http://www.insuranceday.com Latest NEWS articles from www.insuranceday.com http://static.informaprofessional.com/insday/img/insuranceday.png http://www.insuranceday.com http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284319&rss=true IAG mulls sale of UK operations as it launches strategic reveiw. Insurance Australia Group (IAG) has embarked on a strategic review of its Lloyd’s operation Equity Red Star and confirmed it would consider selling all or part of the business. The ... Wed, 16 May 2012 23:31:17 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284319&rss=true 2012-05-16T23:31:17Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284320&rss=true Catlin Art Prize reveals winner. Julia Vogl’s sculpture Let’s Hang Out has been named the winner of the sixth annual Catlin Art Prize, with her work praised for the interaction it allows with viewers. The work invites visitors to create a ... Wed, 16 May 2012 23:30:29 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284320&rss=true 2012-05-16T23:30:29Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284305&rss=true Amlin hopes for ACI growth after completing revamp. Amlin’s reshaping of its troubled corporate insurance division appears to be complete, an interim management statement today suggests, prompting one analyst to predict “small growth from ... Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:37 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284305&rss=true 2012-05-17T09:05:37Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284278&rss=true ID Summit: Microinsurance can empower women. The rise and growth of microinsurance in developing parts of the world can play a central role in the empowerment of women, according to Mark Byrne, founder and chairman of investment vehicle Haverford. ... Wed, 16 May 2012 15:52:46 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284278&rss=true 2012-05-16T15:52:46Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284282&rss=true ID Summit: Reinsurance skill-set must evolve, panel says. The skill-set of reinsurance underwriters needs to evolve with the re-injection of common sense required for a sector that has become too reliant on models. That was the consensus of a ... Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:25 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284282&rss=true 2012-05-16T14:45:25Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284281&rss=true ID Summit: Expertise and integrity essential, Galanski says. Expertise and integrity are the core values ceding companies should seek in their reinsurance partners, Navigators chief executive, Stan Galanski, told the Insurance Day Summit London. ... Wed, 16 May 2012 14:38:02 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284281&rss=true 2012-05-16T14:38:02Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284277&rss=true ID Summit: Central and eastern Europe offers world of opportunity. Europe’s emerging markets offer “a Bric right here on our doorstep”, Andrew Kendrick told the Insurance Day Summit London, with market growth rates in most of the newer European ... Wed, 16 May 2012 14:08:29 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284277&rss=true 2012-05-16T14:08:29Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284246&rss=true ID Summit: Reinsurance demand to rise in non-peak zones. Demand for reinsurance cover in non-peak zones is likely to increase as economic growth sends insured values soaring, Hannover Re’s chairman, Ulrich Wallin, told today’s Insurance Day ... Wed, 16 May 2012 14:07:22 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284246&rss=true 2012-05-16T14:07:22Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284280&rss=true ID Summit: Solvency II to have impact on asset management. Insurance company managers will remain reluctant to seek a better match of assets and liabilities until investors better understand their businesses, despite pressure from forthcoming ... Wed, 16 May 2012 13:03:08 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284280&rss=true 2012-05-16T13:03:08Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284279&rss=true Maaf outperforms French market in 2011. French mutual insurer Maaf outperformed the market in life insurance in 2011, but lost some ground in health insurance, while maintaining its position in its main business, property/casualty (p/c). The company, ... Tue, 15 May 2012 23:52:07 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284279&rss=true 2012-05-15T23:52:07Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284271&rss=true Tokyo Marine completes Delphi deal. Tokyo Marine Holdings and its Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire unit have completed the $2.7bn cash acquisition of Delaware-based specialty insurer Delphi Financial Group. Delphi shares will be suspended from trading on ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:20 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284271&rss=true 2012-05-16T10:45:20Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284261&rss=true Omega reports 16% rise in US premiums. Omega reported a 16% rise in its US gross written premium during the first quarter of 2012, with the insurer experiencing a positive rating environment in its core lines of US small and medium-sized enterprises ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:18:57 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284261&rss=true 2012-05-16T10:18:57Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284259&rss=true ID Summit: Colombia presents strong opportunities for insurers. Colombia is on course to become Latin America’s fourth-largest economy and its relatively pro-business environment presents strong opportunities for insurers, delegates at the ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:08:29 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284259&rss=true 2012-05-16T10:08:29Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284260&rss=true ID Summit: Balance-sheet strength to help differentiate pricing. Balance-sheet strength will become a major driver of differentiated pricing across the European insurance market in the coming months as the economic turmoil enveloping the continent ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:08:05 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284260&rss=true 2012-05-16T10:08:05Z http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284115&rss=true ID Summit: Hiscox calls for insurance expertise at the Bank of England. Robert Hiscox has hit out at the Bank of England for the lack of insurance industry experience sitting within the senior levels of the organisation. The chairman of Hiscox said ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:54:51 GMT http://www.insuranceday.com/insday/viewArticle.htm?id=284115&rss=true 2012-05-15T16:54:51Z