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UK Loss Adjusting 2008
Brit begins legal panel review in Scotland
Brit Insurance's UK regional expansion has filtered towards its supplier networks with a formal lega...
Appointment at RSA
RSA has appointed Desmond Cross as head of its retail trading unit. Based in Leadenhall Court, he wi...
Roundtable - Credit crunch fraud
UK Loss Adjusting 2008
Ex-NIG boss joins broker
Michael Rea, who left his directorship of NIG in June, has landed a new job at Towergate. Mr Rea st...
Firm breakdown by turnover
UK Loss Adjusting 2008
Chaucer sees merit in online commercial push
Chaucer chief executive officer Ewen Gilmour has not ruled out entering the online commercial insura...
Security rate reductions
Global security firms could benefit from rate reductions of up to 20% for their cash in transit cove...
LV looks to keep Highway separate after £150m bid
LV may continue to run takeover target - motor insurer Highway - as a separate brand and not amalgam...
Fortress in Axa switch
Acumus acquisition Fortress is to make the switch from Norwich Union to Axa and increase broker comm...
Hero to axe 32 roles as focus switches to online
Broking group Hero is axing up to 23 jobs following a rise in the number of people purchasing insura...
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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