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Agricultural insurance in China expected to reach $1.8bn in 2008
Agricultural insurance premiums in China are expected to reach nearly $2bn in 2008, experts at Swiss Re have said in a report.
PICC FY premium income reaches record levels
(Bestwire) PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd. [77633], the largest nonlife insurer in China, said its direct premium income for 2008 reached 100 billion yuan (€10.8bn), a new record for the company.
The US and Asia to lead shallow recovery to long recession, predicts CII
The CII's latest Thinkpiece, the first of a series of six international articles in association with Chatham House, says the current global economic recession was brought about by a rapid and unusually synchronised global slump, predicting that it will…
Cobra boosts its Lloyd's fleet broking team
Lloyd's broker Cobra London Markets has strengthened its motor fleet team with the hire of four brok...
Morgan Cole merges with Bristol's CIP
Law firm Morgan Cole will grow its insurance practice by 50% through a merger with Bristol-based CIP...
Insurer to slash workforce by 10%
Genworth Financial has blamed the current economic downturn for its decision to cut more than 10% of...
Primary: no more staff cuts
Primary General has said it is not planning more job losses or staff departures this year, following...
Broker relocates for growth
Niche broker Aaduki Multimedia Insurance has revealed its growth plans after moving to new offices i...
Appointment at ABI
Mark Underford, assistant technical manager at Groupama Insurances, has been appointed as the new ch...
Swinton returns to NI after IAG acquisition
Swinton is returning to Northern Ireland after more than a decade, following the acquisition of Insu...
The claimant's view: Hard times for health and safety
Will health and safety be a casualty of the recession? When redundancies result in work getting hard...
MBO sees six underwriters signed up in broking return
Hastings Direct is to return to a broking model following its recent management buyout. As predicte...
Bolam scoops New Year honour
Simon Bolam, former chairman of the British Insurance Brokers' Association and former Chartered Insu...
Freight crime on the rise
The amount of reported lorry crime has doubled over the last 12 months, according to new figures pub...
Oxygen heads to Nashville
Music and entertainment specialist Robertson Taylor, a subsidiary of insurance broker Oxygen, has op...
Chubb registers in UK
Chubb Insurance Europe has confirmed that it is now registered in the UK as Chubb Insurance Company ...
What the papers said this week
Bolton News A judge has warned a couple and their business partner they may face jail after they ...
CII shelves Antipodean merger in light of growing losses
The Chartered Insurance Institute has ditched plans to merge with its Antipodean counterpart just we...
Helphire considers job losses in cost-cutting exercise
Helphire has embarked on a cost-cutting exercise and has admitted it cannot rule out job cuts among ...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Kiln grabs senior underwriter from Bowoods
Kiln, the Lloyd's subsidiary of Japanese reinsurer Tokio Marine, has appointed Ashley Gayton to its Syndicate 510 property and special lines division, where he will manage Kiln's international motor business.
Lloyd's broker recruits new MD
Robertson Taylor, the specialist music and entertainment subsidiary of Lloyd's insurance broker Oxygen, has expanded its fine arts division with the appointment of Victoria France as managing director, Fine Arts.
Japanese insurance giants in merger talks - reports
Japanese insurance giants Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Aioi Insurance. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance are in talks over a monster merger after their share price collapsed earlier this year, CNN has reported.
Beat That Quote grows motor panel
PRICE comparison site Beat That Quote has added five new insurers to its motor panel.