Hiscox
Market moves: All change at Mondial and Marsh
This week insurers were, once again, the main recruiters with the majority of high profile appointments.
Hiscox cuts GWP in favour of profit
Hiscox has said its gross written premiums year on year reduced in the first nine months of the year by 3.0% to £1,169.5m (2010: £1,205.3m) as the group maintained underwriting discipline and walked away from poorly rated risks.
Broking supplement - Price promises: Love it or hate it
While the price promise bandwagon is seen by some as a valuable marketing tool, to others it is merely ‘dumbing down’ the industry
Lloyd’s in Europe
Lloyd’s of London is no longer only accessed through London and has spread its reach across the globe in recent times. Francesca Nyman asks how established it is in Europe and what challenges it faces here.
In series - Lloyd's & London market: Power to the people
With employees rightly recognised as crucial to company success, Lloyd’s and London market players are gearing up their efforts to attract and retain top talent.
Arab Spring: A little bit of politics
The recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the narrowness of terrorism policies — but have insureds woken up to the more comprehensive benefits of political violence cover?
Arab Spring: A little bit of politics
The recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the narrowness of terrorism policies — but have insureds woken up to the more comprehensive benefits of political violence cover?
BIS 2011: Underwriting no longer the preserve of Oxbridge grads
The future of underwriting rests in the hands of graduates with strong numeracy skills and business understanding, who are willing to embrace specialist areas of the industry.
Event insurance: Dancing in the street
Next year could be huge for the events industry, with the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics taking place. With a host of celebrations occurring, can the events insurance sector capitalise?
BIS 2011: Numerate grads the future of underwriting
The future of underwriting rests in the hands of graduates with strong numeracy skills and business understanding who are willing to embrace specialist areas of the industry.
Market moves: Getting ready for the fourth quarter
Lloyd’s players were the most active recruiters this week as the insurance industry looks forward to the fourth quarter. A number of underwriters in the London Market made appointments, with a view to strengthening their teams. Moves among insurers…
Top 100 UK insurers supplement - brand analysis: Battle of the brands
With commercial pressures and tough business conditions putting the squeeze on insurance companies, the importance of the brand has never been more vital. So who is getting it right?
From the archives - 9/11 Terrorism: Ten years later...
A decade has passed since the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. How has the market for terrorism policies responded and recovered in that time?
Central and Hiscox target charities
Central Insurance, one of Scotland’s biggest independent insurance brokers, has joined forces with specialist business insurer Hiscox to launch a comprehensive charity policy.
Irene batters the US but commercial losses look set to be low
Hurricane Irene will be a personal lines insurance event in the US with few major commercial losses, raising the issue of coverage for flood policies, according to loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey.
Economic uncertainty boosts HNW business
Stock market crashes and market uncertainties are moving high net worth customers from stocks and shares to more tangible assets, boosting business for HNW insurers.
Essex broker rebuffed by Qmetric over Primo name - Insurance News Now
Post senior reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week's major general insurance stories which include an Essex based insurance broker lodging a formal complaint against Qmetric for using the Primo trading title which it claims was its brand name first.
Market update - High net worth: Time to raise rates in HNW?
Rates in the high net worth market are failing to reflect the risks posed, despite high claims costs. Chinwe Akomah reports on a sector that is starting to come under pressure to deliver results.
Chubb poaches from Hiscox for HNW
Chubb Insurance has poached Kate Gower as senior underwriter from Hiscox’s art and private clients division where she was senior development underwriter.
Hiscox bemoans 'costliest year ever'
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox was stung by a pre-tax loss of £85.6m (2010: £97.2m profit) in the first half of the year but claims to be "heading towards the sunny uplands of profit".
News analysis - Lancashire Tax move: Bringing business back to Blighty
With Lancashire set to move its tax residence to the UK, Amy Ellis looks at proposed reforms to the controlled foreign companies rules and asks whether other insurers may follow suit.
Hiscox reports H1 losses of £85.6m in 'worst year ever'
Hiscox has announced a half year pre-tax loss of £85.6m, leading the insurer to claim the year so far has been the costliest year ever for the insurance industry.
Lancashire to redomicile from Bermuda to the UK
Lancashire Holdings today announced that it plans to move to UK tax residency.
Axa may create more management roles
Axa has not ruled out creating more senior management roles within its commercial lines division after appointing former Towergate director Max Curruthers to the new role of chief operating officer.