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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:16:16 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:55:37 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/insurance(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/99c4a178-ccd0-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99c4a178-ccd0-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlAxa Asia Pacific rejects an unsolicited takeover bid from Australia's AMP and French insurer Axa, calling it inadequateMon, 9 Nov 2009 19:18:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae442c20-cd04-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae442c20-cd04-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlNet income more than doubled in the third quarter at Allianz, Europe's largest insurance group, but said its property and casualty business continues to operate below normal levelsMon, 9 Nov 2009 18:51:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/4b89db42-cd14-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/4b89db42-cd14-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlIt seems to be a case of tortoise versus hare, and investors appear to favour France's Axa, whose shares have delivered a roughly 145% returnMon, 9 Nov 2009 20:16:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/c50a0b0e-cd14-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/c50a0b0e-cd14-11de-a748-00144feabdc0.htmlFive years ago Axa's chief failed in a bid to buy out minorities in Axa Asia Pacific Holdings... now he's back, and he's mob-handedMon, 9 Nov 2009 19:36:30 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bd83716-cc9c-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bd83716-cc9c-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlUK insurers are set for boost today when the supervisory club influential in setting capital rules will allow more time for talks Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:32:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/e16e751a-cc96-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/e16e751a-cc96-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Tobin tax or levy on financial transactions has, in reality, gone through several mutations and it should remain a curiosity of economic historySun, 8 Nov 2009 19:51:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/12c72632-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12c72632-cb09-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlClare Spottiswoode will take a parting shot at the regulation of with-profits savings products when she releases her final report for AvivaFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:25:25 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d039563c-cae0-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d039563c-cae0-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlAIG underlined the challenge it faces to retain a viable business and emerge from US government control after reporting a modest quarterly profit driven by accounting gains that offset weakness in its core insurance operationsFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:38:59 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dd4dd4a-ca61-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dd4dd4a-ca61-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlLancashire, a London insurer, will return more than $400m to shareholders while Catlin, a larger insurer, says it is unlikely that such a wave of pay-outs would be enjoyedFri, 6 Nov 2009 03:25:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9441cab8-ca06-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9441cab8-ca06-11de-a5b5-00144feabdc0.htmlAnalysts and investors have long expected a break-up of the group's diverse businesses and there has been renewed speculation that Nedbank is likely to be soldFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:23:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a5e3628-ca66-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a5e3628-ca66-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlCitigroup is to list a minority stake in its door-to-door insurance unit Primerica, in a move that could raise hundreds of millions of dollars and further distance the troubled bank from the financial giant assembled by its former chief Sandy WeillFri, 6 Nov 2009 00:01:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d4d5d72-ca37-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d4d5d72-ca37-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlGenerali could take advantage of the expected shake-out of Europe's insurance sector as a result of the global financial crisis to make an acquisition, says its co-chief executiveThu, 5 Nov 2009 23:15:41 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3971e4c8-ca3e-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3971e4c8-ca3e-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe financial crisis has forced banks to rethink the way in which they deal with debtThu, 5 Nov 2009 19:21:11 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a71fbb16-ca30-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a71fbb16-ca30-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlThe Pension Protection Fund says that its deficit for the year to March 31 have risen from £517m to £1.2bn, as a wave of insolvencies led to an increase in claims Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:29:45 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b853bc12-ca25-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcompanies%2Finsurancehttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b853bc12-ca25-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlZurich Financial Services, one of the insurance companies least affected by the credit crisis, attributed lower than expected third-quarter profits to its strategy of spending on additional hedges for its securities portfolio Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:59:43 +0000