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Corporate killing charge
The government is set to tighten up the law on corporate manslaughter following the Crown Prosecution...
CGU profit up as it targets housing market
Insurer CGU, which will merge with Norwich Union at the end of the month, has recorded a rise in gene...
Swiss Re releases 1999 results
Swiss Re has announced that it expects to close its proposed acquisition of Underwriters Re before th...
PartnerRe net income falls
PartnerRe, the Bermudian multi-line reinsurer, has announced a 66% drop in its net income in the firs...
Litigation increase opportunity for insurers
Legal expenses insurers are hoping to cash in following the publication of statistics that show emplo...
JLT in car sales venture
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has tied up with a number of partners to provide a one-stop shop for ca...
Drake forced to close to new business
Brighton-based motor insurer Drake Insurance has been forced to stop taking on any new business by th...
Insurers to repair relations
Insurers and car body repairers have moved closer to a national Approved Repairer Agreement following...
Lloyd's confirms 1997 loss
Lloyd's today confirmed a loss of £176m ($269m) on the market's 1997 capacity of £10.3m and predicted...
Miller snaps up Brian Collins
Miller Fisher Group is to acquire liability third partly claims administrator Brian Collins & Associa...
AIIB hits out over dual-pricing
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has been accused of operating double standards by the Association of Ins...
Broker to set up bank
Broker Marsh & McLennan is to set up an Internet savings bank, Atbank, which will market retail depos...
CE&B takes over Property Solutions
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle has acquired the remaining 50% stake in managed contractor ne...
Lippincott to chair RAA
Robert Lippincott, chairman and chief executive of Axa Re US, has been elected chairman of the Reinsu...
Trenwick on target with LaSalle acquisition
US insurer Trenwick has said it expects to complete this quarter the purchase of Bermudian reinsurer ...
Dodgy US dealers.
The first four of up to a hundred expected lawsuits have been filed in California against US car dea...
E-fever grips risk conference as record numbers turn out.
Internet fever gripped this week's annual conference of the US Risk and Insurance Management Society...
BIBA calls for benchmarking.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has initiated a ground-breaking benchmarking scheme for l...
Award for SCR.
Kidnap, ransom and extortion risk management and insurance provider Special Contingency Risks has re...
Pohjola's AGM.
Finland's Pohjola Group is to hold an annual general meeting on 12 May to approve the transfer of it...
Ratings round up.
Martin Hindley, from ratings agency Standard & Poor's, details changes to company ratings. Consec...
New travel system.
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers has launched a new version of its advanced T...
Rescue operation.
Direct Line is diversifying and is determined to give the top two breakdown and rescue companies a run for their money, as managing director of motor insurance Annette Court explains to Alex Broad.
BIBA starts to get active.
Throwing stones is one thing. Turning criticism into constructive activity is another. And this is e...