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New Year's awards for industry figures.
Victor Haslett, a former vice president of the Chartered Insurance Institute, was awarded a CBE in th...
Job losses set to follow Rubicon deal.
The acquisition of Link Insurance by virtual provider Rubicon (PM, 13 December 2001), will mean the l...
GISC gets retail brand backing.
Retail brands that had previously failed to sign up to the General Insurance Standards Council look l...
Spencer in motor drive with MBO.
Broker marketing organisation Markerstudy has moved to boost its fledgling insurance company operatio...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Hiscox syndicate 33 has appointed Philip Perry as underwriter for fire and property. He will join Ph...
Inreon deal leads to closure.
Reinsurance internet trading platforms Inreon and Reway have joined forces in a move that will see ...
All systems are go for London market reforms.
You recently warned of the consequences of failing to introduce the market modernisation enshrined i...
A fine comment.
With regard to the story "AIG could face massive fine for Paddington crash" (PM, 6 December, p1), wh...
Appointment at Rainbow International.
Rainbow International, disaster restoration specialists, has recruited Adrian Morton to head up its ...
Fortis crash costs capped.
Fortis Group's exposure to the Selby rail disaster has been capped at £1.5m, despite estimates that ...
Malpractice: St Paul quits market.
US insurer St Paul is set to exit the UK medical malpractice market, with concomitant job losses, on...
Pakistan to consider terror pool.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is expected to submit a detailed proposal ...
ReBriefs - Court case against Merrion Re executives is adjourned.
The court case against three executives of Ireland's Merrion Re at Southwark Crown Court in the UK h...
St Paul Re cuts to stem losses.
US (re)insurer St Paul is aiming to halve its reinsurance losses in 2002 by exiting unprofitable lin...
France covers terror cost.
The French government is to pay terrorism insurance losses above EUR1.5bn a year, through the state-...
ReBriefs - Standard & Poor's withdraws rating.
Standard & Poor's has withdrawn its 'AA-' (very strong) insurer financial strength rating of Spain's...
Deadline set for WTC case
The discovery phase of Swiss Re's action seeking to limit payment to World Trade Center (WTC) leaseho...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was most impressed when the bods at Lloyd's invited her to look at the new telecom technology ...
David Botell picks up award.
David Botell, e-commerce project manager at AA Insurance Services, picked up the award for the Best ...
Gibbs to head Axa.
Axa UK has confirmed that Keith Gibbs will be appointed chief executive of Axa PPP healthcare. He wi...
Win a trip to Japan and South Korea next summer.
Play your part in the insurance industry's definitive annual salary and workplace survey and enter ou...
Clients face dangerous exposure.
Companies have found themselves "dangerously exposed" because insurers have failed to communicate op...
Rubicon in Lloyd's Link-up.
Rubicon, the insurance services provider, is set to acquire Link Insurance from Lloyd's managing age...
Highway robbery.
The expected recession is likely to spark a rise in fraud and the most lucrative area in which to make a fast buck is motor insurance. Just how many vehicles on our roads could be involved is unclear, but insurers need to tackle the problem now, says…