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Interview: MDS
Jose Manuel Dias da Fonseca, president of Portuguese broker MDS, chairman of broking network Brokers Link and a non-exec director of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, answers Insurance Insight’s questions.
Guernsey set to see growth in captives
The number of captives domiciled in Guernsey is expected to increase significantly as the implications of compliance with Solvency II become better understood according to Aon.
Aon Benfield reviews costly March catastrophes
Aon has issued its monthly cat recap report, reviewing the natural disaster perils in March.
Post Europe: P&I Clubs ride out renewal season
Protection and Indemnity clubs have suffered though period where rate increases were as high as 30%, with this season seeing increases at a high of 10% Edward Murray asks if P&I clubs are riding the perfect storm.
Career development & CSR: Hillman Saunders launches work experience scheme
Hillman Saunders has unveiled a new scheme to help graduates gain work experience in the insurance sector.
Preston set to join RFU
Aon director Craig Preston is set to join the Rugby Football Union in the new post of head of people development.
Regional Report - Dublin: Dublin up
Ireland has been bailed out by the International Monetary Fund, insolvencies and unemployment are up, insurers premium incomes down and rates show no sign of real hardening. But, when Stephanie Denton visited Dublin she found the market surprisingly…
Interview - Tom Cooper & Matt Munro: Spirit of Enterprise
Matt Munro and Tom Cooper appear to have theMidas touch, with start up Igo4 smashing its five-year plan. Jonathan Swift asks where they go from here.
FSA urged to reconsider financing plans
The Financial Services Authority has been urged to consider the “nature of the risk” of a firm and not just its size when implementing its funding proposals.
Penny Black's insurance week
Allianz almost shot itself in the foot last week when it encouraged management trainee Stephanie Ogden to take part in a TV debate in which she passionately defended the university degree system.
Sports cover in spotlight as footballer retires
The London insurance market has highlighted the importance of comprehensive sports insurance, after Reading FC footballer Chris Armstrong was forced to retire due to multiple sclerosis.
Aon Benfield: Japan earthquake seventh strongest ever recorded
Aon Benfield has released a cat alert for the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan.
Aon unveils new professions team
Aon Risk Solutions has appointed the new leaders of its professions practice in London, and made some new hires.
Aon hires staff after defection
Aon has made of raft of senior hires to its UK professions team, after several members of its previous team defected to rival broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson last year.
View from the top: an updating challenge
Well, spring has sprung and yet, with the exception of the personal lines motor market, there is still no sign of any rate-hardening green shoots.
Post history - five years ago: Aon to sue Heath for poaching
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as these highlights from five years ago reveals.
Aon hails affinity as it reports 6% rise in UK Q4 2010 organic growth
Aon has reported a 3% fall in UK retail broking income to $629m (£392.1m) in the year ended 31 December 2010 (2009: $650m).
Post Europe: Affinity insurance in Central and Eastern Europe ripe for picking
There are undeniable signs that affinity markets in Central and Eastern European markets, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, are ripe for expansion. However, as Jane Bernstein discovers moving in to tap this market might not be…
Combined Insurance staff in redundancy talks
The UK staff of Ace-owned Combined Insurance will undergo redundancy talks after the firm stopped accepting new business.
Aon Benfield: Australian floods could cost $20bn
Aon Benfield has released its monthly Cat Recap report, predicting that devastating floods in Australia could impact insurers to the tune of $20bn US dollars.
FSA seeks more 'intrusive' resilience benchmarking
Brokers have backed publication of a consultation document by the Financial Services Authority, Bank of England and HM Treasury that considers options for a financial sector resilience benchmarking programme.
Egyptian losses too early to assess
Aon Risk Solutiuons has said that from a political risk point of view it is too early to say whether the events in Egypt will lead to losses in the insurance market.
Biba makes plans for closer export credit relationship
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's trade risk focus group has unveiled plans to form a closer relationship with the UK's export credit agency.
Lord Sugar and Aon's Case line up for Biba 2011
The keynote speakers for this year’s British Insurance Brokers' Association conference have been confirmed as Greg Case, president and CEO of Aon Corporation, explorer Ed Stafford who was the first man to walk the length of the Amazon and businessman and…