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Marsh to acquire US brokers, NIA Group
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., today announced it has acquired The NIA Group, LLC, one of the...
Travelers raises $500 million in catastrophe bond
Travelers Cos., raised $500 million selling catastrophe bonds, the biggest issuance this year of securities that allow investors to bet against natural disasters, Bloomberg...
Japan Nonlife insurers Mitsui Sumitomo merger approved by shareholders
Shareholders of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc, Aioi Insurance Co. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. approved the merger of the trio at...
Allianz Insurance awarded Corporate Sustainability at the Insurance Times Awards 2009
Allianz were judged ahead of other finalists DAS Legal Expenses, HSBC Insurance, Rok Insurance Services, and RSA for their company-wide project to reduce their...
Friends Provident International appoints regional sales manager for Middle East
Friends Provident International (FPI) announced today the appointment of Shahid Mohammed in the newly created role of regional sales manager, supporting the company’s ambitious...
XL Re announces changes in management and underwriting structure of Latin America Operations
XL Re, the global reinsurance operations of XL Capital Ltd, today announced changes in the management and underwriting structure of its Latin America operations....
European Commission clears Lithuanian export credit insurance scheme
The European Commission Monday cleared a Lithuanian scheme to provide short-term export credit insurance to companies struggling to get coverage in the private insurance...
Eurostar train allocation system for Tuesday 22nd December
Eurostar will be resuming a restricted service from Tuesday 22 December. Trains will depart from 07.30 to 18.00.
You will only be eligible for travel...
Compensation policy for Eurostar travellers who were on delayed trains Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December 2009
Eurostar will offer enhanced compensation to travellers on the following services: Trains 9053, 9055, 9057, 9059, 9063, 9163 on Friday 18th December, and trains...
Munich RE’s CEO, Nikolaus von Bomhard stunned by Copenhagen outcome
Nikolaus von Bomhard the Chief Executive Officer of Munich Re, today commented the outcome of the Copenhagen summit outcome. The outcome - a decision...
AA launches iPhone app: Driving Theory Test
The AA's Theory Test app for the iPhone and iPod Touch has made it into 6th place in the Rewind section for the best...
Obama health care overhaul clears key Senate test
President Barack Obama's planned reform of health care, his top domestic goal, cleared a key Senate hurdle Monday with no room to spare and...
QBE and the Government campaign for higher standards of work-relateed road safety
Continuing its focus on risk management and safety practice in the fleet motor industry, QBE European Operations, the specialist business insurer, has partnered with...
Crash-for-cash scam in rise
More and more people are paying criminals to deliberately crash their vehicles in order to receive an insurance payout. But, as Sarah Coles investigates,...
LV= awarded customer service contact centre of the year
LV= has won the coveted Customer Service Contact Centre of the Year at the National Customer Services Awards. The award was for LV=’s general...
Liberty International Underwriters appoints Michael Hemesath as Claims Manager for Germany
Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has appointed Michael Hemesath to a new position of Claims Manager for...
Allianz to grow and expand property, casualty business in Japan
Allianz has announced its intention to expand its property and casualty business in Japan. As from January 1, 2010, Allianz Fire and Marine Insurance...
Aviva appoints Anupam Sahay as Asia regional development and strategy director
The Asian business of insurance group Aviva, Friday said it has appointed Anupam Sahay as its regional development and strategy director effective January.
Sahay was...
PERILS announces the placement of the first two insurance risk transactions
PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company established to aggregate and provide industry-wide European catastrophe insurance data, has today announced the placement of the first...
Willis completes leveraged transaction with family shareholders and Astorg Partners to reorganize capital of Gras Savoye
Willis Group Holdings Limited, said today it has completed a leveraged transaction with the original family shareholders of Gras Savoye & Cie, the leading...
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