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Brokers support London market proposals
The Lloyd's Insurance Brokers Committee has endorsed the publication of the LMP Green Book proposals ...
B&W to merge insurance arm with Deloitte
Actuary and consltant Bacon & Woodrow has announced plans to restructure. Under the changes, the firm...
Lloyd's and IUA to develop joint service with Xchanging
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) have signed a Letter of Intent with Xcha...
GISC moves on solvency requirements
The General Insurance Standards Council has agreed to a number of amendments to the solvency requirem...
London bureaux to merge
Lloyd's and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) have agreed to combine their processing ...
Competition losers?
The Retail Motor Industry has secured a hearing at the House of Commons to air its grievances. An al...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was most concerned last week when she came back to the office after a small excursion abroad t...
Police criticised for lagging.
Detective inspector Michael Dockree of the City of London Fraud Squad said many of the criticisms of...
Figures show Irish market suffering.
The Irish general insurance market suffered again in 1999, according to figures released by the Iris...
Cabotage: adjusters miss out.
The article, Continental Drift, (Post Magazine, 28 September, p25) indicates an underlying problem f...
A question of financial acumen.
I must take exception to your editorial, Status row same old story (Post Magazine 17 August p15). ...
Prumerica seeks European acquisitions.
Prudential Insurance of America, which is not part of UK giant Prudential, is actively looking to ac...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
GAB Robins has recruited David Germaine as sales & marketing director. Mr Germaine joins the company...
Equitable set to be stranded.
Equitable Life could fail to find a buyer at the end of its bidding process, a leading analyst warne...
EU: pension funds agreement.
The European Commission was due yesterday to adopt and publish its proposed directive for the harmon...
Calls to clarify Ogden tables.
The Association of British Insurers and Forum of Insurance Lawyers have called for clarification ove...
Assessing loss adjusting panel reviews.
The results of a number of major loss adjusting panel reviews are shortly to be announced, the resul...
Brokers and insurers optimistic but brokers reduce IT spend.
General insurers and brokers are are more optimistic about business than they were three months ago,...
RSA invests in Smart & Cook.
An increasing number of brokers are approaching Royal & Sun Alliance for equity funding in order to ...
E-claims choice.
"We are allowing complete transparency in the claims process because we know that is what the custom...
Turning the tide.
Delegates at this year's IUMI conference in London were urged to take action on rates. Eric Alexander reports on the wake-up calls to the industry.
PWC tax comparison.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has published its third edition of the International Comparison of Insurance ...
Non-life rates set to rise strongly, says Swiss Re.
Swiss Re is benefiting from rate increases in its non-life business and expects rates to rise at lev...
Conventional wisdom.
European law continues to have an effect on reinsurance cases. John Butler considers the issues relating to the Brussels Convention in Group Josi v Universal General.