Reinsurance
Prime Health launches GP advice line.
Prime Health has launched a GP advice line for policyholders in response to the results of a survey ...
French SCOR in Russia.
French reinsurance giant SCOR last week announced it had opened a new office in Moscow in line with ...
Ambassador, professional, gentleman.
Ray Hill, president of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1993-94 and group chief executive of Iro...
Premium Search duo snap up AGF direct arm for £5m.
Former Premium Search duo David Pearce and Philip da Silva have bought AGF's help direct insurance o...
Accounting pilot trial.
Lloyd's Policy Signing Office and Benfield Greig brokers are conducting a pilot trial of submit slip...
Exclusive - Trial and distribution.
The London Processing Centre is set to launch a credit control service following a six month trial w...
IPC Re income halved.
The impact of Hurricane Georges has more than halved net income at Bermudian property catastrophe re...
Bermuda bids for IT supremacy.
Adrian Leonard previews the Bermuda Insurance Data Service, the market's latest electronic system.
Floods dampen grounds for optimism.
Reinsurers at Baden-Baden received an uncomfortable reminder of the damage flooding can cause. Eric Alexander got his feet wet.
Tough talking in the US.
Insurers and reinsurers must manage their companies with "bifocal vision", with one eye on today and...
Marine profits torpedoed and sinking fast.
Just three years ago the marine sector at Lloyd's was top of the class, now underwriters are struggling to break even. Alex Beatty reports.
Don't worry, be happy.
As many of us head into the festive season, it is particularly striking that, despite having very li...
Bermuda's leaders calm business fears.
The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) has been quick to reassure Bermuda's business community following...
General Re buys into Lloyd's future.
US giant General Re has entered the Lloyd's market for the first time with the acquisition of D.P. M...
Reinsurers stem the tide.
Faced with pressures from inside and outside the market, Eric Alexander finds marine reinsurers fighting back.
Swiss Re buys Life Re.
Swiss Re has completed the acquisition of Life Re for approximately £1bn. The move will enable th...
Sponsored racing driver.
Post Magazine/Eversheds sponsored racing driver Adam Richardson recently collected his award for fin...
Appointment at Strategic Insurance Services.
Strategic Insurance Services has recruited Matthew Chilton as a senior broker. Previously Mr Chilton...
Commission: the root of all mis-selling?
Pots, kettles and the colour black came quickly to mind when I read Sir Mark Weinberg's comments on ...
Crisis control in Asia.
Uncertainty was the unofficial theme but optimism persisted at the EAIC conference in Macau, reports Alex Beatty.
Hanover Re to buy back shares.
German reinsurer Hannover Re is to buy back 10% of its shares following approval of the move by shar...
Fighting to build on firm foundations.
The French reinsurance market looks good on paper, but the end of a run of low losses and other market developments may cause problems, reports Adrian Leonard.
Kiln/BHIL merger.
The "over competitive" motor market has led to Lloyd's insurers Kiln merging part of its back office...
Coming up for air.
With marine rates still stuck falling, Eric Alexander reports that at last there are signs that the market's four-year slide may be coming to an end.