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Aon Risk Solutions : appointed risk advisor for EnviroMission Solar Tower
Aon Risk Solutions has been appointed by global Solar Tower renewable energy technology developer EnviroMission Limited as the exclusive provider of insurance placement and...
Fitch Ratings : July reinsurance price rises will be limited
According to Fitch Ratings, price increases in the July reinsurance renewal period are likely to be restricted to loss-affected sectors unless there is a...
Munich Re : reports return to profit after tsunami blow
Munich Re announced it had returned to first-quarter profit after a difficult start to 2011 hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Aviva : chief executive resigns after shareholder revolt
The chief executive of Britain's second-biggest insurance group Aviva stepped down on Tuesday, becoming the latest victim of a growing shareholder revolt over pay...
Munich Re : Munich Re starts the financial year 2012 with a quarterly profit of €782m
In the first quarter of 2012, Munich Re achieved a consolidated profit of €782m (same period last year: -€948m). Underwriting business performed well in...
Hargreaves Lansdown / Staffcare : create the ultimate workplace savings and flexible benefits package
Hargreaves Lansdown Corporate Solutions, the workplace savings provider and adviser, announces a new strategic alliance with Staffcare, the employee benefits software company.
Hargreaves Lansdown has...
Swiss Re : obtains USD 400 million in natural catastrophe protection
Swiss Re Ltd. secures USD 400 million in natural catastrophe coverage through a newly-formed issuer Mythen Ltd., a flexible programme that allows Swiss Re...
Swiss Re : strong first-quarter net income
Swiss Re reports very strong first-quarter net income of USD 1.1 billion in comparison to a loss of USD -665 million in the year-earlier...
Fitch Ratings : uncertainty remains on availability of flood insurance
The end of the government and insurance industry's Statement of Principles (SoP) agreement to provide insurance in high flood risk areas in June 2013...
Aon Benfield : U.S. severe weather insurance losses approach USD1 billion in April
Aon Benfield releases the latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during April.
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Aviva : shareholders reject executive pay plans
British insurer Aviva said Thursday that more than half of its shareholders have failed to back its executive pay awards, in the latest sign...
S&P : Swiss Life upgraded to A- on improved sustainability of its business model
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Swiss Life's core operating companies to 'A-' from...
MIB : announces outcome of legal panel review
As part of the Motor Insurers’ Bureau’s (MIB) mission to compensate victims of uninsured and untraced drivers fairly and promptly, the organisation prides itself...
Henderson Insurance Brokers : crackdown on bogus road accident claims called into question
Henderson Insurance Brokers Teesside Director Jonathan Willett fears Government plans to crackdown on fake whiplash injury claims will be too bureaucratic.
The Government is to...
Fitch Ratings : European insurers face increased lapse rate risk
The risk to insurance companies of consumers demanding their money early on guaranteed savings products is increasing as early surrender penalties reduce and households'...
The AA’s respons to the second summit on whiplash injururies : “Time the talking ended”
While the insurance industry and the Government continue to discuss Britain’s whiplash compensation culture, the AA says it’s now time for the talking to...
Transactor provides new system for Cornish Mutual
Cornish Mutual has used Transactor Global Solutions Limited (TGSL) to provide a new policy administration system to help guide its Members through the insurance...
Aviva : chief executive waives pay rise
British insurer Aviva on Monday said chief executive Andrew Moss had bowed to shareholder pressure and waived a pay rise that would have taken...
BIS : next step for Government’s new £10 million Start-up Loans announced by Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk has announced the next stage of the Government’s new £10 million ‘Start-up Loans’ for young people pilot scheme.
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CII : free insurance competency framework now available on CII website
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has launched a new insurance competency framework that is available to employers and employees free from the CII website.
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