Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Appointment at Ecclesiastical
Jonathan Harker has been appointed regional director for Ecclesiastical's southern region. He has ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was intrigued to see a rather snotty memo that has been doing the rounds at Towergate arm Fus...
Caution ahead
In series: Fleet Motor
A broads appeal
Regional Review: East Anglia
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey UK has appointed four specialist adjusters. David Perry has 27 years' experienc...
Appointment at National Deposit
National Deposit has appointed David Castling as intermediary consultant for Yorkshire and the Nor...
Appointment at Bluefin
Peter Elliott has joined Bluefin Insurance Services as head of marketing. He joins from Rushton In...
PI claims above inflation
Insurers need to brace themselves for an above-inflation increase in personal injury claims costs wh...
Appointment at Property Risks
Residential lettings specialist Property Risks has recruited Richard Ellis as business development...
AIG UK: staff and client retention on track
AIG UK has reported a pre-tax profit of £324m on £2.28bn gross written premium in 2008, in its first...
Industry flock to sub-£5m investment group
A new investment consortium for the sub-£5m market, Alpine Risk Services, has attracted close to 50 ...
Legal analysis: interim payments - In the meantime
The recent Eeles v Cobham Hire judgment overturned an interim payment decision. Stephen Hazelton reports on the ramifications of this outcome
Appointment at Keoghs
Keoghs has appointed Edward Armitage as finance director. He joins from Overclockers UK. Mr Armita...
Credit hire dealt court blow
Insurers should have more confidence in defending cases against credit hire organisations that do no...
Brokers attend Professional Broking UK Broker Summit
More than 50 of the UK's leading brokers attended the inaugural Professional Broking UK Broker Summi...
AIG pays out billions
AIG has paid out billions from its emergency US government bailout to pay off counterparties of its ...
PwC survey highlights run off as prime concern
European insurance and reinsurance groups are increasingly scrutinising discontinued operations and ...
Security guard concealed medical history
Widlake v BAA Plc (Queen's Bench Division - 28 November 2008)
Broker and IFA team up
High-net-worth broker Smith Greenfield and independent financial adviser HFS Milbourne have joined f...
Direct Fleet signs up insurer duo
Online fleet insurance platform Direct Fleet Insurance has increased its panel of insurers to 14 wit...
Appointment at Beazley Group
Beazley Group has promoted Patrick Hartigan to lead its reinsurance division. Mr Hartigan has 18 y...
What the papers said this week
The Irish Independent RSA has established a subsidiary in Ireland. It is thought that the company...
Berkshire suffers Fitch hitch
Berkshire Hathaway has seen its issuer default rating and senior unsecured debt ratings downgraded b...
Disclosure exposure
Legal Update: Electronic disclosure