All Insurance Times articles in Issue 11-12-2008 – Page 2

  • News

    Hiscox cuts in Bermuda

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Insurer focuses on the US

  • News

    Financial news in brief

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Sonae ups investment in Cooper Gay; Chubb buys back shares

  • News

    News in brief

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Pexton leaves HeritageRichard Pexton, the chief executive of Heritage, has resigned eight months after the Lloyd’s insurer was acquired by Argo Group. Pexton will be temporarily replaced by Nick Denniston, chief financial officer.Wallace moves to QBEChris Wallace has been appointed head of UK development at QBE. His previous roles include ...

  • Claims

    Claims casebook

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    More legal views on the landmark trigger ruling

  • People & Opinion

    Chris Giles

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The consolidator boss has been painted as a ruthless operator. But, in his first interview since the Charterhouse deal, he tells Tom Broughton he is just misunderstood. Portrait by Julian Anderson

  • News

    Downturn ‘will hurt insurers in emerging markets’

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Growth in general insurance premiums may slow from 11% last year to just 3%, says Swiss Re

  • News

    Leader: How the mighty have fallen

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    You only have to look at Woolworths to understand how quickly good brands can fall from grace. It is often the indignity of exposure to a sale process that inflicts the most damage, as value is diminished under the scrutiny of due diligence. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has watched ...

  • Claims

    Game over

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The shadowy world of credit hire pits insurers against operators who will stop at nothing to get their fee. Lauren MacGillivray asks where next for the GTA. Illustration by Jonathan Edwards

  • News Analysis

    The great RBS giveaway

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Forget the high street or the classifieds, the best bargain out there is Britain’s No 3 insurer, which has had its price slashed to £3bn. Yet it still hasn’t been sold. Ellen Bennett reports

  • Claims

    We need to regain their trust

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    There’s no easy way to beat fraud, says John Sims. But tackling the stand-off between the public and insurers is a good place to start

  • News

    Stockwatch

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Michael Faulkner on this week's market movers

  • People & Opinion

    Weblog

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Danny Walkinshaw looks at the latest insurance stories online