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Cigna quits reinsurance market
US-based Cigna Corporation is to quit the reinsurance market, having sold its US individual and group...
ALARM chairman's network focus
Kevin McGlone, the new chairman of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers said this week he...
CE&B adjusts numbers.
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle has become the latest loss adjuster to make cutbacks with 125 staff to go....
Suited and booted.
A lawsuit filed in the US by subsidiaries of AIG and Chubb over the restructuring plan implemented b...
Commentary - Report on claims assessors.
The Blackwell Committee has said that it is not right to recommend regulation of claims assessors un...
David Hempleman-Adams flying The Britannic Challenger Balloon.
British explorer David Hempleman-Adams, flying The Britannic Challenger Balloon sponsored by Britann...
Electronic signs.
Online insurance intermediaries and mortgage providers have welcomed the news that the Electronic Co...
Insurers boost market share.
The major European insurance groups have increased their market share in the six biggest markets fro...
Liability: trend spotting.
So often in the past, we have seen trends in the US cross the Atlantic and have a major impact in th...
Focus and NU bond.
Focus and Norwich Union have made moves towards full end-to-end electronic processing for independen...
Penny, reveal yourself! says Reg.
Dear Penny I am so sad to have been a disappointment to you at the Insurance Institute of Ireland...
Life for CGNU.
New insurance giant CGNU, which has been formed from the merger of Norwich and CGU, has been listed ...
Hammond still committed.
National law firm Hammond Suddards remains committed to the insurance sector despite selling its per...
Prior to review.
Oliver Prior of Willis Crime Practice Group has warned organisations that they need to review their ...
Forbes up 69%.
South African broker Alexander Forbes saw its revenue from operations increase by 33% to £228m in th...
Whatever the weather ...
Richard Willsher finds that while everyone is talking about alternative risk transfer, not many are carrying it out. However, he discovers the weather is an area of hot potential.
Standard Life regaining ground in mutual battle.
Standard Life has, so far, not covered itself in glory in its battle to retain its mutual status. It...
Zurich Personal Insurances warns caravan owners.
Zurich Personal Insurances has warned the UK's one million caravan owners that mobile homes are incr...
Appointment at McKinty and Wright.
Four new partners have been appointed at Belfast-based McKinty and Wright solicitors. They are Maria...
NU expands online.
Norwich Union has extended the range of online full-cycle buildings and contents products available ...
Fraudsters sentenced.
Three insurance fraudsters have been sentenced for a total of two and a half years after an investig...
Swiss Re launches online sales.
Reinsurer Swiss Re has launched online sales of weather derivatives - designed to make it easier for...
Bennetts sponsors British Superbikes Championship.
A leading motorcycle broker is reaching for the sky in order to rev up business. Bennetts will spons...
Dimond needs partnership.
I write as claims manager of a non-fault accident management company in the wake of the recent House...