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Miller appoints Lyons to board
Miller has announced that Nicolas Lyons has been appointed as a non-executive director to the company's holdings board.
Earthquake data can benefit insurance industry
The insurance industry has not fully benefited from the increasing amount of earthquake hazard research, according to a leading earthquake expert.
Research into natural hazards published
The International Underwriting Association has published new research aimed at providing insurers with more information about exposure to natural hazards.
Guidelines - IAIS creates core principles compilation
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published a compilation of documen...
Appointment at Swiss Re
Swiss Re's board of directors has announced that it is going to propose Kaspar Villiger for electi...
Making progress
Edmund Megna looks at how the role of the reinsurance intermediary has evolved. What does this mean for (re)insurers?
Profit generator
Environmental risk
Strong foundations to build on
Gulf report
Made in heaven?
St Paul Travelers may be a marriage made in heaven, but such mergers will reduce premium flow for reinsurers
Raising Australian standards
After re-licensing all insurers in 2002, the Australian Regulator is moving to a second stage of Prudential Reforms
No room for get-out clauses
A recent ruling for Eagle Star stresses the importance for reinsurers to follow the settlements
Standards - CEA welcomes first draft IASB rules
The Comite Europeen des Assurances (CEA) has issued a cautious welcome to the draft regulations prop...
Sampling the local goods
By Isobel McCalman, Editor. It is always going to be a struggle to convince anyone who doesn't ever...
Reweb - XL Capital announces fourth-quarter 2003 results
Bermuda-based (re)insurer XL Capital has announced that the company's fourth-quarter 2003 results wi...
Standards - NAIC calls for streamlined regulation
The Interstate Compact National Standards Working Group, part of the National Association of Insuran...
Exemptions - IUA publishes FET list
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has published an online list of the London company ...
CEA backs EU roads campaign
The Comité Européen des Assurances has lent its support to the European Road Safety Charter launched this week.
Moody's report criticises US under-reserving
US P&C and reinsurance companies are still "significantly" under-reserved, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Services.
IUA and CII unite for exams
Marcus Alcock The Chartered Insurance Institute has joined forces with the International Underwriti...
View from the Top - Shoot the sacred cow of annual renewal
David Martin, chairman, corporate division, Aon. It's time to shoot a scared cow. The one I have in...
Taxing issues in the new EU
EU Expansion
Tribune to be investigated
A police specialist fraud unit has started investigating the collapsed insurance intermediary, Tribu...