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Zurich appoints Stephen Lewis CEO General Insurance in the United Kingdom
Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) has appointed Stephen Lewis (40) to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), General Insurance in the United Kingdom,...
Bob Foster appointed at Crawford & Company to manage relationship with Lloyd’s
Well-known insurance industry executive Bob Foster has joined Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB), the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions, to...
Insurance premiums to remain flat for Q3 offshore energy business’s renewals
Insurance premiums are predicted to remain flat for offshore energy business for October’s renewals, dependent on location, loss history and limit sought according to...
Aegon sold its Taiwanese life insurance business to Zhongwei for €65m
AEGON has completed the sale of its Taiwanese life insurance business to Zhongwei Company*.
The entering by the parties into an agreement for the sale...
Thomas J. Gallagher to Retire as Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer of Everest Re Group, Ltd.
Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE: RE) announced today that Thomas J. Gallagher, Vice Chairman and Chief Underwriting Officer, has advised the Company of his...
Home insurance claims for fire continue to increase
Increasing numbers of home insurance claims are still arising due to incidences of fire, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
The Financial Times...
Aviva UK Health introduce tele-interview underwriting
Aviva today announced the introduction of a new tele-interview underwriting approach for its Group Risk customers. Facilitated by a team of medically trained professionals,...
Anand Shankar appointed as Chief Commercial Officer at Aon Consulting Asia Pacific
Aon Consulting, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC), today announced that 20-year industry veteran Anand Shankar has joined the...
Debora Wilson and Darrell Martin will join Markel’s Board of Directors
Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) announced today the election of Debora J. Wilson and Darrell D. Martin to its board of directors, effective October 1,...
Partnership between Aon and XL Insurance to offer solicitors’ PI cover
Aon, the UK's leading insurance broker, will be working with XL Insurance to bring new capacity, and thus more competition and innovation, to the...
Munich Re and Marsh join forces to develop solar energy coverage in Taiwan
Marsh, the leading insurance broker and risk adviser, and Munich Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, have joined forces to launch a new...
US reinsurers RAA released results for the first half of the year
The RAA has released reinsurance underwriting results for six months ended June 30, 2009. The results show that policyholders’ surplus of $65.9 billion for...
Aon Benfield finalizes groundbreaking facultative capital markets transaction
Aon Benfield Fac, the facultative division of Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, has finalized the first ever capital markets...
Ironshore announces completion of $300 million equity capital raise
Ironshore Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced equity capital raise of $300 million to support the continued expansion of Ironshore’s...
Chaucer Holdings PLC, re-appoints Bob Deutsch as a Non-Executive Director
Chaucer Holdings PLC, the specialist Lloyd’s insurer, is pleased to announce the re-appointment on 26 August 2009 of Bob Deutsch as a Non-Executive Director....
Chaucer Holdings PLC reports excellent 2009 half year profit
Chaucer's first half pretax profits more than doubled, rising to £17m from £3.9m in the first half of last year.
Financial highlights
Profit before tax and...
Fortis insurance activities returns to profit
Belgian insurance group Fortis (FOR.BR) took a major step in its restructuring on Thursday, returning to profit in its core business and setting a...
Fortis changing its group management structure and to appoint Kurt De Schepper and Antonio Cano
Fortis announces the appointment of Kurt De Schepper as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Antonio Cano as CEO AG Insurance effective from 1st of...
InsuranceLeads.com to boost insurance agents sales
InsuranceLeads.com, the online insurance leads provider, has unveiled a new promotion to attract more insurance agents to try their high-quality real time insurance leads.
This...
AEGON UK reports a loss for the first half 2009
the Netherlands-based insurer, reported a loss for the second quarter, reflecting primarily a one-time loss related to the sale of Taiwanese life insurance business...
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