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RSA wins subrogation case while Allianz fears motor premium hike
RSA has won a High Court battle defending its policy of adding up to 25% to motor repair bills passed on to rival insurers through subrogation, much to the disappointment of Allianz and Provident Insurance, which were involved in the litigation and…
Market moves: A busy week in recruitment
The insurance industry enjoyed a busy week in recruitment, and brokers were the main movers and shakers as Marsh UK & Ireland welcomed a new chief executive and Giles named a new COO.
Claims Awards 2012: The winners
A full list of the winners and runners up at the 2012 Claims Awards.
Managing general agents: A surge in popularity
Managing general agents are certainly on trend and increasing their interaction with insurers but, with some companies still suspicious of their value, will their popularity last?
Tokio Marine expands Scottish team
Tokio Marine Europe Insurance has appointed Trevor McAuley to its marine cargo underwriting team, based in Glasgow.
RSA fills Asia and Middle East legal role with ex-Fortis Bank GC
General insurer RSA has appointed Christina Tham as legal, risk and compliance director for the Asia and Middle East region.
Market moves: Broking steps up the recruitment push
This week the recruitment space belonged to the broking community, which saw major moves across the sector. In the past seven days, Willis, Lorica, Giles and Lockton all named new senior staff.
Ex-RSA director Lawton to head up Towergate broking division
Towergate has confirmed the capture of former RSA mid-market director Mike Lawton as chief executive of the firm’s broking division.
RSA makes acquisition in Quebec
RSA has acquired L'Union Canadienne Compagnie D'assurances from Co-operators General Insurance Company.
RSA's Canadian arm acquires Quebec-based P&C insurer
Home, motor and business insurer RSA Canada has agreed to acquire L'Union Canadienne, a Quebec-based intermediated P&C insurer, from its parent company Co-operators General Insurance Company for C$150m pending regulatory approval.
Political risks: Economic unrest triggers interest and questions over cover
The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain have all been re-rated 'medium risk' from 'low risk' by Aon Risk Solutions, as part of a downgrade of 37 countries in the firm's annual Terrorism & Political Violence map.
RSA appoints new PL boss and finance director
RSA has promoted Jill White to personal lines broker managing director and Antony Erotocritou to finance director, personal.
Ingenie boosts underwriting as it partners with RSA
RSA is set to provide underwriting capacity to Ingenie to meet the increasing demand for its young driver telematics insurance cover.
Polish high court upholds Link4 judgment
Poland's highest court has upheld an earlier ruling that an advert for Polish motor insurer Link4 had caused offence to some parties but dismissed claims that it had misled customers.
Giles snaps up ex-Broker Network director Mageean
Giles has appointed Bernard Mageean as managing director of underwriting and wholesale, effective from the end of August 2012.
ISA 2012: Insurer bosses claim no foreign player has 'Pan-Asian edge'
As mature markets sink deeper into the eurozone crisis, Asia remains a bright spot for global insurers. That was the view of Johnny Chen, CEO of Zurich Financial Services, who told the audience at ISA 2012 yesterday that he remains positive in his firm's…
RSA targets 'consistency' across global network with GSL restructure
RSA's reorganisation of global speciality lines aims to bring consistency across the group's global network, according to Paul Donaldson, director of global broker relationships and sales.
Top 10 news stories
The top 10 stories from www.insuranceinsight.com last week.
Post Blog: Haste & Guardiola - Why Chelsea have more chance of getting their man than Aviva
The current scramble for new managers at top football clubs Chelsea and Liverpool draws a parallel with Aviva's hunt for a new CEO.
Amlin brings in QBE man Boreham to strengthen casualty offering
Amlin has appointed former QBE boss Martin Boreham as leading class underwriter at the firm's international casualty operation.
RSA teams up with aquaculture underwriting facility
RSA has entered into a partnership deal with Global Aquaculture Insurance Consortium, a specialist aquaculture insurance underwriting facility administered by Lloyd's broker Alwen Hough Johnson.
Insurers' PANIU recovers £10m but construction site theft rise signals new crime wave
The insurer-funded Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit has in total recovered 411 items of plant worth £9.5m in total but highlighted growing theft of quad bikes and construction site robberies.
Social Media: The social media circle
With a culture of risk aversion, insurance is not a major social media player. But will the emergence of innovative German player Friendsurance change things?
Q&A with RSA's Phil Bulgin
Despite media coverage of Asia's restrictive and sometimes protectionist regulatory regimes, the markets remain appealing to foreign insurers. Philip Bulgin, RSA's head of mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets, spoke to Francesca Nyman about Asian…