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Liability needs central fund.
Without attempting to heap any more problems on the already beleaguered employers' liability industr...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance.
Tim Tozer has joined the team of directors at Mondial Assistance (UK). Mr Tozer has held several sen...
Goshawk reaches GIO settlement.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk has avoided a lengthy legal battle with failed Australian reinsurer GIO, aft...
What the papers said this week.
THE SUNDAY TIMES A shipment of some of the world's finest wines - including a bottle worth £1700 ...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
With a web address like this, it would be very easy to litter this review with thinly-veiled referen...
Endurance to open in London and New York
New Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty has applied to the UK's Financial Services Authority fo...
Hedges moves to Platinum as IPO goes ahead
Bart Hedges, former chief executive of Scandinavian Re, has joined Platinum Underwriters Bermuda as c...
Successful succession.
Succession planning can be a touchy subject, however, insurers, who have to deal with such unpleasant subjects for their customers every day, have no excuse for hiding their heads in the sand, says Paul Picknett.
Mini art show set up at Beckett Group.
As part of Beckett Group and Chubb Masterpiece's sponsorship of the ArtWorks exhibition at Blackthor...
Green Flag to create 70 jobs.
Motoring assistance operation Green Flag will create 70 jobs in Liverpool, where it is opening a mot...
Lutine line-up.
This year's Lutine Lineslip Regatta, sponsored by Post Magazine, saw Ace's European Group sail to vi...
Commercial needs U-turn over crises.
Price increases in the commercial sector have given insurers a bad name. Kevin Pallett believes professionalism is needed throughout the industry to get the rating message across and to turn around the recent crises dogging the market.
Appointment at General Insurance Standards Council.
The General Insurance Standards Council has appointed Douglas Oliver as its new head of monitoring. ...
Hiscox forecasts greater loss.
Hiscox is forecasting a greater loss for the 2000 year of account for its Lloyd's Syndicate 33 of be...
Accidentcare enhances offering.
Motor vehicle assistance company Accidentcare, a subsidiary of the newly-formed Aquilo Group, has en...
Hiscox in outsourcing deal with Attenda.
Insurer Hiscox has outsourced the management of its online operation to IT operator Attenda. The ...
RAC Financial Services to launch new motor insurance panel.
RAC Financial Services, the joint venture established by Axa and RAC earlier this year, will launch ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny had a delightful time at the Isle of Wight over the weekend as a participant in the Lutine Lin...
Reach brain injury seminar.
Post Magazine has teamed up with Reach Personal Injury Services to put on two half-day seminars on s...
ZFS restructures UK general insurance business.
Zurich Financial Services has merged its Retail Financial Services division with its Strategic Partn...
Disaster message not getting through.
It is surprising and rather disappointing that after the dreadful events of 11 September, recent hig...
Putting the squeeze on schemes.
Where there's a broker, there's a scheme. But only those packages that squeeze out genuine added value for niche market customers will survive, warns Simon Threadgold.
QBE tight-lipped on acquisition plans.
Australian general insurance giant QBE is understood to be looking at further acquisition possibilit...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Bank holidays always bring a fair amount of gossip and rumour such as AIG to buy Royal & Sun Allianc...