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Appointment at Endurance Specialty Holdings
Endurance Specialty Holdings has hired Lauren Kent as senior underwriting manager and head of reinsu...
CILA looks to boost membership with charter rewrite
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' incoming president hopes that the introduction of its lon...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has recruited Nigel Salisbury as head of its real estate practice in the UK. He will be based ...
Insurers on September flood alert
Insurers face claims worth tens of millions of pounds after floods and severe storms hit parts of th...
Appointment at Bollington
Commercial broker Bollington has appointed Chris Patterson as managing director of its wholesale ope...
Uninsured driving call is "last piece in puzzle"
Insurer bodies have hailed the move by government to implement systems to detect uninsured motorists...
Weightmans in PI push
Weightmans plans to launch a large loss and technical claims capability out of its London office. Th...
Rise in machinery thefts
Farm machinery thefts in England rose 41% in 2007 in sharp contrast to trends across the rest of the...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed Chris Tully to the role of director of personal lines within Jelf Insur...
LV buoyant as ABC hits sales projection
LV's broker-facing subsidiary ABC has hit its annual motor target months ahead of schedule. Overall...
What the papers said this week
Times Clive Cowdery, the insurance entrepreneur, has recruited John Tiner, the former head of t...
RSA shares dive - was takeover talk hot air?
RSA share price has fallen 10.5 pence today as speculation of it being acquired seems to have abated.
Lloyd's less likely to face further legal suits
Lloyd's has hailed the decision by the High Court to grant civil restraint orders to slow Names litigation against it.
MSL Legal Expenses boosts national sales team
MSL Legal Expenses has appointed Steve Ludgate as business development manager.
Claims solution from Axa Corporate
Axa Corporate Solutions has developed Panorama, a claims remote account management product designed to provide contract certainty for all parties specifically for use in the UK.
Heightened retro prices lead to Munich Re unable to place a storm risk
Heightened retrocessional reinsurance prices have led to Munich Re being unable to retrocessionally get additional reinsurance for a storm risk it wanted to place, said one of its senior reinsurance writers.
1.5 million cars at risk in flood hit areas, warns Uswitch
Uswitch has warned that 1.5 million cars are at risk in potential flood areas across Britain as the insurance industry braces itself to fork out ‘tens of millions’ in claims.
Broker 2 Broker targets brokers with new hire
Broker 2 Broker has appointed Sara Berry to the newly-created role of broker relationship manager.
Allied World makes Bell new COO
Allied World, the Bermudian (re)insurer has promoted David Bell to the position of chief operating and administrative officer of Allied World Assurance Company, its Bermuda insurance subsidiary. He was senior vice president, Global Product Line Manager,…
Hurricane Ike triggers Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) to pay out $6.3m
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the world's first multi-country risk pool is set to make a payout of approximately US$6.3m to the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, within the terms of that country’s hurricane policy…
Allied World appoints D'Orazio as new chief underwriting officer
Allied World, the Bermudian (re)insurer, has promoted Frank D'Orazio to the chief underwriter's position, the company said in a statement.
Ironshore enters Lloyd's market
Ironshore enter the Lloyd’s market after completing the purchase of Pembroke Managing Agency and Syndicate 4000 which it manages.
Travelers in UK senior staff shake up
Travelers UK has announced the retirement of David Bevan, general manager - sales marketing and distribution - after 16 years service.