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Measure by measure
As the world tries to work out what the global recession will mean, global broker Willis has chosen this difficult time to launch a new division. Dominic Samengo-Turner, who has been chosen to head up Willis Global Placement, speaks to Mairi Mallon
Mitsui opens in Qatar
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (Europe) officially opened an office in Qatar, claiming to be the ...
Hardy in £40.3m rights issue
Hardy is to raise £40.3m through a placing and open offer.
Moneysupermarket grows insurance revenue by 38%
Moneysupermarket's insurance revenue increased by 38% to £77.7m in 2008 compared to £56.4m the previous year.
QBE net profit falls 3.5%
QBE Insurance Group has reported that its pre-tax profits have fallen 3.5% to $1.86bn for 2008 compared to the previous year.
NU urges stress awareness
Norwich Union Risk Services has urged employers to be more vigilant about the signs of stress in the...
Allianz staff hoist main sail
Allianz Commercial has sent eight employees on its Voyage to Development programme in order to enhan...
Customer contact
Improving customer retention
Appointment at Help the Aged/Age Concern
Gordon Morris , the current managing director of Age Concern Enterprises, has been appointed to lea...
CII gives weather warning
Climate change has implications for virtually all aspects and lines of the insurance industry, the C...
Appointment at Towergate Partnership
Towergate Partnership has appointed Sue Lee as managing director of Towergate Patrick. Ms Lee was ...
ABI's comparison code talks
Aggregator trade body Comparison Consortium and the Association of British Insurers have joined forc...
Crawford hires to combat rising fraud
Loss adjuster Crawford and Company UK has bolstered its corporate and major incident team with two a...
Axa has a spring clean
Axa's split this week with another managing general agent - in this case Primary Group subsidiary UK...
MGA capacity deal faces an uncertain future as Axa splits
Axa Insurance's future as the majority capacity provider for PBS Holdings looks in jeopardy after th...
Heath Lambert in Brum
Heath Lambert is expanding its UK operations by launching a new venture in the heart of Birmingham. ...
Appointment at Allianz Insurance
Allianz Retail has recruited Mike Caidan as head of sales and Phil Carr and Steve Rowley into ...
Open GI SME platform
Open GI has expanded its commercial offering with the launch of a new SME trading platform. Open Tra...
NU launches new club to tap into the £500m smaller broker pool
Norwich Union is set to launch a club for small intermediaries, called the Broker Independence Group...
Fortis and LV unclear about charities merger
The merger of two of the UK's largest charities has moved a step closer, although the potential impa...
NU flood tips go online
Norwich Union has launched online flood protection via its website for brokers to download to help b...
XL shelves UK expansion plans due to downturn
XL Insurance is focusing on existing business after shelving plans for further UK regional expansion.