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Customers reject pet cover on price
Allianz’ Pet Plan product has proved to be the dominant player in the pet insurance market with a 40% share in terms of gross written premium.
BIS 2010: Quality people needed to drive innovation
Steve Lewis, UK chief executive general insurance at Zurich, said the insurance industry needs to sell itself better and attract quality individuals in order to be innovative.
BIS 2010: Fortis issues SII standard model warning
Fortis has warned insurers against using a standard formula to set capital requirements for Solvency II.
Editor's comment: Speculation over bids
With the deadline for interest now passed, Macquarie — the company charged with finding a buyer for Quinn — can start sorting out who the main runners and riders are for the business.
Xbridge doubles profit in 2009
Xbridge has recorded an increased profit of £3m for its insurance division for the year ending 31 December 2009.
Broker event to be repeated
Leeds-based Henderson Insurance Brokers has attracted 35 insurers to its inaugural conference and plans to make it an annual event.
Quinn now closed to interest
The deadline for expressions of interest in Quinn Insurance closed yesterday, the Irish Times reports.
Power Place goes live with fleet
Power Place has added fleet to its panel of products.
RSA improves arson risk model
RSA has replaced its geographic risk assessment tool with a model that aims to more accurately determine the risk of arson for individual commercial and residential properties.
RSA backs prototypes in aim to double book
RSA is insuring ground-breaking technology prototypes in a bid to help it double its net written premium in renewable energy by 2015
BIS Countdown - finance raising: Back on the menu
With only a week to go before the inaugural British Insurance Summit, Seb Kafetz explains how the appetite for financing insurance ventures is alive and well despite continued economic turbulence.
Penny Black's insurance week
Last weekend Penny was rather royally entertained at Hampton Court Palace for one Peter Cullum's 60th birthday.
“Uncontrolled growth” threatening Baltic Sea, RSA warns
RSA has warned of the dangers of exploitation and poor management, as competition for space and resources in the Baltic Sea increases.
5 years ago: RBSI sees more staff changes
Looking back through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of mroe than 150 years of insurance newss, as this highlight from five years ago reveals.
Insurers show hands over PI renewals
RSA has confirmed it has closed its doors to new clients looking for solicitors' professional indemnity insurance.
Ecclesiastical creates new director of strategic development role
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed Kevin Jones in the newly-created role of director of strategic development.
Arista appoints three in Bristol
Commercial lines underwriting agency Arista Insurance, has made three appointments to its Bristol office.
CNA ties up RSA deal to give it access to 142 countries
CNA has entered into an agreement that provides its US-based corporations with access to RSA's global network.
Post Europe Interview – Tara Kneafsey
Latvia’s insurance market is young and has been hit hard by the global recession, Tara Kneafsey, CEO of RSA Latvia, Balta, talks to Stephanie Denton about how the market has been able to innovate and how holding rates will be crucial to future survival.
Exclusive online content now available
Insurance Insight September is now live with an in-depth interview RSA’s Latvian CEO Tara Kneafsey, a review of the Danish insurance market, and an analysis of where the best place is to headquarter a European insurer.
Corporates seek insurer credit rating assurances
Aviva is receiving a surge in enquiries from corporate clients worried about insurer credit ratings.
Exclusive marine content now available on Post Europe
In Post Europe's latest "View from the Top" article RSA’s Richard Turner predicts what the major talking points will be at the at the International Union of Marine Insurance conference taking place in a few weeks.
View from the Top - Meeting the challenge of a new decade in marine
The International Union of Marine Insurance holds its annual conference in Zurich this September, where it will be debating the common theme of ‘Meeting the challenge of a new decade’.
View from the Top - Meeting the challenge of a new decade in marine
The International Union of Marine Insurance holds its annual conference in Zurich this September, where it will be debating the common theme of ‘Meeting the challenge of a new decade’.