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Cox hikes capacity to expand motor.
Lloyd's insurer Cox plans to increase capacity for motor syndicate 218 by 20% next year. It said the...
St Paul turns Platinum.
US (re)insurer St Paul was due to close an initial public offering in late June to raise almost $1bn...
That sinking feeling.
Marine experts at a lively Lunch Forum debate at Swiss Re painted a gloomy picture of the market's future. Janina Clark heard why the cycle will never die.
Appointment at XL London Market.
Juliet Redfern has joined Lloyd's insurer XL London Market Syndicate 1209 as deputy class underwrite...
Switch on to marketing.
Insurers have abandoned the scatter-gun approach to marketing, but are their campaigns really switched on to what is needed. Richard Adams investigates.
The Pursuit of Excellence' chosen as theme.
The Pursuit of Excellence' has been chosen as a theme by David Ireland, the new chairman of the Asso...
Primary Insurance forms partnership.
Primary Insurance has formed an insurance partnership with The Travel House Group, in a deal said to...
ABI and BMA finally reach an agreement.
The Association of British Insurers this week struck a deal with the British Medical Association aft...
Businesses fail to rate internet risks.
US companies are continuing to under-estimate the risks associated with doing business via the inter...
E&O: US lawsuit to find if regulatory fines are covered.
A lawsuit filed in New York is expected to rule on the key issue of whether regulatory fines can be ...
Miller Fisher appoints new head of business development.
Miller Fisher has appointed Richard Perry as the new head of business development of its Motor Servi...
Senior management quit Aon.
Two senior directors have left Aon Motor Accident Management in the UK. The departures come in th...
Green Flag introduces SMS text messaging technology.
Motor assistance provider Green Flag has introduced SMS text messaging technology to assure stranded...
What the papers said this week.
Daily Mail A teenage girl who spent hours talking on her mobile phone each day has died from a br...
Churchill development enters second phase.
Churchill Insurance has entered phase two in the development of its broker division. It is unrolling...
Insured property losses from terrorist attack.
Insured property losses from the 11 September terrorist attack on the World Trade Center total $20.3...
Time for reflection on risk.
Risk management was very much in the spotlight this week, with the issue of terrorism cover, or rath...
Once the party's over.
Today's students tend to be tomorrow's professionals and although their insurance needs may be limited while they are studying, many insurers are offering schemes to encourage take up at colleges and universities hoping to reap the rewards later, says…
Appointment at Budget.
The Budget Group of Companies has made Janet Eagle-Smith regional manager for the London and South a...
Property losses from 11/9 put at $20.3bn
Insured property losses from the 11 September terrrorist attack on the World Trade Centre total $20.3...
Insurers cut flood cover.
Pressure mounted on the Chancellor this week to increase spending on flood defences substantially, a...
Gloria Hunniford backs new Post Office campaign.
Gloria Hunniford has thrown her weight behind a new Post Office campaign to raise awareness about ho...
Staff have their say in survey.
Ignorance of the new regulatory regime by insurance company management is alarmingly high and traini...
Onward & upward.
The US attacks have elevated risk management's profile within both US and UK companies. As testament to this, property risk is also coming to the fore, says Martin Fessey.