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Countdown to EIS: Q&A with keynote speaker Bart De Smet
Bart De Smet, group chief executive officer for Ageas is the keynote speaker at Insurance Strategy Europe taking place in Brussels on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 23 March. In the first of a series of articles counting down to the event Insurance Insight…
Groupama commercial underwriters relocate to UK regions
Groupama has expanded its commercial team and moved key underwriters to different UK regions.
ACIS develops system to speed up car body repairs and reduce claims costs
A new programme to help car body repairers cut cycle times and speed up workflow has been launched by ACIS.
How will the ECJ gender ruling impact European insurers?
As the national press continues to probe the impact of the European Court of Justice’s gender ruling on the European consumer, Francesca Nyman asks if European insurers can comply and still retain their competitive edge.
The supply chain disappointment
Recent natural catastrophes have highlighted the need to insure supply chain risks, however, risk managers have said they want better products. Jane Bernstein finds out what more the insurance industry can do.
The PPI party
Payment protection is a dirty term in the UK while it thrives on the Continent Jakki May finds out why.
Claims ops director Jim Pittman exits Davies
Claims operations director Jim Pittman has become the first major executive to exit Davies after it brought in new shareholders last year.
Ace names head of A&H EMEA
Ace has appointed Craig Parfitt to head up the analytics and management information team for the accident and health business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Eiopa chairman 'concerned' about Solvency II delays
Gabriel Bernardino, chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, has said in a letter to the European Commission what supervisors, industry and consumers would "benefit most from is certainty on the implementation of Solvency…
Cyber liability poll results
Will proposed privacy regulation increase the need for cyber liability insurance?
Markel International combined ratio up 21% due to nat cats
Markel International reported a combined ratio of 116% for 2011, up 21% from 2010.
Uniqa sees 4.4% growth in 2011
Uniqa group as increased it premiums by 4.4% to €5.37bn (2010: €5.14bn) and in the growth markets in Eastern Europe by 6.5% €1.08bn (2010: €1,02bn).
Ace appoints international accident and health team head
Ace has appointed Craig Parfitt to head up the analytics and management information team for its accident and health business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Zurich applauds request for global compliance database
Zurich has applauded Airmic's and FERMA's focus on increasing the clarity of international insurance requirements.
European insurers face ongoing capital challenges
European life and non-life insurers must make difficult strategic decisions in 2012 with the recent European sovereign downgrades adding to capital pressures, according to Ernst & Young’s new Insurance Industry outlook.
Helphire to investigate Autofocus cases
Credit hire company Helphire is to re-open and review its cases which used evidence from Autofocus with a view to making recoveries.
Polish latest nation to visit UK for fraud prevention tips
A delegation from Poland is the latest in a number of nations that has visited London to learn more about the fraud detection techniques used by the British insurance industry.
Swiss Re and Mapfre take a bigger slice of Admiral
Admiral has extended its existing UK car insurance reinsurance partnerships with Hannover Re, Mapfre Re, New Re and Swiss Re into 2014.
Markel to use investment success to target further Europe expansion
Markel finance director Andy Davies has confirmed the company will seek further European acquisitions this year on top of the German buy of Anglo Underwriting already announced.
Chubb launches online system for life sciences companies
US insurer Chubb has launched an online system allowing firms undertaking clinical trials in China and Brazil to download local insurance certificates.
Reduced capacity in Asia will not affect all business lines
Despite catastrophe losses leading to reduced capacity in the Asia Pacific region, competitive rates are still possible on some lines, according to broker Marsh.
Zurich backs Airmic’s compliance database
Zurich has applauded Airmic's and FERMA's plans to develop a database of international insurance requirements
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Ex-Aon boss joins Ironshore
Former Aon boss Dennis Mahoney has joined the board of insurer Ironshore.