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Policy Management Systems Corporation name change.
Policy Management Systems Corporation is changing its name to Mynd, unifying PMSC and all of its dom...
... a personal lines underwriter.
In the first part of a new series, Jonathan Swift spent a day with Hiscox's Austyn Tusler to find out what a personal lines underwriter gets up to ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
John Beston has been appointed as motor fleet manager for Ecclesiastical Insurance. He will be based...
Not bad for a first effort.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
MULRA advocates responsibility.
Underwriters should be forced to accept responsibility for unregulated, uninsured loss recovery oper...
Traveller's checks.
The General Insurance Standards Council wants to impose tight regulations on the selling of insurance by travel agents. David Fanning discovers that not everyone in this highly competitive market thinks this is a good thing.
Chubb buys Danish.
Chubb Europe has maintained its strategy of growth in the Nordic region with the acquisition of the ...
Appointment at Sun Microsystems.
Jonathan McKay has been appointed vice president and general manager of Sun Microsystems Internet ap...
Mutuals hoping to raise funds through initial public offerings.
Three former north American mutuals - John Hancock, Sun Life and Met Life - along with Pru of Americ...
Gladwell takes over Axa personal lines
Axa Insurance has finally replaced Rob Ryan with the appointment of Lee Gladwell as director of perso...
Routledge quits Octavian
Peter Routledge has resigned as active underwriter of Octavian Syndicate Management's motor syndicate...
Up to 400 jobs axed at Abbey Life's Bournemouth office
Abbey Life has confirmed that up to 400 jobs will go at its Bournemouth head office following the tak...
IPC Re hit by storms and closes London office
IPCRe has said it expects losses of $35m, or $1.36 per share, in the fourth quarter of 1999 as a resu...
London market plans reforms
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) are considering the merger of the two Lo...
ZFS pays £80m for Abbey Life
Zurich Financial Services is to acquire Abbey Life's distribution network from Lloyds TSB for £80m. T...
BIBA's apprenticeship scheme moves to CII
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has moved its government-backed Modern Apprenticeship sche...
Swiss Re to buy in Dallas.
Swiss Re is to pay $260m in cash for two Dallas-based insurers, Southwestern Life Insurance and Secu...
Critical mass.
In the space of two decades, critical illness products have become available worldwide. Chris Fennell looks at their growth.
New staff at OPL.
Mary Hennessy has joined Overseas Partners as chief operating officer and president. She has 23 year...
Axa Re writes PI.
Axa Re UK has moved into the professional indemnity (PI) market. Its PI, financial risks and directo...
World insurance - Fewer premiums, higher prices.
Three new reports show that the global insurance market is entering the new century with a mixture o...
Making it a happy new year.
French storm losses aside, the reinsurance industry has had a positive start to the new year, with r...
Wordings on the web.
The London market's electronic library of wordings, clauses and policy forms, the Market Wordings Da...
A year of the euro.
Despite concerns about the euro's lack of strength against the dollar, in the year since its introdu...