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UK unwilling to expand Pool Re.
The UK government has told the British insurance sector and business at large that they must prove a...
Rule Britannia.
The Commercial Court recently held that the English courts had the right to rule on three actions disputing bodily injury claims. John Butler examines its conclusions.
Appointment at Transamerica Re.
Transamerica Re has appointed Peggy Ettestad chief operations officer. She has spent the last 24 yea...
Late notice dismissed.
The US state of New Hampshire recently applied a New York standard for gross negligence to a late notice defence, enabling a reinsurer to avoid fulfilling its contractual obligations to the reinsured. Tracey Discepolo reports.
AIG sues for terror payments.
Four subsidiaries of AIG are suing their catastrophe reinsurer American National Insurance for alleg...
Am Re's international arm goes to Munich.
Jobs could be under threat at American Re after it announced the transfer of its international opera...
Appointment at Aon.
Broker Aon has appointed Steven Bensinger chief financial officer, Marshall Turner president of prop...
Safeco is to acquire Swiss Re's medical and group life business.
US insurer Safeco is to acquire Swiss Re's medical excess of loss and group life insurance business ...
Will Budget IPT threat move insurers?
The Budget is looming and it could be a crucial one for the insurance industry. The Association of B...
Helphire creates a new trading division.
Accident management company Helphire has created a new trading division InsureAssist and acquired e-...
Appointment at Endurance Specialty Insurance.
Endurance Specialty Insurance, a new, global provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsur...
Cox cuts commercial to focus on motor.
The turbulent world of listed Lloyd's vehicles has received another major jolt, with Cox Insurance H...
Appointment at Amelans.
Amelans has extended its personal injury practice with the appointment of Nick Upright as head of th...
Not singled out ...
I should like to apologise to Dan Harwood for the offence my letter clearly caused him - especially ...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Quentin Underhill, a partner in James Chapman & Co's personal injury department, has become the Nort...
Primary snaps up Wensum.
The Primary Group has acquired Norwich-based telebroker Wensum Agency Insurance Brokers, its first f...
Flood: Insurers left to survey damage.
Insurers were left to survey the damage this week, after severe flooding caused by steady rains spre...
All aboard for Lutine Regatta.
Post Magazine is sponsoring this year's First Title Lutine Lineslip Regatta, the premier yachting ev...
BIA: you have got to be in it ...
Have you entered the 2002 British Insurance Awards yet? No? Then now is the time to get working on t...
Sirius has signed broker Hall and Clarke to use system.
Software developer Sirius has signed Middlesex-based broker Hall and Clarke up to use its broking so...
insurE-com has signed a partnership with evesham.com.
Insurance software provider and industry portal insurE-com, has signed a partnership with PC and ser...
Ecclesiastical Insurance appoints Simon Whitson.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has appointed Simon Whitson as its manager responsible for its customer rel...
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers call for fixed fees.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has called for the introduction of fixed fees "sooner rather than lat...
What the papers said this week.
The Daily Telegraph Upmarket retailer Selfridges has seen its insurance premiums soar almost five...