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Career development & CSR - IRM: qualification will help avoid repeat of economic upheaval
The Institute of Risk Management has said its new practical international qualification will support the insurance and banking sectors in avoiding a repeat of the economic upheaval of the past three years.
Mitsui names new claims director
Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has appointed Jonathan Poole as claims director.
Risk update - Health foods & supplements: A healthy risk
Forecasts suggest the global food supplement market could be worth $90bn by 2013. Shaun Randell examines the opportunities and risks insuring this market can bring.
Amlin revises NZ earthquake estimate
Insurer Amlin has revised its New Zealand earthquake claims estimate from $75m (£48.1m) to $160m.
Mitsui unveils a series of new recruits
Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has announced a string of new appointments to strengthen its underwriting team.
Lloyd’s & London market – review of the year: Troubled times
A succession of natural catastrophes got 2010 off to a bad start and the market continued to struggle - but the resolution of Brit’s future and the prospect of consolidation could see the year end on a high. Mairi Macdonald reports.
Guest named chairman of education mutual
The higher education mutual UMAL and its partner intermediary UMSL have appointed Allan Guest as chairman of their boards.
Amlin targets professional lines with key appointment
Amlin has appointed Lloyd Fielder as leading class underwriter within its new professional lines business.
Legal review of the year: Less doing more
Consolidation among insurance law firms was the hot topic for 2010, as they try to meet insurers' demands. Veronica Cowan reports on an interesting year.
Amlin awarded gold chartered status
Amlin Underwriting has become the first London market insurer to achieve the gold standard of corporate chartered insurer status.
Aviva talks up global corporate strength as Hall signs on
Aviva has hailed its swoop for the UK chief executive officer of Zurich's Global Corporate UK business, David Hall, as further evidence of its pulling power in this space.
Editor's comment: Hall among friends at Aviva
If there were any doubts about Aviva's commitment to the corporate risk market, then the appointment of David Hall, chief executive of one of the UK's market leaders, should extinguish them for good.
Amlin Bermuda enters casualty reinsurance market
Amlin is to start writing casualty reinsurance business at its office in Bermuda from 1 January 2011.
Amlin posts 39% GWP surge
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Amlin has recorded a 39% increase in gross written premium for the 10 months ended 31 October despite a “mixed” trading environment.
Amlin Corporate Insurance rating upgraded by Fitch
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Amlin Corporate Insurance Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating to 'A' from 'A-'. The Outlook is Positive.
Interview - Andrew Mckee: Planning for the next stage
Having taken over at Lloyd's insurer Mitsui, Andrew McKee talks to Jonathan Swift about his plans to move the company on, a decade after it launched.
Amlin and JLT team up on health food cover
JLT has joined forces with Amlin UK to launch an insurance scheme for producers, importers and retailers within the health food sector.
Insurers face uncertainty after CPR ruling
Insurers face being hard hit by an appeal court judgment that has approved relaxing the timeframe allowed for claimants to bring personal injury cases, a leading law firm has claimed.
Post Intelligence Benchmarking - Commercial Insurers: Waving - or drowning?
Insurance 360's groundbreaking survey of commercial insurers' performance reveals which ones have got their acts together and which ones need to raise their game. Peter Joy reports.
In Series: Professionalism & CPD: The best of the best?
Lloyd's and the London market is tempting for graduates, with the potential of international business and a city base. But is there sufficient emphasis on formal career development? Rachel Gordon investigates.
Aviva corporate boss raids ex-employer Mitsui for property head Tiernan
Aviva’s new head of its corporate risk solutions division has made her first raid on former employer Mitsui with a move for its property underwriting manager John Tiernan, Post Europe has learnt.
QBE and Mitsui join Met plant theft fight
Insurers QBE, Northern Marine Underwriters and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance have become the latest insurance partners of the Metropolitan Police Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit.
Amlin gets greenlight for Swiss redomicile
Amlin has today completed the change in the corporate domicile of its wholly-owned subsidiary Amlin Bermuda from Bermuda to Switzerland.
Amlin gets greenlight for Swiss redomicile
Amlin has today completed the change in the corporate domicile of its wholly-owned subsidiary Amlin Bermuda from Bermuda to Switzerland.