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Brokers: Allianz reports quoteSME success
Following the launch of its integrated online SME trading platform, ‘QuoteSME’, late last year, Allianz Commercial is hailing the system’s success.
Half-year figures reveal...
Appointment: Jamie Nicholson takes the newly-created role of customer service controller of Allianz
Allianz Claims announced the appointment of Jamie Nicholson into the newly-created role of customer service controller.
Based in Bristol, Jamie Nicholson will be responsible...
Italy’s Generali could be interested in AIA ‘pieces’: report
Italian insurer Generali could be interested in "pieces" of AIG's Asian unit AIA after British insurer Prudential abandoned its ambitious takeover plan, daily Corriere...
Prudential chairman says no heads will roll over AIA
Prudential chairman Harvey McGrath said in an interview on Friday that no heads would roll at the British insurer after it abandoned an ambitious...
Prudential pulls out of bid for Asian insurer AIA
British insurer Prudential said Wednesday it was withdrawing from a bid to buy AIA, the Asian arm of AIG, after the US group refused...
AIG refuses to change conditions of AIA sale to Prudential
US insurer AIG said Tuesday it had refused to modify the conditions for the sale of its AIA Asian unit to British rival Prudential,...
All of the UK’s major credit card providers treat any form of gambling activity on a credit card as a cash withdrawal
moneysupermarket.com, Britain's number one comparison site, has conducted analysis into the wide range of transactions treated as a cash withdrawal by credit card providers.
The...
Nearly 1.5 million homeowners are putting their homes at risk with inadequate cover
Nearly 1.5 million homeowners are putting their homes at risk with inadequate cover according to a new survey by Britain's number one comparison site,...
Prudential chairman defends AIA mega-deal
Prudential chairman Harvey McGrath Tuesday defended a planned takeover of Asian insurer AIA as the British company's shares started trading in Hong Kong and...
Aon Benfield announces academic and industry research collaboration
Aon Benfield, the world’s premier reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, is broadening its capabilities and bringing together its academic and industry research relationships under...
India plans 11 billion dollar infrastructure fund, 4.4 from insurance
India aims to create an 11-billion-dollar fund to overhaul its creaking infrastructure, with 40 percent of the money sourced from abroad, a report said...
Dutch bank and insurance group ING returns to profit, cautions vigilance
Dutch bank and insurance group ING reported Wednesday a return to profit in the first quarter but counselled vigilance amid what it said were...
German banks, insurers may lend Athens 1 billion euros
Deutsche Bank and insurers Allianz and Munich Re could lend Greece one billion euros (1.3 billion dollars) on the same terms as a EU-IMF...
Aviva has launched a specialist media insurance, which covers the industry’s specific insurance needs
Recognising that the media industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK Aviva has launched a specialist media insurance, which covers...
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...
IGI Insurance : Steve Devine responsible for payment protection market
Specialist UK general insurer, IGI Insurance, has signed up Steve Devine, chairman of Protect, the association of UK creditor insurers, to spearhead a move...
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