insurance sector
Sampo profits drop 8%
The biggest Finnish insurance group Sampo reported on Thursday a dip in 2011 net profit to €1.038 billion euros (£870m), eight percent less than...
European insurance sector remains stable despite economic turbulence
The European insurance sector remained stable in 2009, according to key figures released by the CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation.
Provisional figures for...
Syria : Insurance Market Record Growth
The insurance sector in Syria which includes 13 companies is rapidly developing with the aim to achieve a volume of more than USD 400...
China / Insurers : new investment possibilities
China will now allow insurers to broaden investments into private equity and real estate, a move that could unleash as much as $100 billion...
Insurance market : Legal & General insurer shares rise on bid talk-traders
Shares in insurer Legal & General rose 3 percent on Wednesday, hitting a near two-year high and outperforming UK peers, with traders citing market...
AXA UK : The deal with Resolution would result in a one-off writedown of 1.4 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in 2010,
Resolution, set up in 2008 to buy and profitably merge slow-growing British life insurers, said on Monday it hoped to complete the 2.75 billion...
Steady growth of Saudi insurance sector prompts Chedid Re to set up operations in Kingdom
Chedid Re, one of the leading reinsurance brokers in the MENA region, has announced that it has established a new subsidiary in the Kingdom...
Groupama Optima Trade Plus : Tradesman policy is first to cover part-time workers and offer them fairer premiums
In a first for the insurance sector, Groupama Insurances is offering Tradesman cover for part-time workers at a reduced per capita rating through its...
European stress test to be run in the insurance sector in december 2009
CEIOPS’ Members endorsed in today’s meeting the proposal to run a EU-wide stress test in the insurance sector in December 2009.
CEIOPS will continue to...
ABI announces ‘UK insurance industry remains strong’
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) announced today figures related to the UK Insurance market and report that despite the recession, the UK insurance...
News-Insurances.com announces today its official launch
Few months after a test period, News-Insurances.com announces today its official launch.
News-Insurances.com is the new independent media exclusively dedicated to the insurance sector.
The main...
