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    <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Skuld's Hebei Spirit pact sets 'valuable precedent'</title>
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      <description>AGREEMENT removes fear of making large payment into court.</description>
      <author>Sandra Speares</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Never mind the credit crisis, what about the Solvency II directive?</title>
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      <description>THE US SUBPRIME crisis has left Europe&#x2019;s insurers largely unscathed, but ratings giant Standard and Poor&#x2019;s believes a far greater challenge now looms over the sector from Brussels.</description>
      <author>Jerry Frank</author>
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      <title>Victims of Hebei Spirit spill to receive payouts within months</title>
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      <description>VICTIMS of South Korea&#x2019;s worst oil spill could start to receive compensation in months rather than years, following the signing of a landmark co-operation agreement between P&amp;I club Skuld and the Korean government.</description>
      <author>Keith Wallis</author>
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      <title>Are ratings agencies really that infallible?</title>
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      <description>A DEBATE has long existed between many in the market as to the rising influence of the rating agencies on the fortunes of underwriters, writes Jon Guy.</description>
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      <title>Solvency II &#x2018;three pillars&#x2019; will mean pain plus gain</title>
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      <description>SOLVENCY II is on track to come into effect from sometime after late 2012, bringing with it an overhaul of how the insurance industry is supervised across the European Union, writes Jerry Frank.</description>
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      <title>Claims to climb says Amlin chief</title>
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      <description>INSURERS can expect a period of escalating claims as macro-economic conditions take a turn for the worse, writes Jerry Frank.</description>
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      <title>Ironshore buys Pembroke for £17m</title>
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      <description>BERMUDIAN insurer Ironshore has entered the Lloyd&#x2019;s market with its £17m ($34m) purchase of specialist insurer Chaucer&#x2019;s managed syndicate Pembroke.</description>
      <author>Jerry Frank</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>League of gentlemen</title>
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      <description>SHIPPING lawyer Holman Fenwick Willan held its inaugural charity five-a-side football tournament at the end of last month, with 13 sides raising close to £6,000 for good causes.</description>
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      <title>French new marine hull policy launch hits snag</title>
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      <description>FRENCH insurers have postponed the launch of their promised new international marine hull policy, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.</description>
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      <title>Casualties take their toll on insurers&#x2019; bottom line</title>
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      <description>FRENCH marine hull insurers saw their premium revenues overtaken by claims payouts and costs last year as they felt the impact of the series of major casualties that marked 2007, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Malmros has last word on premiums</title>
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      <description>LONG-SERVING Swedish Club chairman Frans Malmros has warned of further premium increases and impending cuts to the hull account.</description>
      <author>Jerry Frank</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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