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News in brief - HDI Reinsurance (Ireland).
Rating company Standard & Poor's has given HDI Reinsurance (Ireland) 'AA-' (very strong) counterpart...
XL pays $600m for Winterthur.
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital is to expand significantly its property and casualty business with ...
News in brief - The St Paul Companies.
China has given The St Paul Companies permission for its main underwriting company, St Paul Fire &Ma...
Cox in universal tie-up
Cox Claims Management has signed a two-year vehicle disposal contract with Universal Salvage covering...
CGNU reports worse than expected storm losses
The storms in the UK and France last year cost CGNU £285m, it revealed today. The figure was higher t...
Hitting the Marque.
Hi-Marque, Chaucer Insurance's first non-standard motor product specifically designed for private ca...
Strong results for 2000 cheer Capita
Insurance industry services provider The Capita Group has reported strong results for the year ended ...
Barclays net launch.
Barclaycard is to launch iMoney.co.uk in the summer, a new online financial products service that wi...
Insurers lag behind in Direct Debit stakes.
A new report claims that the insurance industry is missing out on the benefits of customer retention...
Professional Indemnity Insurance for art dealers - For art's sake.
In the seventh of our technical briefings in association with the CII Society of Fellows, Andrew Jobson BSc, FCII analyses whether professional indemnity insurance is appropriate for art and antique dealers.
Winterthur sale.
Bermudian insurer XL Capital is to purchase Winterthur's property and casualty business for £411m ($...
Halifax sets insurance focus.
The Halifax's personal lines insurance business recorded a £16m rise in income last year to £242m, w...
LifeQuote signs up brokers.
General insurance and mortgage brokers are to be offered term assurance and critical illness via a n...
Zurich looks to tied agents.
Zurich Personal Insurances has said it is prepared to "get involved in a dialogue" with potential ti...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Adam Gittins has been appointed as the new branch manager at Ecclesiastical's Bristol and Cardiff of...
Appointment at Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter.
Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter (HHWJW), the City-based marine and commercial law firm, has...
ABI to investigate employment tribunals.
The Association of British Insurers is working to raise insurers' awareness of the growth in employm...
Who pays up not the issue.
Insurers were caught in a pincer movement of rising costs and rising claims volumes, remarked Tony B...
Spectra in London.
Spectra Securities Software, which provides wealth management technology solutions to the insurance,...
Brokers just add costs.
The Consumer Association of Ireland has launched a scathing attack on the country's motor insurance ...
Broker networks doomed to fail.
Many broker alliances and networks will not survive in the long term, according to Countrywide Insur...
Standard Life set to advertise in cinemas.
Standard Life is set to hit cinema screens next month with the seventh commercial in its family-base...
PIA fines John Lamb.
John Lamb Partnership, based in south-east London, has been fined £10,000 by the Personal Investment...
Smart & Cook sets up new Leeds division.
Smart & Cook has set up a new 14-strong Leeds-based corporate division, Smart & Cook Consulting, led...