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Zurich reveals senior travel and personal accident appointments
Zurich Financial Services Group has appointed Brian Armstrong as head of personal accident and business travel, and Steve Coleman as senior PA & BT development underwriter for UK general insurance.
Weightmans offers legal advice to insurers ahead of MOJ reforms
Law firm Weightmans has launched an information portal aimed at assisting the insurance industry to prepare for the introduction of a new motor claims handling process.
New pricing and planning manager takes over at Groupama
Glyn Hughes has been appointed as personal lines pricing and planning manager at the insurer.
Ceta targets expansion
Ceta insurance is planning expansion after posting 2009 new business record.
Awal collapse could cost (re)insurers millions of dollars
Last year's collapse of Awal bank in Bahrain could cost the insurance industry hundreds of millions of dollars, Reinsurance...
Personal injury claims average drops 6% in Ireland
The Injuries Board CEO Patricia Byron reports the average workplace award was 48% higher than in motor.
Allianz agrees salvage deal with Copart
Allianz has appointed Copart to provide motor salvage services following the latter’s purchase of D Hales last week.
Aon lead broker for Ethiopian Airlines crash
Aon was the lead broker for the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed on January 25th, Reinsurance can reveal...
Former Lloyd's Asia boss joins Markel
Markel International has appointed former head of Lloyd’s Asia, Simon Wilson, as director, international development.
Chaucer names head of specialist lines
Chaucer Syndicate 1084 has appointed Brian Everall as head of its specialist lines division.
Arista to widen product range
Commercial lines underwriter Arista has said it is on target to achieve a consistent trading profit from the first quarter of the year, despite tough trading conditions.
Hiscox reports 5-7% drop in reinsurance renewal rates
Insurer says this was expected due to low level of claims and previous high rates.
White Mountains acquires run-off insurer
White Mountains Re, a subsidiary of Bermudian insurance group White Mountains, has acquired run-off insurer Central National Insurance Company of Omaha from Drum Financial Corporation for around $5m, the company said in a statement...
ABI: Winter flood bill has topped £200m
Nick Starling sings insurer's praise in getting Cumbria "back on its feet" following floods.
Validus prices offering
Bermuda-based reinsurance and insurance operation Validus Holdings, has priced a registered offering of $250m (£154m) aggregate principal amount of 8.875% notes that being sold to the public at a price of 98.71% of principal.
Fortis issues advice following cold snap
Fortis has urged homeowners to ensure that they are ready for the problems caused by the thaw following the recent cold weather.
Beazley establish Oslo business
Lloyd's (re)insurer starting business in Norwegian capital
Beazley establish Oslo business
Lloyd's (re)insurer starting business in Norwegian capital
Durham residents most likely to drive into lampposts
Research by Elephant outlines unusual UK road accident
Global economic recovery to slow this year - World Bank
The global economic recovery that is now underway will slow later this year as the impact of fiscal stimulus lessens, the World Bank has said in a report.
Global economic recovery to slow this year - World Bank
The global economic recovery that is now underway will slow later this year as the impact of fiscal stimulus lessens, the World Bank has said in a report.
Storms hammer Los Angeles
Southern California has been hit by a stream of storms, Reuters reports.
Arag: Jackson report could lead to “huge influx of spurious claims”
Arag has warned that qualified one-way cost shifting and the abolition of ATE insurance and Success Fee will have a negative impact on Access to Justice and will see a huge influx of spurious claims.