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Award for Meehan.
Patrick Meehan of Willis Corroon Cargo in Ipswich won a 'Chartered Marketer' certificate at the 'Mar...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bruno Ritchie is joining Hiscox as senior aerospace and engineering underwriter. He joins from AGF G...
Tig Re downgraded.
US reinsurer Tig Re has had its Standard & Poor's insurer financial strength rating lowered from AA-...
Appointment at LPC.
Joe Knoblauch has been appointed director of finance for the London Processing Centre (LPC), where h...
Caring for claims with kid gloves.
Reinsurers are turning to proactive claims management to provide caring yet cost effective long-term care cover. Keith Sankey reports.
Aviation insurers prepare for massive claims.
Aviation insurers are preparing for massive claims following last month's Swissair crash, since Swis...
Why we must resolve conflict.
Last month, Robert Hiscox responded to Robert C.B. Miller's criticism of his recent actions. Here, Mr Miller argues that the conflict of interest debate is far from over.
Keeping up with the neighbours.
Lloyd's has always been innovative, but does it appreciate ART? Alex Beatty explains why the market must get into shape.
Lloyd's expels broker.
Michael Cowie, former managing director of the aviation division of Bain Clarkson and later Bain Hog...
Japanese Partner.
The PartnerRe Group has opened a liaison office in Tokyo to represent the group's two reinsurers, Be...
Rocket crash hits space market.
The loss of a Russian Zenit rocket carrying 12 communications satellites for the Globalstar global c...
What the papers say.
THE GUARDIAN Fugitive underwriter Peter Cameron-Webb, the most hated man at Lloyd's after his lea...
Inheritor generation' pave the way for insurance boom.
Finland is bucking the trend in the rest of Europe with a buoyant insurance sector recording strong ...
NU deal will take it to the top.
The NU deal is subject to regulatory approval but if, as expected, it is given the green light it wi...
Cornhill tells drivers: 'You can help keep rates low'.
Cornhill Insurance has told drivers they can help keep claims down by employing good risk management...
ITT L&E Worthing headquarters will house Ford Insure.
ITT L&E Worthing headquarters will be used to house the new processing centre for NU's new insurance...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Bruno Ritchie has joined Hiscox to develop its telecommunication and aerospace sectors. For the past...
Netsoft's logo on two London cabs.
Leading insurance and London Market network and business provider, Netsoft, has had its logo splayed...
Endsleigh goes on-line.
Students have been given new on-line opportunities by Endsleigh. Following the introduction of e-com...
Insurers slam 'alarmist' rumours of rates hike.
The insurance industry has rubbished suggestions of 30% household premium increases as "alarmist non...
SNL fined £100,000.
Sedgwick Noble Lowndes is the latest broker to incur the regulator's wrath, being hit with a hefty £...
Taking Express route.
An insurance conference heard how one company believes it can help reduce claims administation costs...
The Price Is Right?
In a soft market, price is the key for retail insurers. Jonathan Swift looks at whether shop owners are being sold short at a time when claims are rising.
Changing, succeeding, winning.
The past four years have been a time of evolution for Wesleyan. The stamp of approval for these changes came this year in the form of a British Insurance Award. David Worsfold discovers the company's winning strategies.