October 2007/5
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Thousands of jobs are under threat at UK household insurer Norwich Union after its parent, Aviva, announced £350mn of cost savings in the UK by the end of 2009.
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Munich Re has launched a $260mn cat bond to cover earthquake risk for the East Japan Railway Company (EJRC) in a sign that insurance linked securities (ILS) demand remains undiminished by recent credit markets turmoil.
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The House of Lords upheld a Court of Appeal decision last week, ruling that employers are not liable to compensate employees who develop symptomless pleural plaques after exposure to asbestos.
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One of the UK's leading fund managers, Standard Life Investments Ltd has acquired 29 million shares in Lloyd's insurer Chaucer Holdings plc, representing 9 percent of the voting rights in the company.
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Airline premium rates fell again this month - after a brief hiatus in August/September - according to the latest data from Aon Aviation.
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After decades of lobbying from the international (re)insurance community, one US state is spearheading new regulation that would remove collateral requirements for the highest rated foreign and non-New York reinsurers.
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As reinsurance market practitioners gathered in the town of Baden Baden this weekend, German reinsurance giant Munich Re boldly stated that, for the 1 January 2008 renewals, it predicts markets to be "harder than expected" in certain sectors of the indust
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The London market has missed its 60 percent third quarter target for usage of electronic claims files (ECF) by 15 percentage points, making the year-end target of 100 percent "more challenging", said the Market Reform Group (MRG) in a statement last week.
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Bermudian energy mutual Oil Insurance Limited is co-suing the US government over the flooding of a refinery during Hurricane Katrina.
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David Stevens, COO of UK niche-branded insurer Admiral Group plc, has purchased £1.9mn of shares in the company, taking the director's shareholding in Admiral to 3.84 percent.
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US insurance giant The Chubb Corporation has received approval from the Chinese authorities to turn its Federal Insurance Company from a Shanghai branch to a wholly owned insurance subsidiary.
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Bancassurance is gaining in popularity particularly in emerging markets, according to research by Swiss Re.
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