Articles by Insurance Post Staff
CII admits "caution" in 2009 after 7% jump in revenue
The Chartered Insurance Institute has reported a 7% growth in revenue to £30.3m (2007: £28.4m) and a 2% rise in membership to over 93 000 members in 2008. Operating surplus was £0.8m (2007: £0.6m) and the net surplus, after investment returns and…
Catlin unveils results of rights issue
Catlin Group has announced that under the terms of a 2 for 5 rights issue announced on 12 February 2009, valid acceptances have been received in respect of 98.68 per cent of the total number of new common shares offered to shareholders.
Abbey hails FSB deal as it sees profits jump 13%
Abbey Protection has announced a 13% growth in pre-tax profits to £8.3m on revenue up 11% to £30.3m in 2008.
Willis offers staff options
Aon and Marsh have claimed they have no current plans to replicate their major rival Willis' decisio...
Appointment at Weightmans
The head of Weightmans' London office and five more partners from its insurance division have joined...
AMII makes changes
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries has made a number of changes to its executive co...
Platinum for Thatcham
Thatcham has received the platinum award for accumulating the highest number of 'skill miles' in the...
Jelf awarded two stars from IIC for customer service
Jelf Group has been awarded two-star Investor in Customers status for its client service culture. Th...
Comic Relief campaign receives boost from the industry
Insurers and brokers across the country redoubled their efforts to raise money for this year's Comic...
ABI applauds strategy
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed the National Fraud Strategic Authority's National F...
Star lawyer departs BLG
Colin Croly, a reinsurance partner at law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has left the firm after 29 year...
Appointment at Arista Insurance
Arista Insurance has opened a new office in Birmingham. Scott Hallett joins as broker development ...
CEA welcomes renewal
The CEA has welcomed the European Commission's support for the renewal of the Insurance Block Exempt...
Reflections on 2002
With seven weeks to go until the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference, Post travels bac...
CEO Smith steps down from Swinton
Swinton chief executive Patrick Smith is to step down from his position, although he intends to rema...
Appointment at Willis
The newly formed Willis Facultative is to be led by Matthew Keeping as chief executive officer. Re...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Pittman joins Merlin in service centre push
Former Halifax Insurance head of household claims Jim Pittman has returned to loss adjusting after a...
Lockton looks to the future
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Penny Black's insurance week
One has always wondered what insurance folk get up to when they are on gardening leave . Golf, holi...
Appointment at Open GI
Open GI has appointed Lisa Worthington as strategic account manager. Ms Worthington has six years'...
RL Davison gets Card
Stephen Card has joined Lloyd's broker RL Davison as deputy chairman of the board. Mr Card joined fr...
New statutory code is backed by Biba
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is backing a code to decide who intermediaries act for wh...
RSA boss recovering well
RSA has confirmed that its broking boss is to take time off to recover from an operation. "We can co...