News/Reinsurance
Hands up who's hurt.
Hand injuries were the most frequent accidental injury claim by British builders over the last two y...
Town & Country Assistance opens training suite.
Motor claims insurance specialist Town & Country Assistance has opened a training suite which will i...
Ground-broking.
Benfield Greig has been one of the more successful mergers of recent years. Its focus on business objectives and quality systems solutions has given it the edge, says David Worsfold.
Appointment at Haven Knox-Johnston.
Alick Hodgson has been appointed yacht underwriter by specialist pleasure craft insurer Haven Knox-J...
A meeting of minds
Now in its third year, the Cavell Commutations Rendez-Vous is attracting larger and larger numbers. Stephen Banks reports.
Double prediction of hurricane trouble.
This year's hurricane season is set to be more active than usual, according to predictions from two ...
Cologne Re warns of "considerable loss".
Cologne Re has warned shareholders that its 1998 underwriting result is "not satisfactory". Final...
Re - Special August Issue - Facts at your fingertips.
The reinsurance market is truly in the midst of unprecedented change. Operations are being merged...
Ace syndicate merger plan blocked.
Names on John Charman's syndicate 488 have blocked the merger by Bermudian insurer Ace's Lloyd's sub...
Brokers opt for new identities.
New logos have just been unveiled by two of the market's top brokers. Last month Willis Corroon l...
International business assistance.
A new company has been set up help UK health insurers exploit opportunities to expand into internati...
Appointment at Stockton Re.
Kirsty Gray has been appointed as a principal at Stockton Reinsurance's representative office in Lon...
City denies talk of a £10m sale of RSA to CGU.
Reports that insurer CGU is to bid £10bn for Royal & Sun Alliance have been widely discredited by bo...
Dave Moorcroft of UK Athletics.
On their marks are Dave Moorcroft of UK Athletics, 400m gold medalist Mark Richardson, U19 sprint ch...
Falling for charity.
Five volunteers from Eagle Star Insurance are to abseil 100ft down the Renaissance Hotel in Reading ...
Staff are the stars of Willis campaign.
The risk management and insurance intermediary group formerly known as Willis Corroon has launched a...
Tobacco victory.
In one of the first passive smoking lawsuits to come to trial, the family of a Mississippi barber lo...
Miller breaks ribbon.
Miller Insurance won its first Insurance Athlet-ics Club road relay championship over the 2.5 mile c...
Torrential storms flood offices of McLarens Toplis.
It never rains but it pours. Following a torrential storm last week, the world caved in on chartered...
Allianz buys two ventures made in Taiwan.
The giant Zurich Financial Services has sold off two Taiwan ventures to its arch rival Allianz of Ge...
CIS has faith in Rovers' return.
Co-operative Insurance is to continue to back Blackburn Rovers - despite the fact that the Lancashir...
Reinsurers on awards shortlist.
Seven companies have overcome tough competition to make it onto the shortlists for the two reinsuran...
RAA officers.
John Smithson has been elected chairman of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). He is chair...
Chubb joins RAA.
New Jersey-based reinsurer Chubb Re has joined the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), bringin...