Insurer
Junction appoints Colin Graham as new business development director
Junction targets growth with appointment of business development director.
Endurance appoints Zurich excess casualty specialist
(Re)insurer Endurance has announced that Doreen Miller has joined Endurance Worldwide Insurance as a senior vice president, U.S. Excess Casualty, in the large account retail practice.
GIC Re to set up nat cat pool
General Insurance Corporation (GIC Re), the Indian state-owned national reinsurance company, is in the process of setting up a natural catastrophe pool for insurance and reinsurance companies in Africa and Asia
Benmosche denies talk of AIG quit threat
AIG CEO Robert Benmosche has said he remains "totally committed" to leading the bailed-out insurer in a letter to employees after reports that he told the board he may step down.
Expense spared
With insurers seeking to cut costs, legal spend is an obvious target. Companies are now looking beyond the 'magic circle' firms, seeking fixed rate deals and even cutting outsourced work altogether, writes Victoria Riccalton.
Rough justice or a victory for freedom?
A European ruling on group actions looks set to change the legal expenses landscape. Leigh Jackson looks at the ramifications for insurers in the UK.
Protect your liquid assets
The wine cellars of high net worth individuals can be worth thousands of pounds - so why aren't brokers treating them in the same way as works of art or jewellery? asks Veronica Cowan.
An agent for change
One of the early champions of the managing general agent approach at Oxygen, Sian Fisher is taking the model to new territory. She talks to Mairi MacDonald about overcoming the suspicion of insurers and bringing in SME business.
