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Merlin Adjusters : on site at Belfast floods
Merlin’s Belfast office has been on high alert and Adjusters worked through the night, attending affected properties. The company took a proactive stance, mobilising...
Holidaymakers risk facing a Greek tragedy – to care or not to care?
We all want to know that, if we fall ill on holiday, we will be looked after and, if necessary, be brought home. As...
Merlin : supports CILA’S new internship programme
Merlin has been selected by the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) to support its newly launched internship programme.
Merlin will be providing a paid...
KBC : increases stake in Slovenia’s top bank
Belgian banking and insurance group KBC has agreed to increase to 33.9-per cent its stake in Slovenia's biggest bank NLB, Slovenian Finance Minister Janez...
Fitch Ratings : ECJ gender ruling will have no serious impact on life insurers
Fitch Ratings expects UK life insurers to face no serious impacts to their business when they adapt their pricing to comply with the European...
Swiss Re : latest Sigma Study reveals premium decline
Swiss Re’s latest sigma study reveals that global overall premiums declined 0.8% in real terms in 2011. While non-life premiums expanded 1.9% on solid...
ABI : Tidjane Thiam is new chairman
Tidjane Thiam has been nominated by the Board of the Association of British Insurers to become its next Chairman, with effect from July 3....
Europe : Commissioner Barnier assures that regulatory reform will be proportionate and balanced
BIPAR brings together leading political figures in European Parliament on dawn of insurance and financial intermediaries’ revised legislation.
European Commissioner Michel Barnier told the insurance...
Law Society : the first step towards PII common proposal initiative
The Law Society is seeking industry-wide support from brokers and insurers to use its professional indemnity insurance (PII) composite proposal form in the first...
QuestGates : forensic key analysis helps bust keyless car theft mysteries
The introduction of forensic key analysis and other tools has played a significant role in identifying and proving discrepancies in alleged high-tech motor theft...
Mactavish : systemic insurance weakness represents a major failure in corporate governance
A new report on the UK manufacturing industry issued today by insurance governance experts Mactavish highlights a dangerous confluence of increasing claim disputes, inadequate...
Mastek : life and insurance companies are at risk of becoming ‘closed book’ organisations with the introduction of Solvency II
Mastek has voiced a warning to life and insurance companies that they need to improve data consolidation practices ahead of the introduction of Solvency...
Fitch Ratings : affirms Provinzial NordWest’s insurance entities IFS at ‘AA-‘ with a stable outlook
Fitch Ratings has affirmed non-life insurer Westfaelische Provinzial Versicherung AG's (WPV) and life insurer Provinzial NordWest Lebensversicherung AG's (PNWL) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings...
MGAA : MGA’s must focus on EL and PL claims cost and process changes
Changes in the costs regime and processes for handling Employers Liability (EL) and Public Liability (PL) claims need to be an important focus for...
UK : doctors take action over pensions
Thousands of British doctors took industrial action on Thursday for the first time in nearly 40 years, in a row over changes to their...
Deloitte : Solvency II report shows insurers are changing their approach to calculating capital
A report from Deloitte highlights how insurers are preparing for the introduction of Solvency II by changing their approach to calculating capital adequacy requirements. Conducted...
Fitch Ratings : insurers capable of withstanding orderly Greek exit
Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that the European insurance sector should be able to absorb shocks arising from a hypothetical Greek exit...
AXA : signs the UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance
The AXA Group pursues its commitment to Corporate Responsibility by signing the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), officially launched in Rio de Janeiro on...
ABI : UK compensation culture still needs reform
Further evidence of the need to reform the UK compensation culture comes today with an ABI-commissioned survey showing that three in four people have...
Aon Risk Solutions : named risk management and insurance advisor to ISS
Aon Risk Solutions has been appointed by ISS to provide global risk management services and insurance advice.
ISS is a global organization with over 500,000...
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