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Lee Gladwell to leave the CII
The Chartered Insurance Institute's director of general insurance markets Lee Gladwell is leaving the post on 18 July.
AIG board 'disappointed' by recent performance
(BestWire) The board and management of American International Group expressed disappointment at the company’s recent financial performance but tried hard to allay fears that the giant insurer was in a crisis.
Zurich sees signs of rating improvement across Europe
Zurich has reported a 10% increase in gross written premiums globally for the first three months of 2008 to $1.2bn (2007: $1.02bn). Its business operating profit improved 5% to £1.1bn, although its combined ratio fell 1.3% to 94.6% (2007: 93.3%).
Insight reveals CCA winner
Carol Harris of the Age Concern home insurance contact centre has been crowned as the Integra Insigh...
Lawyers warn of fallout from £1m inflatable ruling
Lawyers have warned that parents who hire bouncy castles are more at risk of being sued if a child i...
Insurers back calls for superior driver training
A government review into learner and new driver practices that aims to cut claims has been welcomed ...
An Englishman's home is his hassle
Household: Flood kitemarks
Swinton champions high street as profits rise 27%
Swinton is to launch two new motor insurance websites - Diva, which will cater for women, and Motor ...
L&G unveils new GI MD
Legal and General has appointed former chief executive of Towergate's e-commerce business Peter Grah...
RSA supercedes NU with multi-million pound deal
RSA has won a prestigious contract to be the sole provider of branded car insurance for Ford Motor C...
Homeserve reshuffles pack to find Heard replacement
Warranty, maintenance and repair provider Homeserve has unveiled management changes to its emergency...
Hiscox warns of PI shortfall
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Appointment at XL
XL Insurance has enlisted Colin Ivory and Andy Barr-Sim as senior underwriters for its UK middle-mar...
BGL bolsters partnership arm
BGL Group has appointed James de Rose to the role of director responsible for insurer partnerships.
Big rise in theft of catalytic converters says insurer
A large increase in thefts of catalytic converters from cars has been reported by insurer yesinsurance.co.uk.
Swinton launches two new brands as it reports record profit
Swinton has reported a seventh consecutive year of profit growth with £48.3m (a 27% increase) on increasing gross premiums of £665.8m (up 39%) for the 12 months ended 31 December 2007.
Greenlight Re Q1 net loss improves 63%
Greenlight Capital Re, the Cayman Islands-registered (re)insurer, said that it had reduced net loss to $4.8m from $13.1m a year before.
Select and Protect enters debt management market
Select and Protect has signed an exclusive deal with free debt solutions provider Payplan to offer its customers its range of general insurance products.
Gable enters new markets as it moves into profit
Specialist construction insurer Gable has recorded a profit of £0.51m (2006: £0.25m loss) on gross written premium of £6m (2006: £6.2m) for year ended 31 December 2007.
Arachas launches income protection cover for UK rugby players
A bespoke income protection insurance for professional rugby players in the UK has been launched by Arachas, Ireland’s largest independent insurance and risk brokerage, and the primary force behind the consolidation of the Republic’s brokerage market…
Select and Protect make GI in-roads into Debt Management market
As part of its growing strategy into new markets, Select and Protect has signed an exclusive deal with free debt solutions provider Payplan to offer their customers it’s range of general insurance products.
Hiscox chair hails discipline as GWP dips in first quarter
Hiscox this morning said it had had "a good start to the year", acclaiming that its strategy of growing specialist regional businesses to balance the more volatile international business is working.
European power firms at risk of being underinsured, warns Marsh
The combination of rising demand and insured costs in Europe’s electricity sector could risk leaving power utilities firms underinsured Marsh has warned.
Gocompare welcomes increased visibilty of aggregators
Hayley Parsons, managing director of Gocompare.com has responsded to the Financial Services Authority review by saying : “It is reassuring to know that the FSA has looked into the insurance comparison market and broadly given it a clean bill of health…