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Acquisition : Oval acquires insurance broking specialists O’Neill and Bramwell
O'Neill and Bramwell specialise in providing insurance broking services to the advertising, production and event industries. The company established for ten years has a...
Monaco : Reinsurers float $20 billion plan for BP-type blowout
A scheme floated here at an annual meeting of giants in the insurance industry could come up with a 20-billion-dollar insurance payout if an...
Fidelity : variable annuity fees cut for financial advisers
To attract more financial fee-based advisers, Fidelity Investments' life insurance arm has cut fees on its Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity. Fees on the variable...
Sale : Hiscox sells US animal mortality business
Hiscox Ltd, the international specialist insurer, announced today that it has agreed to sell its US animal mortality business to Markel Service, Incorporated.
The business...
Study : Aon Benfield’s report on New Zealand’s Earthquake
Ben Miliauskas, head of Aon Benfield Analytics in Australia/New Zealand, commented: “It is still very soon after the Darfield Earthquake, however we have seen...
Ace Ltd new owner of Malaysia’s Jerneh Insurance?
U.S insurer Ace Ltd will buy Malaysia's Jerneh Asia's insurance business for an undisclosed sum, as reported on Tuesday. The Business Times newspaper said...
Short News : insurance CEO placed on leave because he was in jail
Insurance executive Louis Lower, the longtime chief executive at Horace Mann Educators Corp., was placed on leave by the insurer's board after they learned...
Study : Aon Benfield’s 2010 Insurance Risk Study
Aon Benfield, today releases its 2010 Insurance Risk Study, which quantifies systemic risk across the global insurance industry.
The Study, now in its fifth edition,...
Friends Provident : its Critical Illness Cover enhance
Friends Provident announced today that it has enhanced its Critical Illness Cover (CIC) by including mastectomy cover and 5 new ABI+ conditions to the...
Hitachi Consulting : New Risk Management and Claims Process Handling System for the Co-operative Group
Hitachi Consulting UK today announced that it has implemented a new risk management and claims process and handling system on behalf of the Co-operative...
Aon Benfield / report : Evolving Criteria – Keeping Pace with Rating Agency, ERM and Regulatory Developments
The report highlights that insurers will most likely need to hold more capital as a result of continuously evolving rating agency criteria and numerous...
Aon Benfield : FAConnect integrates with Lloyd’s Exchange
Aon Benfield, reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, today announces that its facultative placement platform has been linked to the Lloyd’s Exchange and is transmitting...
Monte Carlo : Swiss Re puts capital and expertise to work
Increasing mergers and acquisitions activity, low interest rates and regulatory changes are some of the opportunities and challenges in focus for insurers and reinsurers....
Reinsurance : Munich Re sees stable prices for risk cover
Stable prices and conditions predicted by Munich Re in negotiations held with insurance companies for risk cover from Jan 2011 on
Board member Torsten Jeworrek...
TV advert : moneysupermarket.com latest ad
Famous car insurance comparison site moneysupermarket.com aired new TV ad end of August featuring former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell alongside Omid Djalili.
MCBD...
Acquisition : Quinstreet acquired Insurance.com for $35m
Quinstreet acquired insurance.com for $35.6m and referred to the acquisition as a “media asset”, and that it was a web site, media, and technology...
Award : original pet insurance award for Ellie the dog
Los Angeles Labrador ate a beehive containing pesticides and thousands of dead bees and won an award on August 23 that recognizes the most...
Canada pension : Aon unmatched online source
For two years, since the onslaught of the second perfect storm for pension plans in the past 10 years, Aon has been keeping clients...
Ecclesiastical : will cease underwriting London market
The specialist said it will cease underwriting London market business and begin the run-off of the existing portfolio of its subsidiary Ecclesiastical Underwriting Management.
The...
Floods : victims see rise in insurance bills
The cost of protecting homes after being victim of a flood could rise considerably as insurance companies raise bills. Some homeowners are being hit...
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