Ireland
Aviva to cut costs and exploit growth oppotunities in Europe
The country's second-biggest insurer Aviva plans to cut costs and exploit growth opportunities by centralising all its continental European operations in a holding company...
Aviva to transform European business excluding the UK
Aviva announces plans today for its European business (excluding the UK) to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities in the region. It is...
DUAL Corporate Risks to open its Irish branch
DUAL Corporate Risks, a specialist in providing directors & officers and Professional Indemnity Insurance solutions for mid-market businesses and professionals, is to open its...
Brian Curtis appointed as CEO at Willis (Ireland)
Willis Group Holdings, today announced the appointment of Brian Curtis as Chief Executive Officer, Willis Risk Services (Ireland) Limited, effective immediately. Curtis reports to...
Irish retirees worry about their future financial security
"As a country, Ireland’s demographic footprint is changing – people are getting older and are faced with a longer working life than previous generations"...
New record established for Irish international re/insurance market
DIMA, the representative body for the international re/insurance industry in Ireland, today announced another record year of premium income growth in its membership. The...
Hibernian Aviva to renew its sponsorship of Newstalk’s hugely popular “The Right Hook”
Hibernian Aviva, Ireland’s largest insurer, has renewed its sponsorship of Newstalk’s hugely popular "The Right Hook", the evening drive-time programme hosted by Corkonian rugby...
Switching gathers momentum in health insurance market
45,000 consumers saved up to 20% by switching
Over 70,000 customers have left VHI since the start of the year
Switching is on the...
Hibernian Aviva announced a plan to increase prices in Ireland
Hibernian Aviva has announced today the plan to increase prices by an average of 12% from october 09.
The main reasons of these new...
Willis Group to change company’s place of incorporation from Bermuda to Ireland
Willis Group, the global insurance broker, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved changing the company’s place of incorporation from Bermuda to...
RSA Insurance Ireland Ltd acquire Benchmark Underwriting Ltd
RSA Insurance Ireland Limited announces the acquisition of Benchmark Underwriting Limited.
Benchmark is an underwriting agency offering commercial and personal lines insurance solutions. Established in...
RSA Insurance Ireland to create 40 jobs in Galway
RSA Insurance Ireland Limited announced an investment of €3 million in local technology. This will creates 40 jobs at its offices in Ballybrit, Co...
Hibernian Aviva launches farm safety campaign and publish farm safety research
Hibernian Aviva, Ireland’s largest insurer, published claims data, which revealed some major challenges to farm safety in Ireland. According to the claims data, there...
Ireland: Lack of exercise and poor diets lead to weight problems and health issues for half the population
According to research carried out by Hibernian Aviva Health, 48% of people in Ireland are overweight or dangerously overweight and almost a quarter of...
Zurich announces an increase with USD 1.5 billion quarterly operating profit
Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) reported today its 26th straight quarter of profitability and its third consecutive quarter-on-quarter profit increase since the financial crisis...
Hannover Re reports good results for the first half of 2009
Hannover Re, the German reinsurance, said that net income for the first half of 2009 jumped 66%, as 'positive' effects on life and health...
AXA UK – Life and Savings (H1 2009 results)
AXA UK’s Life and Savings business includes AXA Winterthur Wealth Management, Corporate Pensions, Protection, AXA Distribution Services (which trades through the Wrap platform Elevate)...
AXA UK – Bluefin – independent distribution businesses (H1 2009 results)
Bluefin Advisory Services (BAS) provides financial advice and wealth management and corporate consulting services and won Corporate Adviser Firm of the Year 2009*. Overall...
AXA UK – General and Healthcare Insurance (H1 2009 results)
Total General Insurance and Healthcare - AXA Insurance including Swiftcover, AXA Ireland and AXA PPP - insurance revenues remained flat at £1,866m in H1...
Bermuda-based Lloyd’s insurer Hardy Underwriting announced lower interim results
Financial Highlights
profit before tax and foreign exchange movements £18.7m (2008: £7.3m)
profit before tax of £7.8m (2008: £8.7m)
combined ratio before foreign exchange movements 75.7%...
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