Product liability
Food liability insurance in China: a promising market yet to take off
China has recently faced a number of food scandals leading to a public outcry for safer products. Artemisia Ng investigates whether insurers have the appetite to underwrite this market.
MUM enters international market
Broker-only managing general agent Manchester Underwriting Management is entering the international market.
Liberty Europe appoints Whelan as senior underwriter
Liberty International Underwriters Europe has appointed Brenda Whelan as senior underwriter – crisis management.
Liability - Cosmetic treatments: Smoothing out the wrinkles
With a rise in cosmetic treatments, there is more scope for problems, as the recent PIP implants scandal has shown - whether it is clinical negligence or a product defect, insurers must be wary.
Product recalls jump 27%
UK product recalls have jumped by 27% from 229 in 2010 to a record 291 in 2011, the second year in a row to see record breaking increases, says City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Insurers in the dark over E-coli outbreak
A Lockton broker has warned insurers remain in the dark over their exposure to a widespread E-coli outbreak that has killed at least 22 people and left hundreds seriously ill.
Giles sells life sciences book to Oamps
Giles is understood to have sold its life sciences business to Oamps Special Risks.
Post history - 30 years ago: Preservatives cancer risk fear explored
Looking back through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from 30 years ago reveals.
Gable to review business as profit soars 76%
Gable is to embark on a “complete review” of the business in preparation for the implementation of Solvency II.
Gable to review business as profit soars 76%
Gable is to embark on a “complete review” of the business in preparation for the implementation of Solvency II.
Interview - Michael Walter & Edward Maddison: Engaging the next generation
Lynn Rouse talks to ASL's Michael Walter and Edward Maddison about expanding horizons, operational expertise and engaging the firm's next generation.
Risk report attacks industry failures
The insurance industry's failure to make significant changes to the "deficient" commercial lines sector has been "wholly unacceptable", according to research firm Mactavish.
Macmillan Sheikh launches first scheme for security industry
The scheme will be administered by Macmillan Sheikh under a delegated authority binder agreement and has been developed with A-rated capacity from specialty insurer Inter Hannover.
Glencairn adds to food and drink team
Glencairn, a company within Faber & Dumas, the third-party wholesale brokerage arm of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Jamie Webb as account executive, Glencairn Casualty.
Beazley introduces environmental underwriting
Lloyd’s insurer Beazley has extended global environmental practice to meet the growing demand for pollution coverage.
View from the Top: A way out of the crisis through exports
Following poor economic growth in Spain over the past year, the media has recently reported some good news – news which could, at least in part, be a quick fix for many Spanish companies' balance sheets.
Post Europe: View from the Top: A way out of the crisis through exports
Following poor economic growth in Spain over the past year, the media has recently reported some good news – news which could, at least in part, be a quick fix for many Spanish companies' balance sheets.
Risk update - Health foods & supplements: A healthy risk
Forecasts suggest the global food supplement market could be worth $90bn by 2013. Shaun Randell examines the opportunities and risks insuring this market can bring.
CL reports product recall claims surge
Cunningham Lindsey has revealed a massive increase in the number of product recall claims with their value increasing from £1.5m in 2009 to £16m in 2010.
Zurich reaches ‘toxic sofa’ compensation compromise
Zurich has agreed a compromise settlement with a number of claimants in the ongoing ‘toxic sofa’ compensation battle.
Aon launches new brand protection policy for restaurants
Aon has developed an insurance policy that it claims provides a greater level of brand protection for restaurants than has previously been available from the insurance market.
Fire risks - Counterfeit cabling: Getting crossed wires
As electrical contractors install ever-greater amounts of wiring into modern buildings, the rising incidence of dangerous counterfeit cabling should be of serious concern to insurers, builders and homeowners, says Roger Brown.
Aon warns food industry of walking "blindly" into China media storm
Businesses in the EU involved with importing or selling food and beverage products from China are walking, often blindly, into a potential legal and media storm, according to Aon.
Asda signs up Leeds law firm for liability work
The Leeds office of Forbes Solicitors has announced that Asda has become a new client of the firm.