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Why the Clements legacy is safe
10 September 2010
Brokers have a wider role to play than simply being the sales force for (re)insurers or specialist consultants and buying agents for their clients… Read more
Read more articles from this issueDo Jubilee changes signal Solvency II pressures?
6 September 2010
The Insurance Insider is wary of immediately deducing market trends from notable events, but the sudden departure of Jubilee Group's CEO last month was intriguing because Clive Buesnel had been in the post for less than four months… Read more
Read more articles from this issueStaying power
31 August 2010
After a five-year flood of UK specialty (re)insurers domiciling away from their home country Chaucer's revelation that, following a strategic review, it is to stay put in the UK is a welcome development to the impoverished HM Treasury… Read more
Read more articles from this issueWorth more dead than alive
31 August 2010
It is often said that if you have a great underwriting team, the timing of a start-up (re)insurer is immaterial - soft markets or hard markets may affect its initial growth prospects, but should make no difference to its long-term chances success or failure… Read more
Read more articles from this issueRSA means business
23 August 2010
"Unlikely to succeed", "Un-doable", "very surprised" (copyright all insurance analysts). These were just some of the comments rushed out after revelations that RSA had approached UK rival Aviva to buy its general insurance operations for £5bn… Read more
Read more articles from this issueDistribution schadenfreude
23 August 2010
“They’ll need to watch out – US brokers will have your arm off given half the chance!” exclaimed one London broker to us some years ago, as yet another Lloyd’s insurer unveiled plans for a shiny new US platform… Read more
Read more articles from this issueAsleep at the wheel?
23 August 2010
We know that estimating insurance results is not an exact science, but some classes are supposed to be easier to gauge than others… Read more
Read more articles from this issueMoney to burn
16 August 2010
"Transformation is an expensive business" a senior broking executive once explained to The Insurance Insider after we revealed his firm had received a cash injection from its parent after a reorganisation had gone over budget… Read more
Read more articles from this issueApollo fortunate that £5bn RBSI bid failed to take off
9 August 2010
RBSI last week became the latest UK motor insurer forced to boost its reserves after years of aggressive price competition and claims inflation in the sector… Read more
Read more articles from this issueTwo reasons why it could be worse...
4 August 2010
T&Cs are getting progressively weaker but we haven't hit rock bottom because three-year multi-deals have yet to reappear. If this is one sign of a soft market trough, what's the other?… Read more
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