Reinsurance
New NMA chairman.
The Lloyd's Underwriters' Non-Marine Association has elected Bill Rendall as chairman for 1999, succ...
Appointments at Hamilton Barr.
Travel insurance specialist Hamilton Barr has made two new appointments to its sales team. Sarah Hil...
Barclays' safe fund.
Barclays Global Investors intend to launch a new traded endowment policy fund which offers high capi...
Jack Miller files his final story.
John (Jack) Miller, the crime reporter and insurance journalist has died at the age of 87, writes Hu...
Eleven in the dock over £2.5m claims fraud.
Eleven defendants appeared at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday charged with conspiracy to defraud. ...
PPP's aid for IFAs.
PPP Lifetime Care has announced enhancements to its products to give IFAs more flexibility when prot...
Son's Nazi lawsuit.
A French Jew whose parents died in Auschwitz death camp during WWII is suing the French government a...
Gun manufacturers under fire from lawsuits.
Whether the gun industry will follow the example of the tobacco industry in being held responsible f...
Toplis director dies.
Mick McTernan, an associate director of McLarens Toplis, Birmingham, died suddenly on Wednesday 16 D...
Prime Health launches GP advice line.
Prime Health has launched a GP advice line for policyholders in response to the results of a survey ...
French SCOR in Russia.
French reinsurance giant SCOR last week announced it had opened a new office in Moscow in line with ...
Ambassador, professional, gentleman.
Ray Hill, president of the Chartered Insurance Institute in 1993-94 and group chief executive of Iro...
Premium Search duo snap up AGF direct arm for £5m.
Former Premium Search duo David Pearce and Philip da Silva have bought AGF's help direct insurance o...
Accounting pilot trial.
Lloyd's Policy Signing Office and Benfield Greig brokers are conducting a pilot trial of submit slip...
Exclusive - Trial and distribution.
The London Processing Centre is set to launch a credit control service following a six month trial w...
IPC Re income halved.
The impact of Hurricane Georges has more than halved net income at Bermudian property catastrophe re...
Bermuda bids for IT supremacy.
Adrian Leonard previews the Bermuda Insurance Data Service, the market's latest electronic system.
Floods dampen grounds for optimism.
Reinsurers at Baden-Baden received an uncomfortable reminder of the damage flooding can cause. Eric Alexander got his feet wet.
Tough talking in the US.
Insurers and reinsurers must manage their companies with "bifocal vision", with one eye on today and...
Marine profits torpedoed and sinking fast.
Just three years ago the marine sector at Lloyd's was top of the class, now underwriters are struggling to break even. Alex Beatty reports.
Don't worry, be happy.
As many of us head into the festive season, it is particularly striking that, despite having very li...
Bermuda's leaders calm business fears.
The Progressive Labour Party (PLP) has been quick to reassure Bermuda's business community following...
General Re buys into Lloyd's future.
US giant General Re has entered the Lloyd's market for the first time with the acquisition of D.P. M...
Reinsurers stem the tide.
Faced with pressures from inside and outside the market, Eric Alexander finds marine reinsurers fighting back.