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Fitch Ratings : Affirms Aegon’s Ratings, Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Aegon N.V.'s (Aegon) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A' and senior unsecured debt at 'A-'. Fitch has also affirmed...
RMS : Models $1.2 Billion of New Issuance
RMS announced that it has conducted the expert risk analysis for two new catastrophe (cat) bonds: Bosphorus Re 1 Ltd. (Series 2013-1) cat bond;...
Legal & General : reveals 22% improvement in lapse rates across all protection channels since 2010
Legal & General clients have seen a 22% improvement in lapse rates across all protection channels since 2010. Thanks to the firm’s early warning...
AXA : launches personal lines intermediary strategy
AXA Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary will launch a new personal lines proposition at this year’s BIBA conference designed to give brokers greater access...
Deloitte research highlights consumers’ attitudes to telematics
Young motorists are reluctant to accept the use of telematics - black box technology – to monitor their driving and set car insurance premiums....
ProSight : appoints Peter Lodge and Stephen Kiedish as Underwriters in New Leisure and Hospitality Team
ProSight Specialty Underwriters Ltd. (‘ProSight’), operating Syndicate 1110 at Lloyd’s, is pleased to announce the appointments of Peter Lodge and Stephen Kiedish as underwriters...
Swiss Re : delivers first-quarter Group net income of USD 1.4 billion
Swiss Re reports a very strong Group net income of USD 1.4 billion for the first quarter of 2013, 21% higher than the USD...
Fitch Ratings : affirms AEGON’s Zest VIF Notes at ‘A’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Scottish Equitable plc's (Scottish Equitable) GBP250m value of in-force (VIF) securitisation fixed-rate loan notes due 2023 at 'A'. The affirmation...
Legal & General : Business Protection Gap stands at nearly £1.35 trillion
Legal & General is leading the way in business protection research and has revealed that businesses in the UK currently have a £1.35 trillion...
QBE : expands political violence business in Singapore
QBE, the business insurance specialist, plans to further develop its book of political violence business written in South East Asia with a three year...
Equity Insurance Group bolsters board with the appointment of 5 Non Executive Directors
Following its acquisition by Aquiline Partners, Equity Insurance Group has announced the appointment of five new Non Executive Directors to the Equity Syndicate Management...
Covéa Insurance to reposition as mid-market regional commercial lines insurer
Covéa Insurance has outlined its ambitions to significantly grow its commercial lines business and has detailed the key elements of the strategy that will...
1st Central : Drug Driving vs Drink Driving – what’s worse?
Driving convictions are taken into account in 14% of all quotes provided by 1st Central Insurance (1st Central), a leading online provider of motor...
HNW motor insurer sees ‘SuperYounger’ demographic shift as affluent continue to purchase high performance, luxury cars
Despite the continuing economic hiatus in the UK, drivers of highly desirable supercars such as the Mercedes SLS AMG, Ferrari 458 Italia and McLaren...
Insurance industry must prepare for future market challenges
The insurance industry must be prepared for future market challenges, the quickening pace of customer-driven commerce and the continuing spread of the digital economy,...
The AA index shows that car insurance premiums are falling
Car insurance premiums continue to fall according to the latest benchmark AA British Insurance premium Index, covering the first quarter of 2013.
The average quoted...
Swiss Re : Group Watch 2013 finds very strong growth in the UK Employee Benefits sector
In-force group risk premiums in the UK rose by 9.7% in 2012, confirming the turn around in the market seen in 2011. There were...
Hill Dickinson Fraud Unit to Share Fraud Intelligence with Metropolitan Police
Hill Dickinson Fraud Unit and the Metropolitan Police Service have cemented their six year counter-fraud partnership with an information sharing agreement. The...
LMA’s Smith gives evidence on piracy to US senators
A committee of US senators has heard from the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) that collaborative working between the commercial sector and the broad range...
CFC : Royal Accolade for International Trade Success
Specialist lines underwriting agency, CFC is celebrating the news that it has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade.
CFC sells innovative...
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