Property
Law report: Claimant finds lies don’t pay
Yeganeh v Zurich Insurance Company (Queen’s Bench Division—24 May 2010).
Platinum Q2 income rises
Platinum Underwriters has released Q2 earnings that exceeded Wall Street's earnings estimates.
Postscript - 30 years ago: Alexandra Palace costs awaited
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 30 years ago reveals.
Hurricanes - financial impact: A storm is coming
After a good year in 2009 for the reinsurance industry, Philip Alexander warns of the perils heralded by the Atlantic forecast for this year, as 2010 looks to be beset by stormy weather.
Interview - Glynn Keeling: Out from under the radar
With a high-profile Ebay affinity deal recently signed, Leigh Jackson met Autonet managing director Glynn Keeling to talk about the firm's foundations and its future plans.
Insurers braced for subsidence claims
Property insurers are preparing for a raft of subsidence claims in the South-east of England following a long period of dry weather.
Property restructure sees Tonge join Keelan Westall
Barbon has restructured its property division and appointed former Erinaceous boss and Towergate director Wayne Tonge as head of business within its wholesale broking business, Keelan Westall.
VRS snatches Tesco property contract from GAB Robins
VRS Adjusters is poised to replace rival GAB Robins as the sole loss adjuster for Tesco's global property portfolio.
Lloyds chooses Crawford over adjusting trio after review
A trio of loss adjusters will no longer work with Lloyds Banking Group after it moved to a solus arrangement with Crawford & Company.
Chaucer in Buenos Aires
Chaucer has opened a new office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to access facultative property and related risks in Latin America on behalf of Chaucer Syndicate 1084.
Ex-Erinaceous boss returns
Former Erinaceous boss Andy Halstead has returned to the insurance market with a new property venture called Rent On Time.
ABI: liability classes lead rise in fraud detection
Figures from the Association of British Insurers published this week are expected to reveal the amount of insurance fraud detected and prevented last year by its members rose again, reaching a total of 122 000 cases — up from 107 00 in 2008 — with a…
Bowring Marsh opens Hong Kong office
The specialist international placement broker at Marsh has expanded its footprint in Asia with the opening of its ninth Hong Kong office.
Amtrust Europe makes business development appointment
Amtrust Europe has appointed John Harrop as business development manager at its Nottingham office.
Miller expands property reinsurance team
Former Guy Carpenter managing director Adrian Stewart will join Miller to help lead the expansion of its property reinsurance book.
Consumers weigh up cost of cover
Price remains the key priority for non-life insurance customers, according to Deloitte’s third annual insurance survey.
British Insurance Awards 2010: Opening doors online
Since identifying a group of consumers in the non-standard household insurance arena who were not being provided for online, avantia has not only given access to these five million people but its success story has set an example for the rest of the…
British Insurance Awards 2010: Co-operative champions
The Cockermouth floods of 2009 affected an entire community. With lessons learned from the 2005 Carlisle event, this time two firms coordinated the recovery effort with greatly improved results, writes Stephanie Denton.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Legal expenses: Five go forth
Fresh from surveying broker readers, Insurance 360's Peter Joy lifts the lid on the service provided by the UK's five leading legal expenses insurers — as their brokers experience it.
Fortis invests in household offering
Fortis has invested in a new suite of computer models that aims to predict the relative risk of claims for several insured perils across the UK.
Fortis backs THB property facility
Fortis is backing a new insurance facility for blocks of flats and buy-to-let properties offered by THB Risk Solutions.
S&P links up with Reader's Digest in affinity partnership
S&P Direct has formed a three-year affinity partnership with Reader's Digest Financial Services to offer its customers home insurance products.
BCIS reveals fall in house rebuilding costs
The cost of rebuilding a house has fallen 1.6% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the second quarter of 2009.
Heath and BDML wait on Admiral
Admiral has signalled its intent to underwrite household products from 2011, in a move that is set to impact its current white label arrangements.