Ireland
Former Setanta boss McLoughlin joins Matthews at Sevitt
Deirdre McLoughlin, Setanta Insurance's former general manager in Ireland, has returned to the recently expanded Sevitt Group as project director.
MSI Management cites 'favourable business environment' following Dublin move
Mitsui Sumitomo service company MSI Management UK and Ireland is to open a Dublin headquarters to be the intermediary hub for regional underwriting business, underwritten by Syndicate 3210 at Lloyd's.
Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd's opens in Dublin and creates 30 jobs
MSI Management UK and Ireland, the new service company of Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd's, is opening a Dublin headquarters.
Aviva's Moss resigns following pay vote furore
Beleaguered Aviva boss Andrew Moss has bowed to pressure for his resignation following the embarrassment of last week’s shareholder revolt over executive remuneration.
Q&A: Vienna Insurance Group CEO Gunter Geyer
While the economic turmoil of the Eurozone crisis and heavy catastrophe losses eroded the bottom line of many European insurers in 2011, Vienna Insurance Group enjoyed the most profitable year in the group’s history, and avoided having its A+ credit…
Aviva shareholders reject executive pay package at AGM
Insurer Aviva has lost the vote on executive pay at its annual shareholders meeting.
Redomiciling: London calling as tax changes make the UK more attractive
Will a reduction in corporation tax and changes to the Controlled Foreign Companies regime make the UK a more attractive place to domicile?
Price-comparison model questioned as Admiral casts off Italian Chiarezza
Admiral's sale of its Italian aggregator Chiarezza on Monday demonstrates a failure adequately to invest in overseas ventures, and further withdrawal from European aggregators is a possibility for the insurer, according to one analyst.
Ace appoints new leaders of UK and Ireland Retail
Ace Group has promoted a number of senior staff within its Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
Liberty offers better car after write offs
Liberty Insurance in Ireland, which took over the Quinn business, has said it will replace written off cars with a newer model or one worth 20% more.
Matthews takes up role as Sevitt CEO
Mike Matthews, the former chief executive of Setanta, has reprised his role as CEO of business solutions provider Sevitt, almost after year after leaving the Irish insurer.
Mayer leaves Aviva as part of management restructure
Igal Mayer has left Aviva as part of a mangement restructure to 'simplify' and 'focus' the business, after little more than a year in his role.
Price-comparison model questioned as Admiral casts off Italian Chiarezza
Admiral's sale of its Italian aggregator Chiarezza on Monday demonstrates a failure adequately to invest in overseas ventures, and further withdrawal from European aggregators is a possibility for the insurer, according to one analyst.
Setanta chief returns to industry as business solutions boss
The former chief executive of Setanta, Mike Matthews, has reprised his role as CEO of business solutions provider Sevitt almost a year after he left the Irish insurer.
Quinn's UK losses rise to €1bn
The collapse of Quinn Insurance could leave Irish policyholders footing a bill for up to €1bn, more than €400m than the original estimate, according to the Irish Independent.
Ecclesiastical targets rapid growth in Ireland
Specialist faith insurer Ecclesiastical plans to treble the size of its Irish business over the next five years, according to a report in the Irish Times.
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Ecclesiastical posts loss, despite Ireland performance
Specialist faith insurance providers Ecclesiastical made an overall pre-tax loss of £7.7m for the full year 2011.
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Aviva Europe operating profits up 26%
Aviva Europe's general insurance and health operating profit increased by 26% to £137m for the full year 2011.
Liberty CEO talks up China, India and Quinn after 87% drop in pre-tax income
Liberty Mutual has reported net income of $284m and $365m for the three and twelve months ended 31 December 2011, decreases of $292m and $1.313bn from the same periods in 2010.
Insurers avoid conviction for Irish data breach
Three insurance companies have avoided criminal convictions for possessing personal information obtained by a private detective from a leak in the Department of Social Protection, according to reports in the Irish press.
Assurant makes senior European appointments
Assurant Solutions today announces the appointments of Graham Luckett as senior compliance officer for Europe and Robert Moorehead-Lane as European chief risk officer.
European construction – back to good health?
Construction markets have suffered across the globe with the financial downturn biting hard. Edward Murray investigates whether there are any glimmers of hope for the European market in 2012.