Personal
PCA opens files in cycle accident.
R (on the application of Anthony Green & Others) v Police Complaints Authority & Others. (Administrative Court - 21 December 2001)
Swiss Re in claims dispute.
Swiss Re could go to arbitration with US life insurer Lincoln National over its purchase last year o...
Airmic chief set to move to RSA.
The current chairman of the Association of Insurance and Risk managers, Philip Thomas, is set to joi...
What the papers said this week.
The Guardian A teacher attacked by a pupil won £190,000 damages in the High Court last week, in w...
Goshawk Insurance to provide international crisis management
Listed Lloyd's insurer Goshawk Insurance has teamed up with risk management specialist Hill & Associ...
ING buys stake in Brazilian insurer.
Dutch banking group ING is set to acquire 49% of Brazilian insurer Sul America for an undisclosed su...
Appointment at Cubitt Consulting.
Ross Gow has joined Cubitt Consulting, the corporate communications company, as director of its newl...
Finding the cracks in subsidence claims.
In some situations, solicitors will be asked to pursue recoveries if a subsidence claim is dragging out. The success or failure of this will depend on the co-operation of the policyholder. Keith Gaston explains why.
UK unwilling to expand Pool Re.
The UK government has told the British insurance sector and business at large that they must prove a...
Rule Britannia.
The Commercial Court recently held that the English courts had the right to rule on three actions disputing bodily injury claims. John Butler examines its conclusions.
Appointment at Transamerica Re.
Transamerica Re has appointed Peggy Ettestad chief operations officer. She has spent the last 24 yea...
Late notice dismissed.
The US state of New Hampshire recently applied a New York standard for gross negligence to a late notice defence, enabling a reinsurer to avoid fulfilling its contractual obligations to the reinsured. Tracey Discepolo reports.
AIG sues for terror payments.
Four subsidiaries of AIG are suing their catastrophe reinsurer American National Insurance for alleg...
Am Re's international arm goes to Munich.
Jobs could be under threat at American Re after it announced the transfer of its international opera...
Appointment at Aon.
Broker Aon has appointed Steven Bensinger chief financial officer, Marshall Turner president of prop...
Safeco is to acquire Swiss Re's medical and group life business.
US insurer Safeco is to acquire Swiss Re's medical excess of loss and group life insurance business ...
Will Budget IPT threat move insurers?
The Budget is looming and it could be a crucial one for the insurance industry. The Association of B...
Helphire creates a new trading division.
Accident management company Helphire has created a new trading division InsureAssist and acquired e-...
Appointment at Endurance Specialty Insurance.
Endurance Specialty Insurance, a new, global provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsur...
Cox cuts commercial to focus on motor.
The turbulent world of listed Lloyd's vehicles has received another major jolt, with Cox Insurance H...
Appointment at Amelans.
Amelans has extended its personal injury practice with the appointment of Nick Upright as head of th...
Not singled out ...
I should like to apologise to Dan Harwood for the offence my letter clearly caused him - especially ...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Quentin Underhill, a partner in James Chapman & Co's personal injury department, has become the Nort...
Primary snaps up Wensum.
The Primary Group has acquired Norwich-based telebroker Wensum Agency Insurance Brokers, its first f...