
Premium finance specialist Premium Credit has appointed Steve Robinson as joint managing director an...
Health is next Churchill target.
Direct insurer Churchill has ambitious plans to expand into the private health market - either throu...
Appointment at Pinsent Curtis.
Law firm Pinsent Curtis has promoted insurance litigator Robert Farrant to partner. Mr Farrant is ba...
QBE offer to stand.
The "unsolicited" offer by QBE for Limit looks set to go ahead as no other formal offers had been ma...
Syndicate 1242 at Lloyd's goes into run-off
CGU-backed non-marine property syndicate 1242 at LLoyd's has gone into run-off. The syndicate, establ...
Max Taylor warns of IT health risks
Failures associated with new technology could cost the the health sector dear, according to Lloyd's c...
Insurers fare badly for customer service
Insurance companies are failing when it comes to customer service. According to a national survey by ...
Experts predict below average storm activity
The number of hurricanes striking the US and typhoons hitting Japan are likely to be below average in...
Japanese plan Bermuda captives
Japanese insurance companies have been investigating business opportunities in Bermuda after deregula...
Sorema to set up Lloyd's syndicate
French reinsurer Sorema is to set up a syndicate at Lloyd's. The Groupama subsidiary will start tra...
Insurers accused of being too inflexible
The traditional insurance market is too inflexible with regard to construction insurance claimed Mike...
Insurers failing over e-commerce
The insurance industry has failed to address the business risks associated with e-commerce, warned Ma...
Calhoun to leave Employers
David Calhoun, president and chief executive of Kansas-based Employers Re, has been promoted to head ...
Hannover Re growth continues
Hannover Re has announced an 18% increase in both its net income and earnings per share in 1999. Gr...
GISC rule book online
The General Insurance Standards Council has now published its rule book which is available online. Th...
Hastings move on Drake rebuffed
Drake Insurance is believed to have rebuffed an approach by Sussex-based Hastings Direct, which is ow...
Moneyextra moves into insurance
Financial services company Moneyextra has launched an online insurance site for personal lines, which...
Cigna quits reinsurance market
US-based Cigna Corporation is to quit the reinsurance market, having sold its US individual and group...
ALARM chairman's network focus
Kevin McGlone, the new chairman of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers said this week he...
Lloyd's warns over medical liability
Lloyd's has warned that the medical profession is in the firing line over litigation resulting from f...
Primary travel deals
Primary Insurance Group has won two new travel insurance accounts with the Portman Building Society a...
ALRE buys Capitol Bankers
Annuity & Life Re America (ALRE) has acquired Capitol Bankers Life Insurance for $13.2m from Life Rea...
CE&B adjusts numbers.
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle has become the latest loss adjuster to make cutbacks with 125 staff to go....