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New : Insurance90 new multi-coverage insurance site
Promising to provide auto, home or life insurance within ninety seconds, Insurance90 has announced its site’s grand opening. The site offers a variety of...
Swiss Re : nearly doubles profits and repays Buffett
Swiss Re, one of the world's biggest insurers reported on Thursday a near doubling of its third-quarter net profit, allowing it to repay crisis...
Admiral : second biggest riser in the FTSE 100
Insurance firm Admiral ended the day as the second biggest riser in the FTSE 100 yesterday after reporting an increase in turnover of more...
AON Benfield : Impact Forecasting launches monthly natural catastrophe recap
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today releases its latest Monthly Cat Recap report, which provides an analysis of global natural perils in...
BIBA / AMII : industry standard PMI authorisation form launched
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and the Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (AMII) have announced a new industry standard template for private medical...
Financial results : Finland’s Sampo Group posts expected third-quarter profit
Finland's biggest insurance group Sampo posted third-quarter net profits in line with expectations on Wednesday thanks to favourable currency movements and an appreciation of...
Comparethemarket.com : Meerkat book launch draws crowds to Regent Street
Hundreds of meerkat fans queued on London’s Regent Street hoping to be among the first to buy A Simples Life, the first book from...
FSA confirm FSCS funding review delayed
BIBA has received the following communication from the FSA:
In response to industry calls to look at the funding arrangements for the FSCS following the...
Admiral shares rise after third quarter
Insurance firm Admiral has seen its shares rise strongly this morning on the back of a rise in turnover of more than 50% for the...
Car insurance : 2 in 3 new drivers already touched by road tragedies
Two-thirds of teens already know someone who has been killed or injured in a road crash by the time they reach the driving age,...
THB sells Clowes division
The Board of specialist insurance and reinsurance broking group THB Group plc has reached agreement to sell THB Clowes to the Lloyd's broker Ellis...
Lloyds Market Association : London market is now ‘ahead’ in its approach to process modernisation but warns on pricing risk
The Chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), Barnabas Hurst-Bannister, has told the Association of Lloyd’s Brokers (ALB) in Chicago that the Lloyd’s market...
Hiscox : Florida regulator lowers collateral requirement
Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (“Hiscox Bermuda”), a subsidiary of the international specialist insurer Hiscox Ltd (LSE:HSX) has announced that the Florida Office of...
Announcement : Aviva says profits to grow this year as sales rise
U.K. insurer Aviva PLC Tuesday said it is positioned to deliver strong, profitable growth and "outstanding capital generation" for 2010 after it posted a...
Market analysis : Philippine insurance market third smallest in East Asia
The Philippines has been ranked as the third smallest in the East Asian region in terms of insurance premiums, better only than floor dwellers...
Ireland : 400-million-euro deal to shed health staff
Ireland's government unveiled a 400-million-euro (559-million-dollar) voluntary redundancy and early retirement scheme on Monday in a bid to shed staff from the health service.
Health...
AIG to repay 36.7 billion dollars of US bailout
Ailing insurer AIG is poised to repay 36.7 billion dollars in government bailout aid after floating its Asian unit AIA and selling another subsidiary,...
Announcement : Aviva joins forces with Towergate-owned Power Place
Power Place, the Towergate-owned online insurance marketplace, today announced that Aviva is joining its panel of insurers. Aviva will be launching its property owners'...
Transaction : AIG raises $37 billion from Alico sale, IPO
In its ongoing efforts to repay taxpayers, bailed-out insurance giant American International Group in recent days has raised nearly $37 billion through the sale...
Announcement : RBS Insurance set to create 160 call centre jobs in Glasgow
The insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland is in detailed discussions with an outsourcing company over a deal that will create over 160...
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