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Appointment at Lockton
Lockton's real estate and construction division has promoted Michael Lewis to the role of associate ...
Bollington makes raid on Aviva for new MD recruit
Commerical broker Bollington aims to boost its wholesale business following the appointment of Chris...
GAB Robins launches UK repair network
GAB Robins has launched BRICS - a new option for property claims fulfillment.
Odyssey Re's Hudson unit to form crop insurance unit
Hudson, the US insurance division of (re)insurer Odyssey Re said that it has bought the assets pertaining to the crop insurance business of US managing agent CropUSA.
BGL appoints vehicle repair director
ACM, the claims management arm of the BGL Group, has appointed Mike Edgeley as associate director of its vehicle repair services team.
Lockton promotes within construction division
Lockton’s real estate and construction division has promoted Michael Lewis to the role of associate director
Highway subsidiary announces new deal
1st Quote, which is a trading style of Highway broking arm Hero Insurance Services, has been added to the Confused household panel.
Self-employed are self-assured at success
RSA has released survey results which it said shows that a large number of self-employed business people are optimistic about their future, despite recent gloomy news regarding the UK's 0% economic growth.
Finch flees Cunningham Lindsey for Crawford
Alex Finch has left Cunningham Lindsey to become managing director for Crawford and Company's national building services unit, with immediate effect.
Moorhouse creates role to boost growth
Moorhouse has created the new role of sales and marketing director and appointed Tim Larden to the post to oversee its "hypergrowth" strategy.
Liberty gets new chief risk officer from Beazley
Liberty Syndicates said that it has appointed Jonathan Matthews as its new chief risk officer.
Recruitment moves
Swiss Re America, a unit of Swiss (re)insurer Swiss Re, has appointed Alabama insurance commissioner...
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Zoom latest airline to go bust
As another long-distance budget airline goes bust this week, Katherine Brandon, reporter Professional Broking , looks at the possible insurance implications of cancelled flights as airlines suffer.
MMA appoints head of business development team
Intermediary only insurer, MMA Insurance has appointed Dan Andrews as head of business development.
Insurantz launches commercial vehicles cover
Insurantz.com, the online small business insurance provider has added ‘Business Vans’ commercial vehicles cover to its suite of products aimed at the UK’s 4.5 million small business owners.
Cassidy Davies secures Millenium MPPI deal
LLoyd's insurer Cassidy Davis has secured a deal to underwrite a scheme portfolio of mortgage payment protection insurance for Millennium Insurance Brokers.
Allianz to sell Dresdner this weekend
According to the Financial Times , German insurer Allianz is set to sell its bank Dresdner for about €9bn ($13bn) to Commerzbank.
Hardy poised for growth when market turns
Hardy Underwriting Bermuda has reported a rise in gross written premium to £97.0m (H1 2007: £88.8m) in the first half of 2008.
PB Week: Investment returns hit insurers' profits
Insurers have been benefiting from a growing economy where things could seemingly only go up, now many of them are being hit hard by their investment portfolios no matter how diverse, writes Andrew Tjaardstra, editor of Professional Broking magazine ,…
Highway reports profit fall
Highway this morning reported a fall in profit before tax to £1.4m (2007: £11.8m) for the first six months of 2008. Its gross written premium dipped slightly to £130.7m (2007: £131.2m).
LV in £150m bid for Highway
Liverpool Victoria has been named as the company which has bid for Highway Insurance. The offer values the entire issued share capital of Highway at approximately £150m.
Highway shares up 14.06% on LV bid
Highway shares continue to climb on news that it is talks with LV over a £150 takeover deal.