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Scots open on asbestos cases.
Specially convened hearings to determine the full extent of asbestos-related cases began this week i...
CSC in Asian deal.
Computer Sciences Corporation and Singapore-based SMP Solutions have entered into an agreement by wh...
Zurich cuts IT staff in restructure.
Zurich this week confirmed that 19 IT staff have been cut as part of the company's ongoing restructu...
Game plan.
Sports events cover has moved into a different league, with insurers offering an increasingly broad range of policies for a variety of events. With the US terrorist attacks adding more pressure, specialist knowledge is the name of the game, says David…
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph British families who watched their relatives die during live television cove...
E-complacency costs insurers.
Insurers were accused of "fudging the issue" of technology at the Institute of Economic Affairs conf...
Aon seals commercial broking deal with RBS.
Broking giant Aon has taken over the Royal Bank of Scotland's commercial and corporate broking activ...
US tragedy dominates opening.
The opening speeches at the Ferma Forum were dominated by the impact of the US tragedy. Maurizio Cas...
Willis unveils terrorism risk e-trading solution.
Global broker Willis has launched an electronic trading capacity to cater exclusively for sabotage a...
Willis secures $200m capacity for terrorism venture
Global broker Willis has created a new electronic trading capacity for sabotage and terrorism for pro...
Stirling buys Exchange FS.
Software provider Marlborough Stirling has snapped up independent financial adviser and general insu...
Appointment at Faraday.
General Re-controlled Faraday has appointed Rolf Tolle chief underwriting officer and active underwr...
Taylor acquisition.
UK-listed Charles Taylor Consulting, which recently acquired Resolve International loss adjusters, h...
Appointment at Specialist Liability Services.
Liability adjusters SLS has taken on two new adjusters Ian Collie has joined at St Albans, having fo...
Aussie insurers will face closure.
Up to 50 Australian general insurers could be shut down, or forced into mergers, if they fail to mee...
Axa reinsurance business surges in first half
France-based Axa wrote Euro 2338m of reinsurance premiums in the first half of 2001 — 58.2% up on the...
Increase in fatal farming accidents.
The number of fatal farming accidents in the UK is on the increase, with one death per week, accordi...
What the Papers Say.
FINANCIAL TIMES Left-handed people may have a much greater chance of developing inflammatory bowe...
The Achievement Award
David Prosser has piloted Legal & General confidently through some stormy waters to achieve solid success - and found time to give the company an important voice on crucial issues affecting the whole industry, writes David Worsfold.
NU: double trouble.
Norwich Union, the UK's largest insurer, looks set to face a fine in excess of £20,000, having plead...
Firstbase in sector push.
Internet services provider Firstbase IT is set for a major push into the insurance and risk manageme...
In defence of technology's position.
Last week it was suggested there is no place for technology in the insurance market, referring to the...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Professor Gray Muneke, who pulled a chair from under one of his students to i...
RAC to recruit 100 new staff.
Motor services specialist RAC intends to employ 100 extra staff over the course of the next year as ...