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Q&A - Michael Butt: The impact of climate change
Some 67 insurance and reinsurance chief executives recently signed The Geneva Association’s Climate Risk Statement in Canada. Michael Butt, chairman of Axis and co-chair of the association’s extreme events and climate risk working group, comments on the…
Career development & CSR: Sterling launches 2014 graduate training programme
High-net-worth specialist Sterling Insurance Group has unveiled details of its 2014 graduate training programme ahead of its summer graduate intake.
Hartley leaves Simply Business for Danish insurer
Former Simply Business product manager Robert Hartley is to join Danish insurer Qudos as an underwriter.
Interview: Edmund Truell: This man means business
With a career spanning the length and breadth of financial services, Edmund Truell is now muscling into the telematics sector. Post meets a man who speaks his mind about the insurance industry – and, according to him, it’s not all a bed of roses
Market Moves - 26 June 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market
Higos teams up with NCI on pet insurance offering
NCI Vehicle Rescue has agreed a partnership with independent broker Higos Insurance Services to exclusively provide its network of branches with pet insurance.
Insurance Fraud Awards: Deadline approaching
With the deadline of this Friday (27 June) looming for the Insurance Fraud Awards, there is still time to be in the running to win one of these prestigious gongs.
ABI outlines Flood Re SME exclusion stance at Defra meeting
The Association of British Insurers reiterated its view there is no evidence SMEs have a problem accessing affordable flood cover at a meeting between government and representative organisations yesterday.
Non-standard cover available on Keelan Westall e-trading platform
Keelan Westall has made its ‘agility' non-standard cover available via its ‘dynamic' online e-trading platform for residential property risks.
Expats driving demand for private health insurance in Asia
Demand for private health insurance in Asia has never been greater according to Andrew Apps, a director at international health insurer ALC Health.
Trade Voice: Co-operation is key
One of the big benefits of attending a conference is that it brings people with different perspectives together to talk and share ideas, both formally and informally.
C-Suite - Insurer: Putting the brakes on whiplash
The industry must ensure it goes all out to discourage dishonest whiplash claims
Roundtable: Telematics: The future of motor?
To date telematics has been used for niches such as young drivers but, with providers making further advancements all the time, will this be the case in the future?
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 26 June 2014
Penny is no slouch when it comes to sports. She once played a mighty fine game of boules at the 1900 Paris Olympics, don’t you know?
Marsh unveils cyber gap insurance in bid to beat exclusions
Global broker Marsh has teamed up with London market and European insurers to launch a cyber gap insurance offering in a bid to aid energy firms’ effective management of cyber risks.
Tesco Bank adds RSA to home insurance panel
RSA has joined Tesco Underwriting, Axa and Towergate on the home insurance underwriting panel of Tesco Bank.
Axa hires three in South West expansion
Axa has made three appointments in the first phase of its investment programme in the South West which will see the Bristol branch move to a full underwriting operation and the launch of a new branch in Cardiff.
Argo International hires space risks underwriter
Lloyd’s insurer Argo International has appointed Édouard Merlet as space risks underwriter for Argo Global Assurances, Argo International’s Paris-based underwriting platform.
Dual hires Am Trust PA and travel underwriter MacNaughton
Hyperion underwriting arm Dual has appointed Am Trust Underwriting’s Richard MacNaughton as a senior underwriter in its accident and health division.
Brokers largely dissatisfied with mid-market claims performance
The issue of low quality outsourcing operations has been cited among areas insurers need to improve upon in a survey of 180 UK commercial claims brokers, in which only five companies received a net positive satisfaction score.
Lloyd's backed underwriting agency opens in New Zealand
Delta Insurance has launched in New Zealand to try and capitalise on increased market consolidation.
China Taiping's profits fall in Macau
Profits at Chinese insurance conglomerate China Taiping in gambling mecca Macau declined year on year in 2013.
Munich Re's general insurance arm buys in Singapore
Ergo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Re, has bought property and casualty insurer SHC Insurance for €66m ($90m).
Global art consultancy launches
A new risk and claims consultancy firm aimed at the fine art market has launched.