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Appointments : Arista boosts team in Bristol

Commercial lines underwriting specialist Arista Insurance has made three appointments to further strengthen its Bristol office. Jon Bodman joins Arista as senior underwriter from Chartis having developed the growth of SME business in the South West. He... 

IAG / New Zealand : quake losses absorbed by reinsurance arrangments

Insurance Australia Group says it is too early to determine the extent of damage after the quake in Christchurch. The insurer said it is focussed on assisting customers affected by the event. The group said it expects claim costs from the event to be... 

HSCB / Nedbank : South Africa regulators fear foreign control

HSBC is in exclusive talks to buy a controlling stake in Nedbank, South Africa’s fourth-largest bank, from insurer Old Mutual. Yet rigid controls on currency outflows and comments from an official indicate HSBC’s $8 billion bid to buy 70... 

Short News : Made redundant for excess weight and other ailments

A morbidly obese father has been diagnosed as too fat to work by doctors who fear his weight may cause him to fall over and crush his colleagues. Barry Fowers, 51, who weighs a life-threatening 30 stone (1 stone= 6.350 29 kilograms), worked until October... 

Merger : Industrial Alliance buys Golden State Mutual

Canada’s fourth-biggest insurer Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. said Friday it has acquired the life insurance policies of California-based Golden State Mutual for US$11 million. The transaction was carried out through... 

Brokers : fighting to get fairer claims from insurers

New research has revealed that insurance brokers have to fight harder to get claims paid during the economic downturn due to the stricter policy interpretations and anti fraud-systems by insurers. In the research from the British Insurance Brokers’... 

Technology : Hitachi Consulting UK Delivers Consolidated Expense Processing for Swiss Re

Hitachi Consulting UK today announced that it has implemented a Cost Operations Shared Service Centre model on behalf of Swiss Re designed to provide consolidated expense processing and reporting for the company’s US and UK entities. Known internally... 

AIG / Taiwan : end of unit deal for Hong Kong buyer?

US insurance giant American International Group has signaled it wants to end the sale of its Taiwan unit to a Hong Kong consortium after the deal failed to get the Taiwanese government’s approval. Taiwan’s Investment Commission late last month... 

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