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African drive north.
A South African broker alliance hopes to make waves in the European insurance market. The global ...
Appointment at RE Brown.
Paul Bermon has joined RE Brown & Others (Syndicate 702) where he will become part of its profession...
A steady look at vibrations.
Research and technical information body the Loss Prevention Council has issued a new report on whole...
More 'twisters' were predicted.
More 'twisters' were predicted this week after a mini-tornado hit the Birmingham area. The freak wea...
Brokers rocked by ruling.
Brokers could face a raft of professional negligence claims following a landmark decision in the Cou...
Appointments at Standard Life.
David Newlands and Hugh Stevenson have been appointed to the board of Standard Life. Mr Newlands is ...
A train crash is not a publicity gift.
I am extremely dismayed by the comments attributed to Peter Golding of McLarens Toplis (PM 1 July p1...
Appointments at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Steve Wood, currently head of underwriting and risk management at RSA, is to succeed Tim Ablett as d...
Delta goes Nuts.
Delta Lloyd, the Dutch insurer owned by CGU, is to merge with Nuts Ohra, the Dutch health, life and ...
ABI refuses to name and shame.
The Association of British Insurers this week rejected calls to publish the company-by-company resul...
Blunderbuss' aim is out.
Brokers who use a 'blunderbuss' approach to new business are likely to fail, warns a report sponsore...
On the electronic trail.
In the second of four articles on the year 2000, Alan Fisher and Joe Reynolds discuss the procedure forensic investigators should use to prove a Y2K exclusion clause applies to a loss.
A meeting of minds
Now in its third year, the Cavell Commutations Rendez-Vous is attracting larger and larger numbers. Stephen Banks reports.
What's in a Name?
Philip Goodman explains the application of diversity jurisdiction in a case involving Lloyd's Names.
Holocaust claims get some relief.
The five European insurers backing the international commission investigating Holocaust-era claims a...
A model of sensitivity.
Adrian Leonard explains a new kind of modelling which provides an entirely different view of risk.
Re - Broking - Simple, yet complex.
Call it a coincidence, but there is a lot of rebranding and brand building going on in the broker ma...
Harbouring data.
Information derived from port state control can be an extremely useful tool for (re)insurers, argues Matthew Marshall.
Maritime rebranding.
UK marine cargo and transit insurer Maritime Insurance has been renamed CNA Maritime. Chicago-based ...
Sharp decline in Overseas' first quarter income.
Net income has dropped sharply for Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners in the first quarter of 199...
Hardy trading.
The Hardy Underwriting Group began trading last month on the London Stock Exchange. The Group, which...
Time to talk.
With moves afoot to promote mediation in the marine market, Richard Cornah extols the virtues of ADR.
Gemini departures.
Plans to set up a new Bermudian reinsurer, currently known as Gemini Re (Re, April 1999, p1), have b...
Misery loves company at the bottom of the sea.
Both marine underwriters and their shipowner clients are languishing in a serious trading slump. Alex Beatty reports.