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Zurich Municipal launches initiative with fire brigades
Zurich Municipal has launched an initiative with fire brigades, designed to combat deliberate fires ...
Chubb raises commercial stakes
Chubb Insurance has upgraded its packaged commercial product, including eight additional covers offe...
Beazley Group reports profits of £22.2m
Lloyd’s insurer, the Beazley Group has reported £22.2m in profit before tax to 30 June 2004.
Chaucer agrees five-year claims deal
Lloyd’s motor insurer Chaucer Insurance has signed a five-year licence agreement for the Claims Outcome AdvisorTM product from Insurance Services Office.
S&P revises outlook on Tokio Millennium Re
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revised its outlook on Tokio Millennium Re (TMRe) from negative to stable.
FA kicks off deal with Davies Lavery
The Football Association Premier League has appointed Davies Lavery Solicitors to assist in its negotiations, advising on effective policy wording, to obtain centrally purchased personal accident and sickness cover for all Barclays Premiership clubs.
Asda launches campaign in Fire Safety Week
A third of the damage done to UK homes by fires last year was not covered by home insurance, leaving...
Post Magazine launches a Financial Services Authority
Post Magazine has launched a Financial Services Authority minded to authorise list of suppliers, in ...
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What the papers said this week
The Times The UK's golfers could find themselves in the red unless they are covered on the golf cou...
Insurers deny data breach
Insurers have hit back at allegations they are in breach of the Data Protection Act by passing custo...
New rating moves Chaucer into Lloyd's top set
Chaucer Syndicates joined 10 other Lloyd's managing agents when it received an affirmed financial st...
Independent Inspections relocates to Preston
Claims services supplier Independent Inspections has relocated to a £3.5m office in Preston, to acco...
Insurers meet to discuss Greenaway
Insurers and key government departments are due to meet next week to discuss the steps following the...
Fortis pledges to hold nerve on rates
Fortis Insurance has promised to hold firm on rates for its major books of business, despite tough c...
Living with risk
Attitudes to risk are all wrong, says Steve Fowler, who suggests that risk need not be seen in a negative light but, as it is a fact of life, should be embraced as an opportunity
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This is an interesting sideline to the home insurance industry (and not a bad website either). The c...
Fitch Ratings affirms Munich Re's ratings
Fitch Ratings affirmed Munich Re's insurer financial strength and long-term ratings at 'AA' (very st...
Fraud Focus
Jamie Taylor explains how EURIM is tackling data-sharing initiatives. It is an ever-present dilemma...
Invaro run-off extended
Invaro's successor, Strathmore Administration Services, said it was still "months away" from taking ...
Appointment at QBE
Alastair Herbert and David Draper have joined QBE as joint underwriting managers for the UK and Cont...
Broker Network acquires Scottish broker
Broker Network Holdings has acquired Scottish broker Ewen C Mair and Co.
Shares plummet as SVB sets aside £103m
SVB Syndicates is expected to record a small operating loss for the first half of the year following a £103m provision for future claims from discontinued operations. However, it added it expected to post a full year operating profit of £43m. Shares in…