Analysis
Bursting the balloon
Payment Protection
Non-complying claim is not a bar to fresh action
Richardson v Watson and another (Court of Appeal - 6 December 2006)
Trouble ahead
Brokers' professional indemnity
NHS Trust: first duty is to employees
Buck and others v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (Court of Appeal - 23 November 2006)
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Operational risk management
News - Markel president lambasts Lloyd's aviation strategy
Markel president Tony Markel has launched a scathing attack on Lloyd's recent willingness to accept ...
News - Ironshore starts underwriting after $1bn fundraising
Bermuda reinsurance start-up Ironshore has raised more than $1bn through a private placement of its ...
News - Marsh establishes $1bn sidecar
Marsh has broken its post-Spitzer duck by once again making a substantial investment in the underwri...
How to find your oasis of profitable growth in the Gulf States
Regional profile: Persian Gulf
News - Talbot poaches teams, announces 6% capacity rise
Lloyd's underwriter Talbot is increasing the capacity of its Syndicate 1183 to £325m for the 2007 ye...
Environmentally friendly?
Environment
Fine art and specie - Fac for art's sake
With Jackson Pollock, Klimt and Picasso paintings recently selling for astronomical figures, fine-art fac reinsurance should be in heavy demand. But what is the market actually like? Marcus Alcock reports
News - North Korea takes reinsurers to court in $50m claim
North Korea is currently engaged in a reinsurance dispute being heard in the High Court in London. ...
Financial institutions - Move over, small fry!
Mairi Mallon reports on a highly competitive and dislocated bankers' blanket bond (BBB) market. With increasingly sophisticated crime and a shift toward larger carriers, how long can the savage competition last?
Amusement parks - Profitable amusement
Jeremy Golden reports on insuring the fast-growing and highly specialised theme and amusement parks business
Product focus - Converium takes advantage of relaxation in Brazilian laws to grow crop insurance
Converium has become one of the first foreign insurers to take advantage of the increasingly liberal...
Product focus - Ace Europe expands IT security product
Ace European Group has launched an expanded IT hardware and network security policy, ComputerGuardPl...
Editorial - Keep your friends close, your best broker closer
Dear Friend, The great thing about fac brokers is that they know what is going on from day to day -...
Film - Film insurance: the agony and the ecstasy
Mairi Mallon looks at the status of the most glamorous sector of the insurance industry, the film insurance market - where rates are currently reported as "exceptionally good"
News - Ace brands to remain distinct despite merger
Ace European Group has combined its Global Markets and European divisions under the banner of Ace UK...
Why ERM is not about avoiding risk
Discussing enterprise risk management (ERM) is like holding jelly in one's hands - it's sticky, yet ...
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
Get ready for watered-down warranties
Matthew Line and Jonathan Sacher answer key questions about the Law Commission's proposals for reform of (re)insurance contract law regarding warranties
Product focus - XL launches product-contamination insurance product to combat product-recall losses
XL Insurance has launched a primary food-and-drink product-contamination insurance in response to a ...