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SCOR buys up Revios
French reinsurer SCOR has bought up Revios for €605m. It plans to combine Revios with SCOR Vie, creating SCOR Global Life and in the process becoming the fourth largest life reinsurer in the world.
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Link and Zenith to 'streamline' the business
Motor insurers Link and Zenith have announced they are to start a review programme across their entire range of products, following the acquisition of Rubicon Insurance Solutions Limited’s Maidstone operation.
AA acquires rival broker
AA Insurance Services has agreed terms this morning to Taylor Price & Co, which trades as Direct Choice Insurance.
NU demands fire awareness campaign from government
Norwich Union has welcomed the new guidance covering fire safety reform for businesses, but urged government to begin a major publicity campaign.
Hiscox appoints D&O underwriting manager
Hiscox has announced the appointment of Callum Taylor as Directors and Officers underwriting manager, as it gears up to develop further its D&O product range.
Rating agency voices concern over Lloyd's transparency
The level of disclosure prescribed under Lloyd's much-maligned previous accounting and reporting regime is considered superior to that mandated under the Companies Act and generally accepted accounting principles, according to Standard and Poor's. These…
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has handed the fight for compensation follow...
ABI speaks with the wrong voice
I read with great interest the letter by Association of British Insurers head of liability and motor...
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AIM firm buys £11m business
AIM-listed claims management company Aquilo has bought an £11m supply chain business, IT Solutions. ...
Appointment at Close Premium Finance
Simon Bailey has been recruited by Close Premium Finance as a sales manager for the Midlands. He com...
Schemes increasinglyy important to brokers
Schemes are increasingly becoming important to brokers and their number is set to increase, accordin...
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RSA rejects 'smoking gun' memo
Royal and Sun Alliance has hit back at reports of secret documents claimed as being the "smoking gun...
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Equity in home and motor first
Equity is set to go on a recruitment drive after winning a three-year long contract to provide car a...
Catlin forms crisis-management underwriting team
Catlin has formed a crisis-management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap an...