Euler Hermes joins forces with China Pacific
28 March 2011
Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes and China Pacific Insurance Company have joined forces to offer cover on trade receivables for Chinese businesses…
28 March 2011
Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes and China Pacific Insurance Company have joined forces to offer cover on trade receivables for Chinese businesses…
21 March 2011
The earthquake and tsunami hit a 2100 km of coast stretching from the island of Hokkaido in the north to Wakayama Prefecture south of Osaka…
21 March 2011
Estimates for the insurance claims stemming from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami have varied wildly, with figures of up to $US100 billion ($101 billion) being quoted…
21 March 2011
Marsh is warning of extended disruption to global business supply chains following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami…
21 March 2011
Claims from the damage to Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi and Fukushima Dai-ni nuclear power plants are expected to be small…
21 March 2011
US insurance leaders have welcomed the introduction of revised legislation on the National Flood Insurance Program, saying reform is vital for its survival…
21 March 2011
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has backed the use of black box technology to help reduce the cost of motor cover in the UK…
21 March 2011
Micheal McRaith, the Illinois Director for the Department of Insurance, has been appointed as the inaugural Director of the US Treasury’s newly created Federal Insurance Office…
21 March 2011
No 1 UK insurer Aviva is preparing to sell its underperforming RAC business when the market improves, according to reports…
21 March 2011
UK businesses are sacrificing quality for low cost in buying insurance, according to a study of insurance-buyers, insurers and brokers…
14 March 2011
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the northern coast of Japan on Friday could prove to be the most costly natural disaster in history…
14 March 2011
UK insurance executive Otto Thoresen has been appointed the new Director-General of the Association of British Insurers…
14 March 2011
US property and casualty rates remain “stuck” at -5%, perpetuating the continuation of the soft market…
14 March 2011
AIG has reduced its debt to the US Treasury by $US6.9 billion ($6.8 billion) following settlement of its life insurance assets…
14 March 2011
Hannover Re has increased its gross written premium by 11.2% to €11.4 billion ($15.73 billion) in 2010 and expects premium growth of up to 3% this year…
14 March 2011
French reinsurer Scor Re says its lift in gross written premium by 4.9% to €6.69 billion ($9.22 billion) in 2010 is the result of its strategy of significant business and geographical diversification…
14 March 2011
A planned UK referral service to help older customers obtain correct levels of cover says a person’s age should not be the sole measure of a risk…
07 March 2011
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Europe’s insurers will no longer be able to use gender as a determinant when underwriting from December 2012…
07 March 2011
UK-based global broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has recorded a £20 million ($32 million) rise in after-tax profit for 2010 to £90.7 million ($145.5 million)…
07 March 2011
Standard & Poor’s has cut its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on AIG subsidiary Chartis from A+ to A after Chartis reported a fourth-quarter loss of $US4 billion ($3.94 billion)…