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City of London Police to create £9m 35 strong insurance fraud team
The insurance industry has confirmed final plans to fund a multi-million pound City of London Police unit aimed at tackling insurance fraud.
Broker claims boss is promoted to the main board
Lark Group announces the appointment of Julie Whitehead to its main board.
Winners speak out from BIA 2011
Re-live the 2011 British Insurance Awards with this short video featuring many of the winners giving their responses to being acclaimed at the Royal Albert Hall.
CII names corporate development boss
The Chartered Insurance Institute has appointed Graeme Sutton as director of corporate development.
CCV acquires in Lincolnshire
CCV has acquired Lincsure, a Lincolnshire-based high-street broker.
Post Blog - Tales from the conference frontline
Anyone who has been through insurance conference season and lived to tell the tale knows exactly how much stamina it requires.
Bancassurance a growth channel for commercial insurance
Banks in Italy currently hold just 4% of the general insurance market, however, with significant growth in demand for commercial insurance such as directors’ and officers’ Maurizio Ghilosso explains why this might be the ideal channel to tap into this…
View from the Top – What price pan-European regulation?
The increased attention on all aspects of regulation across Europe has the potential to slow down the drive for innovation. Ironically, this comes at a time when technology is making important gains in distribution and the simplification of the insurance…
Towergate strengthens regional management team
Towergate Insurance has made two senior appointments to its Nottingham team to underpin plans for future growth in the East Midlands region.
Insurance Age blog: NOTW closure is wake up call for brokers
Okay broker buddies, time to go for a ride in my Delorean. We've set the flux capacitor to Sunday 3 July and we are walking into the newsagent to pick up a copy of the News of the World.
Fusion enhances legal expenses offering
Fusion Insurance and DAS have strengthened their legal expenses offering for clients and brokers.
Chartis backs London-based Takaful insurance broker
A company claiming to be the world’s first Shariah compliant insurance broker to offer premium Takaful and Re-Takaful commercial risk solutions in the UK has today been launched in London.
Broker targets professional services in “aggressive growth” strategy
Cadogan Keelan Westall has announced it is to target professional services networks as part of an aggressive growth strategy.
Post Blog: Tales from the conference frontline
Anyone who has been through insurance conference season and lived to tell the tale knows exactly how much stamina it requires.
Biba confirms Staddon exit at end of July
Peter Staddon will officially leave the British Insurance Brokers’ Association on 29 July, the trade body has confirmed.
Aon names aviation head
Aon Risk Solutions (ARS) has appointed David Boyle as head of the aviation team Asia Pacific (Apac) region.
UK General capacity deal 'first of many'
The capacity deal signed between UK General and Lloyd's insurer Catlin is likely to be the first of many, as the Leeds-based underwriting agency looks to branch out into high-risk liability.
Postbox - Twitter: the art of conversation
Recent articles in Post have detailed the insurance industry getting to grips with social media, and a simple misunderstanding seems to be at the heart for those that struggle.
Igo4 opens call centre
IGO4 has opened a new contact centre in Peterborough to handle renewals business from existing home and motor insurance customers and offline completion of aggregator quotes, after transferring business from BDML.
Insurance & social media: To tweet or not to tweet
The insurance industry has struggled in its early attempts to adopt social media, due to its staid reputation. Sam Barrett warns that being slow to capitalise on the benefits it can bring means the industry is missing a trick.
Staddon to leave Biba
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's longstanding head of technical services Peter Staddon is set to depart the trade body. Mr Staddon began his insurance career in 1971 as a broker and joined Biba in 1996 to establish the technical services…
Tackling fraud - Roundtable: The time for action is now
With new counter-fraud tools coming onstream, Post gathered a group of experts to assess whether these will be enough to outweigh expected reductions in police resource when fighting this crime. Chinwe Akomah reports.
Post history - 30 years ago: Insurers take £1 premium for fireworks
Looking back through Post’s back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this highlight from 30 years ago reveals.