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Aon Corporation : wins more Readers Choice Awards
For the fourth consecutive year, Aon Corporation received more Readers Choice awards from the readers of Business Insurance magazine than any other firm in...
Aon Benfield Launches Life Reinsurance Hub in Asia Pacific
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today announces the launch of its Life Reinsurance hub for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
The new...
Aon Hewitt : Time spent by pension trustees on investment matters is falling short
New research from Aon Hewitt shows that almost 80% of UK pension fund trustees spend less than 20 hours per quarter on investment-related matters....
Short news : Space Partnership International to develop space insurance fr Nasa
Space Partnership International ("SPI") has announced that it is offering a suite of space insurance products to support NASA's Commercial Crew Development ("CCDev") Initiative,...
Unemployment: California Borrowing $40 Million to Pay Insurance
Unemployment has befallen around 12 percent of California residents and the state has to borrow tens of millions each day from the federal government...
Regulation : China sets new rules for banks selling insurance
China's banking regulator on Monday unveiled new rules governing the sale of insurance by banks as lenders get set to diversify into the area...
Car insurance : rise in ‘cash-for-crash’ frauds sees car insurance rocket by up to 50 per cent in a year
Figures reveal that annual renewal costs are at an all-time high. Industry experts blame the rise on an increase in fraud by ‘crash-for-cash’ opportunists...
Middle East Insurance industry eyes 17pc growth
The Middle East life insurance industry is looking for a growth of around 17 per cent this year after a slowdown in 2009.
"The industry...
Financial results : Hiscox Q3 Interim Management Statement
Hiscox Ltd (LSE:HSX), the international specialist insurer, today issues its Interim Management Statement for the first nine months of the year to 30 September...
Acquisition : UK based insurance trading platform acquired by Qatar Insurance Services
Qatar Insurance Services – the Qatar Financial Centre-based owner of Qatarlyst – has acquired London-based RI3K, a privately-held web-based insurance and reinsurance trading platform.
The...
Short news : Deadline looms for 9/11 rescue workers’ compensation
Thousands of rescue workers sickened after the September 11 attacks in New York have until the end of Monday to accept a settlement that...
Advertisement campaign : new confused.com advert
Confused.com is set to unveil its latest advertisement featuring its animated logo Cara, singing the Queen classic ’Somebody to Love’, later this week.
Voiced by...
Joint venture : Liberty Mutual and Videocon to launch non-life insurance business in India
Liberty Mutual Group, a leading global property and casualty insurer with headquarters in the U.S. and 2009 revenues in excess of $31 Billion, and...
Smallest pension scheme deficits in over a year
The pensions deficit of the 200 largest privately sponsored final salary schemes has reached its smallest level since September 2009 and stood at £69bn...
Latest Road Accident Figures
Road deaths over a 12 month period have fallen to below 2,000 for the first time ever according to today's Department for Transport figures...
AIG : posts 2.4 billion dollar loss amid restructuring
US government-rescued insurer American International Group said Friday it lost 2.4 billion dollars in the third quarter, led by restructuring charges.
AIG said it took...
Life insurance : 50% of UK mortgages not covered by life insurance
The report published by Sainsbury's Insurance on Monday, November 1st, suggests that almost 50% of UK mortgages are not covered by life insurance. This...
Standard Life : UK market strong growth
Standard Life said the UK is “an exciting place to do business” as it yesterday reported strong nine-month growth on its new asset manager-style...
Lucky number seven for Jelf employee benefits
Jelf Employee Benefits had seven successes at the Health Insurance magazine Intermediary awards last week: winning in four categories and being highly commended in...
Solvency II : nat cat calculation ignores 15 years of critical evolution
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is warning that natural catastrophe calculations are ignoring 15 years of critical evolution under the currently proposed...
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