Archive for July, 2010
Thirty Million Women Will Gain From Health Reform Law, Including About 15 Million Uninsured
Approximately thirty million American women will gain from the new health reform law over the next ten years, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation based in New York…
Guardrisk and Absa form cell captive partnership
Alternative risk transfer solutions for Absa clients - Absa Insurance Company (AIC) and Absa Insurance and Financial Advisers (AIFA), wholly-owned subsidiaries of Absa Financial Services have each signed an agreement with Guardrisk to provide alternative risk transfer solutions to Absa clients.
Aggregators continue to dominate - Deloitte
Price comparison sites are presenting challenges for insurers
Major changes ahead for insurance accounting, says KPMG
The proposals apply to life and short-term insurers as well as reinsurers - KPMG welcomes today’s release of proposals by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for a new accounting model for insurance contracts.
Hundreds back Fair Fees campaign
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JLT chief dubs takeover rumours “laughable”
Dominic Burke says no part of the broker is for sale
Aon profits down in H1 but up in Q2
First half revenues up 2%
Oxygen appoints new Leeds head of corporate risks
Rowlands previously at Bartlett
Willis reports rising profits
Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings plc has reported its financial results for Q2 and the first six months of 2010.
Willis earnt net profits of $89m, or $0.52 per diluted share, in the second quarter, a marginal rise on the $87m net profit ($0.52 per diluted share) made in the corresponding period last year.
Revenues for […]
Aon reports Q2 results
Aon has reported that in the second quarter of the year it made net income attributable to shareholders of $153m, equating to $0.54 per share, a small improvement on the net income of $149m ($0.51 per share) achieved during the same quarter last year.
However, it remains substantially below the $1.1bn net income achieved in Q2 […]