Articles by Insurance Post Staff
Appeal decision upheld in mesothelioma case
Rolls Royce Industrial Power (India) Ltd v Cox (Court of Appeal - 22 November 2007)
Highway hire and reward
Highway is to re-enter the hire and reward market during 2008, following the appointment of Nick Wat...
Appointment at Willis
Willis Group Holdings has appointed Alena Watchorn to its mergers and acquisitions practice group as...
Calling global bright young things
Lee Gladwell
Credit insurer unveils new ratings system
Trade credit insurer and ratings agency Coface has launched a new system specifically for rating wor...
Competition: win CMI books
The Chartered Management Institute's Instant Manager series aims to give people easy access to manag...
Towergate extends reach
Towergate Partnership has acquired Scottish insurance broking firm McAra Associates. Under the deal,...
Bike accident reassessed
Dorning v Personal Representative of Paul Rigby (deceased) (Court of Appeal - 13 December 2007)
Financial injection pushes Jelf above £100m
Jelf has announced major transformations including a placing that increases the company's worth abov...
Pulling together
BCM Report
DWF hails plaques stand
Law firm DWF has welcomed news that the government has no plans to change the law to overturn the re...
New Ignition recruit
Ignition NBS has recruited Derek Findlayson as sales and distribution director. After beginning his ...
Appointment at Towergate
Russell Collier has joined Towergate Risk Solutions' Poole office as corporate director. Mr Collier ...
PPI is a true duty of care
Personal finance editors jumped on the news last week that the Financial Services Authority had fine...
Invest in risk expertise, E&Y advises
BCM Report
BC value begins to hit home
BCM Report
Rival MD moves to Marsh
Marsh has announced the appointment of Carrick Lambert as managing director, EMEA financial institut...
MMC names former Ace boss as chair and CEO
Marsh and McLennan has appointed Brian Duperreault, 60, as president and chief executive officer of MMC, effective immediately.
Marine insurers reveal losses
The International Union of Marine Insurance has revealed that the rise in hull and cargo claims continued throughout the second half of 2007 – with some serious losses already being incurred at the start of 2008.
Lloyd’s staff to wear slippers to work
Employees across the UK, including those at Lloyd’s, Allianz Insurance and WPA, are switching off their emails and wearing slippers to work on Friday 1 February to support Samaritans Stress Down Day.
Towergate continues to raid Erinaceous for staff
Towergate subdidiary Cullum Capital Ventures has strengthened its lettings sales force with five key members of the Erinaceous homelet sales team.
Landmark ruling favours victims of abuse
The House of Lords has extended the deadline for some abused victims seeking compensation from their abusers in a landmark judgment handed down today.
Towers Perrin opens in France
Towers Perrin has announced it is opening a reinsurance intermediary business in France and has appointed Serge Mussard as managing director of its new reinsurance operation, and Daniel Schlegel as executive director.
Aon releases marine risk report
The marine industry is set for a continued run of favourable insurance premiums in 2008, despite facing higher risks.