Commercial
Lucas Fettes opens for business in Glasgow
Broker Lucas Fettes has opened its first office North of the border.
Novae in syndicate merger
Novae Syndicates the Lloyd's platform for Novae Group Plc, today announced it is to merge its syndicates 1007 and 2147 with effect from the 2007 year of account.
Andrews appointed in Groupama partnerships role
Groupama Insurances has announced the senior management appointment of Allison Andrews as head of partnership solutions.
Allianz launches full service cargo insurance platform.
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty is launching an online policy quotation, inception and renewal tool for the cargo insurance market.
Thompsons offers funding to claimants for clinical negligence claims
Thompsons Solicitors has introduced a new funding aspect to its Clinical Negligence Service in a bid to provide claimants with easier access to justice. It follows the curtailment of legal aid and the need to help claimants who might otherwise be put off…
OFT to refer the PPI market to the Competition Commission
The Office of Fair Trading has today said it will refer the UK payment protection insurance market to the Competition Commission. It has published its analysis of the market for consultation prior to a final decision early next year.
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Groupama promotes Harris
Groupama Insurances has promoted Lynn Harris to the role of head of customer proposition. Ms Harris ...
EU insurers plan cost cuts
European insurers are embracing industrial operating models in order to cut costs and improve custom...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has appointed Janet Henderson as head of its North American professional liability underwriting...
Booth joins MMA team
MMA Insurance has hired Paul Booth as financial crime manager to head up its financial crime team. M...
Drain gains
Drainage strategies
The heart of the matter
Last week, Jonathan Clark unveiled the early findings of an industry-wide research project into the future direction of the claims sector at the second annual Claims Club Conference. He finds there is evidence of claims contributing to enhance…
Costly claims show employer failure
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Appointment at IGI
IGI has recruited Robert Cottrell as operations director and Neil Findley as sales and marketing dir...
Scottish brokers hit back at threat
Scottish brokers have criticised composite insurers for being too slow, and responded to the continu...
Rising to the challenge
Damage management
A fine balance
Hiscox is busy striving to become a household name, with its multi-million-pound advertising campaign pushing the brand deeper into the country's conscience. Ralph Savage meets group claims director Jeremy Pinchin to discuss the challenges such a…
Ex-Capita boss joins DAS
Solicitor Kathryn Mortimer has joined the senior management team of DAS Legal Expenses as head of le...
Appointment at The Countrywide Network
The Countrywide Network has appointed Tom Gabriel as an external account executive for the north of ...
Subsidiary rejects VC backing for a trade sale
Smart and Cook Consulting is expected to be sold by the end of the month to another broker rather th...
Green story shows hope
I write regarding the recent article by Rachel Gordon concerning the insurance industry's green cred...
PIAB boasts of major cost savings
The Irish Personal Injuries Assessment Board claims it is processing claims three times faster and f...
QBE to open Swedish office in Scandinavian expansion
QBE is set to open a new branch office in Stockholm by early 2007. To be known as QBE Sverige, the o...