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Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Brendan Harker has been recruited as associate director within the insurance broking division at Sma...
Putting money on the horses?
The equine sector is not as stable as it once was. Far from being a safe bet, many insurers are becoming saddled with damaging losses as rising liability and other claims begin to buck the trend, warns Rachel Gordon.
A record year of profit for private motor.
A record year of profit for private motor has led to a 16% rise in broker-only insurer MMA's overall...
Takeover talks fail as Crawford plans expansion.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co's planned expansion in the Irish market is understood to have foundered, ...
Miller and GAB win Axa business in Ireland.
Loss adjusters Miller Farrell and GAB Robins have been appointed as the major service providers for ...
What the papers said this week.
Financial Times The bill from the May Day demonstrations last week has been estimated at £5m - a ...
Chubb now buying reinsurance on eReinsure
The property and casualty insurance group Chubb said it had become the first major insurer in the US ...
Partner Re ups premium growth target
Bermuda-based Partner Re made a net profit of $63.3m for the first quarter of 2002, down from $95.9m ...
Chubb hunts new CEO as O'Hare quits.
US giant Chubb is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer, following a decision by long-time h...
The Folgate Partnership confirms relationship.
The Folgate Partnership has confirmed it has entered into a strategic relationship with Link Underwr...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Towry Law has established quite a comprehensive marketing site here, which only falls down in a few ...
Appointment at Rubicon.
Rubicon Corporation, the insurance services and solutions provider, has taken on Wendy Frampton as h...
Appointment at MW Appointments.
Specialist insurance and reinsurance agency MW Appointments has taken on three new members of staff....
ABI concerns over directive.
The Association of British Insurers said this week it was concerned at the timescales set to be impo...
Call centre problems hit brokers.
The article Hanging on the telephone (PM Annual Insurance Survey, 29 November 2001, p16) only touche...
Ireland must tackle motor issue.
It is now just over two years since the UK introduced the Woolf reforms to the civil justice system ...
80 years ago.
Making money out of motor insurance has long proved to be a hard nut for many insurers to crack. In ...
Ecclesiastical defends poor overseas results.
Ecclesiastical Insurance this week said it remained committed to its loss-making overseas operations...
Tysers recruits senior Miller duo.
Lloyd's broker Tysers has recruited a duo of senior brokers from Miller Insurance Group to help esta...
Ockham Holdings appoints non-executive director.
Ockham Holdings, which owns Lloyd's motor insurer Highway, has appointed Ross Dunlop as a non-execut...
Appointment at Wilby.
Halifax-based Wilby has made several new appointments. Vincent Claxton, Jayne Moss and Phil Mayes wi...
Aon to complete spin-off of subsidiary.
Broker Aon intends to complete the spin-off of its underwriting subsidiary, Combined Specialty, duri...
Germany may cover terror.
Germany's insurance trade association expected the German government to decide by early May whether ...
Reweb - First seen on the Reinsurance website
Munich Re has reported a provisional group profit of EUR250m in 2001, a drop of EUR1.5bn from the pr...