Commercial
Appointment at Chaucer.
Chris Wood has joined Lloyd's managing agent Chaucer Syndicates as aviation underwriter on syndicate...
Broker market firms under threat in US.
US broker market reinsurers have become the latest acquisition targets, with Constitution Re and Kem...
Linking layers of protection.
John Butler reviews the development of the 'risks covering' aggregate extension clause.
Record set for liability cover.
UK buildings material giant Hanson has bought the largest ever tranche of environmental liability co...
Start how you mean to go on.
Stephen Coward describes the challenges of creating a new global account in engineering and construction for Copenhagen Re Group.
WIN at Lloyd's.
The World Insurance Network's WINconnect service has been used to place a risk in the Lloyd's market...
L&G provides therapy.
Legal & General HealthCare has agreed to sponsor the 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Minim...
Ex-PC raises £1m for hospital from crash claims.
A Nottinghamshire hospital has received over £1m from insurers after enlisting the help of a special...
LV sacks 150 staff.
Liverpool Victoria has admitted it's previously "inadequate" training standards were largely respons...
Mapping out the future.
Jeremy Scott, head of the insurance section of the newly merged accountancy and professional services firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, gives an insight into the future trends of the global insurance industry.
Home sweet mobile home.
They might be the bane of many motorists lives, but caravans have their fans. One such group are ...
Birthday celebrations go up in flames.
The world's oldest transport company's 500th birthday celebrations have gone up in flames. About 60 ...
General Accident backs student expedition.
General Accident has decided to back an extraordinary student expedition. Not content with the si...
Core, what a runner.
Professional Affinity Group Services field development manager Rob MacKenzie is hoping to pip a few ...
Coface turnover boost.
The Coface Group saw its consolidated turnover boosted last year thanks to the integration of Die Al...
Law Reports - Beneficiary was executor.
The nomination of a beneficiary under a life insurance policy on the basis that he should apply any ...
Axa poaches ITT staff for new operation.
AXA Provincial has 'poached' three top ITT London & Edinburgh property employees to spearhead its 'P...
AIG to buy SunAm.
American International Group (AIG) has agreed to purchase SunAmerica, a leading seller of annuities,...
Government has got sums wrong over risk-pooling'.
A leading NHS Trust insurer has announced that it is "saddened" by the Health Minister Alan Milburn'...
Getting stuck in the web.
After a year of surfing through insurers' web sites, Richard Griffiths looks at how they have improved and gives tips to prospective site-holders.
Exclusive - Internet copyright claims to rocket.
Insurers have been warned to expect an increase in the number of Internet copyright claims coming to...
Finding their calling.
Michael Tarte-Booth charts the history of call centres and looks at their booming prospects.
Reinsurance: which way the future?
After all the conference speculation, where is the reinsurance market really headed? Alex Beatty talks to the people who will decide the direction of the industry.
High-performance index to highlight Bermuda success.
Fund managers and investors are to be able to track the performance of Bermuda's insurance market fo...