After protracted negotiations, France Telecom (FT) and Vodafone AirTouch have agreed to terms for the French telecommunications giant to acquire...
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Sweden’s Skandia, Norway’s Storebrand and Finland’s Pohjola originally agreed to merge their respective p/c business into a pan-Scandinavian group with...
Shareholders in Zurich Allied, the Swiss component of Zurich Financial Services, approved the previously announced plan by company management to...
XTML, an Internet solutions provider, announced that it has made arrangements with U.K. insurer Independent Insurance to offer a policy...
Last October Lloyd’s produced a working document entitled “Developing Broker Relationships,” which proposed sweeping changes in the accreditation and regulation...
SINSER Holding AB, part of Sweden’s Skandia Group, announced that it has acquired Risk & Insurance Research Group Ltd.(RIRG) of...
Cybersettle, the leading online claims settlement system is set to launch its service in the U.K., and hopes to repeat...
Rhine Re, a Swiss-based global reinsurer, which is a subsidiary of U.S. buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR),...
When Boo.Com was launched last November there were high expectations that it would become a successful seller of sporty upscale...
Not all Lloyd’s underwriters are losing money. Amlin Plc, reporting on an annual basis for the first time, posted a...