Aviva, the UK’s No.2 insurer, plans to sell or close more than a quarter of its businesses in a shake-up...
Articles by Myles Neligan
British insurers face big claims for flooding after the heavy rainfalls across the country this month, making it harder for...
The world’s biggest trade credit insurer, Euler Hermes, has suspended cover for exporters shipping to Greece because of the mounting...

Pool Re, the state-backed British reinsurer that covers terror attack-related commercial property losses, has £4.5 billion ($7.327 billion) of assets...
A widely expected ban on European insurance cover for Iranian oil exports from July 1 is threatening to curtail shipments...
European insurers Axa and Zurich Financial suffered on all sides last year as Europe’s debt crisis ate into their sovereign...

Motor [auto] insurers seeking to get around a European ban on charging male drivers more than women are turning to...
Security firms led by G4S are providing armed guards to ships sailing pirate-infested Somali waters, with one start-up kitting out...

Insurers are bracing themselves for claims in excess of $10 billion after floods in Thailand disabled major foreign-owned manufacturing operations...
Regulators should focus on insurers’ role in markets outside their traditional sphere, as such activities could worsen the economic impact...