January 2004/1

US giant property casualty insurer The Hartford announced on 19 December that it had agreed a $1.15bn global claims settlement for asbestos exposures to MacArthur Company and its Western MacArthur subsidiary. In a statement, the insurer said the agreem

Cavell Management services Ltd, the Norwich based run-off company recently acquired by former Eastgate duo Ken Randall and Alan Quilter, is set to win the contract to run-off GoshawK’s Syndicate 102. According to sources, after final presentations from a

Swiss Re's decision to stop writing a significant amount of Lloyd's reinsurance business is unrelated to the Central Fund coverage dispute, the Zurich headquartered reinsurer said last month. As revealed in the December edition of Insider Week's siste

Over 2000 policies have been issued from dubious insurer, despite warnings from The Insurance Insider last year, principally for employers’ liability. The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority, (FSA) has warned the industry about CIC - the dub

Peter Matson, the veteran Lloyd's underwriter, has joined SVB Holdings Plc after completing his notice period with former employer Brit. Matson formally joined SVB on the 19 January and will reunite with some of his former PRI Ltd colleagues, including fi