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Covéa signs three-year deal with vehicle repairer Fix Auto
Covéa Insurance has awarded vehicle repair company Fix Auto a three-year deal to become part of its approved repairer network following a 12-month trial.
Market Moves: Liberty makes three additions
Liberty was the most active recruiter this week, with Liberty International Underwriters appointing two senior underwriters to its aviation team and Liberty Syndicates adding a class underwriter to its war and terrorism unit.
Covéa to grow apprenticeship scheme
Covéa Insurance is planning to extend its apprenticeship scheme having created six new full-time roles in its Halifax and Reading offices this year.
Covéa names personal lines and electronic trading heads
Covéa has appointed Malcolm Cooper and Martin Scarrett as head of personal lines underwriting and head of electronic trading respectively.
MMA to implement Cameleon software
French mutual insurance firm MMA Group will implement Cameleon Software’s configure, price, quote technology in a bid to help modernise its information systems and improve business agility.
Schemes: Overcoming the obstacles
Brokers are often critical of the way insurers handle schemes, so how can these problems be solved?
Covéa reveals executive team line-up
Covéa Insurance, the business created from the merger of MMA Insurance and Provident Insurance, has confirmed the members of its executive team.
Covea unveils new look executive team
Covea Insurance has confirmed the line-up of the executive team charged with leading the business following its creation via the merger of MMA and Provident.
Interview: James Reader - A time for plain sailing
After a stormy year for French insurer Covéa and its subsidiaries on these shores, James Reader, chief executive of the newly merged Covéa Insurance, tells Post why the UK arm of the company can steady the ship.
Post magazine - 1 November 2012
The latest issue of Post is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
French motor market to shift following annuity policy change
The re-evaluation of motor annuities by the French government will create long-term challenges for French motor insurers, according to Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of broker Willis Group.
Covéa launches in UK
Covéa Insurance, the business created from the merger of MMA Insurance and Provident Insurance, launched today, promising to deliver "the quality, consistency and financial reassurance that our broker partners and customers value".
Covéa Insurance CEO Reader looking ahead following official launch
Covéa Insurance, the business formed following the merger of MMA Insurance and Provident Insurance, has been officially launched today.
Covea's Reader makes jobs cut pledge
The merger between MMA and Provident will not result in mass redundancies, chief executive of the newly created Covea Insurance James Reader has told Post.
Arista Insurance grows Thames Valley team
Caroline Hargreaves has been appointed as development underwriter to support brokers in the Thames Valley region.
Market moves: Merlin staff find new roles at LAS
Recruitment this week continued to be dominated by the fallout from the demise of loss adjuster Merlin. While GAB Robins moved for regional manager Andrew Considine last week, it was the turn of LAS, which added 19 former Merlin staff to its force.
MMA poaches motor specialist from QBE
MMA Insurance has appointed Gary Clayton as senior motor trade underwriter with a remit for the South of the UK.
Salient Solutions founder joins Capita's insurance arm as non-executive director
Capita has appointed Clare Ryder as non-executive director of the partnerships arm in the firm's insurance services business.
Schemes let down by insurers on service
Commercial schemes are continuing to grow in popularity, according to MMA, which has found that overall premium in commercial schemes grew by 25%in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2012.
MMA executive director Plummer retires
MMA Insurance has confirmed that former commercial director Derek Plummer has retired from the company.
A mutual future?
Regulations like Solvency II will have a significant impact on mutuals across Europe. Francesca Nyman asks whether the model will survive.
Mike Quinton says departure was nothing to do with aggregator failure
Mike Quinton has confirmed he has left Covea, the parent company behind the failed aggregator start-up he had worked on, stressing that it was only a temporary role.
"Strong likelihood" of redundancies as Covea scraps aggregator plans
MMA Holdings has confirmed that it will not be launching an aggregator platform as it "does not fit" with its core UK business and plans for future growth.
Market moves: Brokers a hive of recruitment activity
Insurance broker Jelf was among the most active recruiters this week, launching a four-strong affinities and schemes team and adding two new staff to its recently opened office in London.