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Fraud Focus - PM's new monthly column looking at fraud from an insurance perspective
According to the National Criminal Intelligence Service, gangs of organised criminals now derive as ...
Royal & Sun Alliance appoints George Culmer
Royal & Sun Alliance has appointed George Culmer to replace outgoing finance director Julian Hance. ...
Appointment at St Paul
Bruno Schuoler has become special risks underwriter within the kidnap and ransom team at Cassidy Dav...
Cox Insurance's broking division buys book of motor business
Cox Insurance's broking division has bought a book of rural/commercial motor business from Marsh's p...
View from the Top - Robert Hiscox, chairman, Hiscox
The role of the property and casualty insurance industry in society is sorely in need of some favour...
Reinsurers hold back on third party caps
Reinsurers have not carried through with their threat to impose caps on motor third party liability ...
Skeleton in the cupboard?
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Sandy Leitch to leave Zurich next spring
Sandy Leitch, chief executive of Zurich's operations in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and the Asia P...
Appointment at Kennedys
City-based law firm Kennedys has promoted two of its senior assistants to partner. This brings the n...
ARF elects new president
The Association of French Reinsurers (Association des Réassureurs Français, or ARF) has elected Thierry Masquelier as its new President. Christian Herzog was also elected as vice-president.
JLT predicts tough pricing environment in 2004
Premiums for casualty insurance, particularly for liability categories such as directors' and officers', employers' and product liability and medical malpractice, are likely to remain firm and even rise in 2004, according to a new report from Jardine…
Hiscox to open Colchester business centre
Hiscox Insurance Company is in the final stages of purchasing a building in Colchester town centre which will be the base for a new business centre handling insurance claims, underwriting and customer services.
CIS begins AA panel membership
As of today, Co-operative Insurance Society has joined the motor insurance panel of AA Insurance (PM 2 October 2003).
Rail difference is risk asset
(Re)insurers need to know the difference between light rail systems and their heavy rail counterpart...
Central Asian earthquake warning threat
Authorities in the central Asian country of Tajikistan have said that the country cannot afford to r...
Personal injury claims costs up
Personal injury claims costs in the UK have increased by 30% between 2001 and 2003, according to a n...
Re-ratings - Munich Re
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Munich Re's insurer financial strength and long-term ratings from 'AA+'...
PMA Capital sells reinsurance
Philadelphia-based PMA Capital has announced that it is selling the renewal rights to PMA Re's finit...
Californian fire bill estimates continue to climb
Estimates for the damage caused by the severe brush fires in southern California have continued to c...
Earthquakes hit US and Iran
The earthquakes, within days, in US and Iran, have highlighted the vulnerability of remote regions with unsophisticated building standards.
Boating decision upheld on appeal - Marley v Cohen
(Court of Appeal - 20 October 2003) The claimant was a passenger on a hired narrow boat. She suffer...
Folgate eyes up FTSE 250 arm
The Folgate Partnership is set to establish its latest hub broker in the West Midlands, after acquir...
UK motor insurers able to sustain profit for second year says Deloitte
UK motor insurers were able to sustain profit for a second year in 2002 after four years of loss mak...
Appointment at XL Capital
Rich Banas, a senior executive in XL Capital's insurance operations, has been given executive manage...