Hiscox
Approval of Chubb's move into Lloyd's market imminent
US insurance giant Chubb is set to enter the Lloyd's market almost a decade after its failed bid to buy Hiscox. According to sources, Chubb has received conditional approval for market entry with full authorisation following a Financial Services…
Hiscox to enter aviation as it reports £10m Deepwater hit
Hiscox’s gross written premiums grew year on year by 6.4% in local currencies to £504.1m in quarter one 2010(2009 Q1: £486.5 m).
US insurance giant Chubb set to enter Lloyd's with new syndicate
Almost a decade after its failed bid for Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox US insurance giant Chubb has become the latest corporate player to bid for Lloyd’s entry.
Axa raids Hiscox and Beazley for financial lines push
Axa Insurance has made a number of specialist appointments to underpin its growth plans in the SME sector and its ambitions in the mid-corporate market.
Hiscox tops poll
Hiscox has been ranked as the best performing insurance brand according to the Reputation Institute's UK Pulse Report 2010, which measures corporate reputation among the general public.
Hiscox backs new underwriting start up
White Oak Underwriting Agency has commenced underwriting, initially targetting the 'automobile and mobile equipment industries'.
White Oak planted
White Oak Underwriting Agency has commenced underwriting, initially targeting the automobile and mobile equipment industries.
RFIB adds two in "talent" push
Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB has announced the appointments of Charles Vermont as a broker in its specialty division and Jeannette Smith as associate division director to its North American division.
Reinsurance country report: India calling
The Indian reinsurance market offers strong opportunities for growth, writes Katherine Blackler
Lloyd's FD: Solvency II no bar to new entrants
Lloyd's has stressed that it has no plans to batten down the hatches and stop admitting new members as the deadline for Solvency II approaches.
View from the top: A makeover of the mind
The insurance industry has an image problem. If it were a celebrity, it would take more than just a nip and tuck and some botox to transform its wrinkled reputation with the paying public.
Lloyd's /London market: Thoroughly modern
With London still perceived as an expensive place to conduct business, Daniel Dunkley reports on the London Market Group's ambitious plans for modernisation.
NIG aims to double SME market share
NIG has insisted its relationships with regional brokers have not been impacted by its UK restructure, after finalising the underwriting line-up of the company's regional centres.
Hiscox faces £100m Cat losses
Hiscox has estimated that it faces £100m worth of claims as a result of the Chilean earthquake and the European windstorm Xynthia.
NIG raids Axa, Hiscox and Travelers for regional underwriting managers
NIG has made a series of senior underwriting appointments to spearhead a “major push” for regional SME business
Hiscox despairs over Tory FSA proposal
Hiscox's chairman has credited a three-fold increase in annual profits on responsible investment strategy, a cautious approach to underwriting catastrophe-exposed risk and a benign mother nature.
Sterling nabs Hiscox high net worth underwriter
Sterling Insurance has appointed Jane Flaherty as a senior high net worth underwriter based in the Midlands.
Strong London market performance helps Hiscox treble profits
Hiscox has reported gross premiums written £1.44bn (2008: £1.15bn) and pre-tax profit of £320.6m (£105.2m).
Reinsurance launches the Bermuda Reinsurance Club
The first half day seminar to be held in Bermuda on March 17th
Zurich PI underwriter joins Hiscox
Hiscox has appointed Graeme King as underwriter, international technology, media and telecommunications.
Takaful - UK viability: Taking up Takaful
Shariah-compliant Takaful insurance has had a rocky start in the UK. Daniel Dunkley reports on the problems it has encountered and where its strengths may lie.
Roundtable: Solvency II in depth
In this extended roundtable discussion, group editor-in-chief Ant Gould and industry big hitters from the UK and continental Europe consider the progress made by (re)insurance as the once-distant spectre of Solvency II now looms large and close
Penny black's insurance week
Penny was intrigued to discover the lengths to which people will go for insurance at Hiscox. On a recent visit to the insurer's City office, a chat with two underwriters uncovered some unusual clients on Hiscox's books — among them a balloon artist, and…