Insurer
Lehman sues AIG
Lehman is suing AIG for $9m in CDS payments
Admiral awards Questgates
Questgates: serviced Swansea.
How was it for you?
With a significant shift towards buying insurance online, Sam Barrett looks at the ways that consumers can come away with a more positive experience" and how clicks can transform into sales.
Keeping schtum
With the end of the case of Wasa v Lexington, David Murphy and Leon Taylor explain that what the House of Lords did not say, rather than just what it did, seems to be far more revealing.
Still in the game
With the release of its 2008 year-end results, Towergate chief executive Andy Homer speaks to Mairi MacDonald about "boring" accounting rules, those who rule the roost at the major UK insurers, and why his own team is as good as any out there.
KGM has Scottish brokers in its sights
Phelan: targetted approach.
Axa benefits from Swiftcover ad campaign
Swiftcover ads deemed a success.
Lloyds TSB pilot to trial in-house loss adjusting
GI FD Steve Hughes outlined 16 week pilot.
Aviva takes "flexible" approach to rate rises
CEO Igal Mayer linked 21% drop in GI sakes to economy.
Maso ready to sacrifice business in rates drive
Philippe Maso: prepared to lose up to 15% of commercial book.
AIG strikes deal to sell Hong Kong finance operations
AIG has struck deals to sell its Hong Kong consumer finance and India-based IT services units, in its continued bid to raise cash to repay more than $80 billion in bailout loans.
Pick of the week
Axa to shed commercial business; Coversure to grow affinity business; Hubbard to join UK General; LloydsTSB starts loss-adjusting pilot; IAG close to HSBC deal.
Lloyd’s A+ rating reaffirmed
Standard and Poor’s leave Lloyd’s rating unchanged
Berkshire Hathaway to write more casualty business
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is willing to sell more insurance for natural disasters but may be held back by falling prices
Bupa reports flat UK PMI growth
Price increases offset loss of policyholders