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Appointment at the Society of Technicians in Insurance.
Elizabeth Adams has been elected as the representative for the East Midlands and Anglia regions for ...
Opus Holdings jumping for joy.
Financial services group, Opus Holdings was jumping for joy after sponsoring the Aldon Horse Trials....
Insurance cover for refugees.
The insurance industry was working to provide cover for the transportation of Ethnic Albanian refuge...
Taxing questions for Scotland.
Scottish companies have entered the election fray north of the border with some tough views about th...
Arnott looks to TV.
North East broker Arnott Insurance aims to bring its services to the masses through a new TV adverti...
IPT row settled.
L was a travel agent and part of the Thomson Travel Group that included a tour operator. B was a ...
Once more into the breach.
John Butler continues his analysis of the issues raised during the Svenska Kredit arbitration with a look at alleged breaches of contract.
Munich goes Japanese.
German reinsurer Munich Re has formed a Japanese subsidiary to collect and analyse market data and l...
RBC opens in Ireland.
RBC Insurance, the insurance arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, is to open a reinsurance subsidiary in...
Overseas make good recovery.
Bermudian reinsurer Overseas Partners bounced back from a disastrous third quarter investment result...
UK's LTC report gets cool response.
The report of the UK Royal Commission set up last year to study the problem of funding care for an a...
Copenhagen chief.
Former executive director of Liberty Re and general manager of Mercantile & General Re Robert Johnst...
Swiss Re snaps up RSA's US life units.
Swiss Re Life & Health has expanded its 'administrative reinsurance' business with the $380m acquisi...
Swiss Re UK CEO.
Martin Albers is to take over as chief executive of Swiss Re UK this month, following the departure ...
Ball organisers call for sponsors.
A group of London market insurers known as the Square Marketeers are organising a ball at the Hotel ...
What's that in English?
Bermuda's World Insurance Forum in February (see p10) provided a showcase for some of the best talen...
Hannover Re shares increased.
Shares in German reinsurer Hannover Re increased by just 5.7% in 1998, after an astonishing increase...
GE Re names CEO.
James Miller, previously president and chief executive of Kemper Re, has been appointed in the same ...
Weighing up options.
A study by Insurance Services Office shows how insurers can optimise their mix of risk financing.
Exchanges encounter obstacles.
Insurance risk exchanges have much to offer but have so far failed to capture the interest of (re)insurers. Alex Beatty reports.
Chaucer Syndicates.
The four Lloyd's syndicates managed by Chaucer Syndicates produced a profit of £16.1m ($25.8m) on ca...
New name for Gemini Re.
The reinsurer being set up by ex-Centre Solutions president David Brown and Bermuda's former finance...
XL Capital attracted by life market.
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital is considering a move into the life market. "Life is an ...
Staying ahead of the pack.
Michael Falcone explains how reinsurers can turn Lord Woolf's law reforms to their advantage.