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Markel makes $3bn acquisition
Markel has acquired Alterra Capital Holdings for $3.13bn (£1.92bn).
Markerstudy claims "final piece to the puzzle" with credit hire swoop
Markerstudy Group has bought accident management company Vision Vehicle Solutions as it focuses on launching an "integrated motor service" in early 2013.
Keychoice in GAP tie-up with Das and Mapfre
Keychoice has teamed up with Das and Mapfre Assistance to provide its members with a range of GAP products.
Mitsui boosts underwriting team with double hire
Mitsui Sumitomo has moved to strengthen its casualty and accident & health underwriting team with two new recruits.
FSA confirms extra packaged accounts proposals
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed it will be implementing two further proposals to its packaged bank account rules.
XL adds to political risk and trade credit team
XL has appointed David Lineham to its political risk and trade credit team as a senior underwriter.
Saffron goes to Aviva for sales chief
Saffron Insurance has appointed Aviva’s Phil Marler as director of sales.
Gender Directive to hit motor market profitability
The ECJ Gender Directive, which comes into force on 21 December, could reduce the overall profitability of the UK motor insurance market by 2% next year, experts have warned.
S&P confirms Groupama Insurances’ BBB rating
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has confirmed Groupama Insurances’ financial strength rating as ‘BBB’ with a “stable outlook”.
Premium Credit targets online broker integration with COO swoop
Premium Credit has appointed Gopi Chelliah as COO in a bid to improve its online integration with brokers and end customers.
UK General joins Managing General Agents' Association
UK General Insurance has become a member of the Managing General Agents' Association (MGAA).
Smartphone fraudster handed suspended sentence
A Lancashire man who took out ten fraudulent home insurance policies with an insurer in order to make repeated bogus claims for lost smartphones has been given a suspended jail term.
S&P revises RSA Group outlook to negative
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revised its outlook on the core operating entities of RSA Group to negative from stable while affirming the insurer's A+ credit rating.
IAG exits UK market with Equity and broker sales
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has confirmed the sale of Equity Red Star and its independent commercial brokers including Barnett & Barnett and NBJ in two separate deals.
Deloitte predicts 2012 household insurance profit
Deloitte has forecast that insurers will make a 2012 household insurance profit, the fifth year of profitability in a row.
Digital: Don't fall foul of FSA regulations
Brokers should ensure that their social media strategy is "clear, fair and not misleading" while pursuing a digital communication strategy.
RSA partners with Select & Protect to launch home product
RSA has been appointed as sole underwriter for Select & Protect’s Ultima home insurance product.
Competition Commission sets out motor investigation timetable
The Competition Commission has unveiled the timetable for its investigation into the private motor insurance market.
Video: What The Papers Say latest edition
In the December edition Ageas' director of communications, Paul Lynes, updates the audience on the insurance industry's negotiations with the government over the ending of the Statement of Principles in June 2013.
Aberdeen goalkeeper guilty of uninsured driving
Aberdeen Football Club goalkeeper Jason Brown has been banned from driving for six months and fined £365.
Biba supports MoJ's whiplash consultation
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) supports the government's consultation designed to reduce the number and cost of whiplash claims.
Brighton claims company ceases trading
Elite Incident Management is to be liquidated.
Mixed reaction to government proposals on whiplash
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has welcomed the government's plans to take tough action on tackling rising whiplash claims, amid criticism it is "cheap political point scoring".
Government to tackle whiplash claims
The government will today unveil plans to tackle what it has described as “the huge number of whiplash claims which have been pushing up costs”.