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Kenyan state reinsurer for sale.
(Re)insurers are being given the opportunity to buy a stake in Kenya's state-owned reinsurer Kenya R...
Captives for KPMG.
Advisory company KPMG has set up a firm to manage 10 captives in the growing captive domicile of the...
Terra gets firm grip on debts.
The Bermudian holding company of the Terra Nova group increased its second quarter operating earning...
Blanch buys retro.
Broker E.W. Blanch has acquired specialist retrocessional reinsurance broker Dunn & Carter. The oper...
Here we go again.
There has been a fairly steady stream of takeovers, buyouts and alliances in the insurance and reins...
Managers poised to buy Zurich Re UK.
A proposed management buyout of Zurich Re (UK) has raised further questions over the future of Eagle...
Appointment at IRMG.
Anthony Stelling has joined International Risk Management (Cayman) as president. He was previously w...
The great class vanishing act.
Peter Chaffetz and Kathleen Gardner assess the impact of the recent wave of 'vanishing premium' class actions.
Lloyd's to host IT exhibition.
Lloyd's will be holding its first exhibition for IT decision makers and buyers working in the indust...
Independent Insurance launches advertising campaign.
Independent Insurance has launched an advertising campaign with a twist. The company has decided to ...
L&G provides therapy.
Legal & General HealthCare has agreed to sponsor the 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Minim...
Holocaust commission.
An agreement signed last week between leading European insurers and the World Jewish Congress will e...
Why there is a storm brewing for loss adjusters.
The news that Norwich Union has become the latest insurer to sign up for a sole adjuster agreement o...
Summer sees merger frenzy.
Merger mania has continued apace during the so-called 'silly season'. There are certainly plenty ...
Scottish risk managers gather at Stirling.
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers in Scotland held its first conference and exhibitio...
Salvage firms must put tough talk into action.
The salvage industry has always been one of those areas where the messages both from salvage compani...
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...
Nothing worth cheering about.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
LV sacks 150 staff.
Liverpool Victoria has admitted it's previously "inadequate" training standards were largely respons...
Quick of the Markka.
The only way is up for Sampo after the Finnish insurance group reported good first half figures last...
Insurer acts in wake of bombs.
Increased global tension and the resulting threat of attack on Western targets from groups using the...
Norwich Union Risk Services announces training programmes.
Norwich Union Risk Services has announced details of three new training programmes for 1998. The cou...
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.
Rating roulette with high stakes.
When the world's leading players in the reinsurance market sit down around the cafe tables of Monte ...