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RSA acquires Irish insurer
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group has acquired Irish insurer EGI Holdings for €25.2m (£17.3m) payable in cash.
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Heath pulls plug on JLT talks
Heath Lambert Group has ended talks with Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT). Discussions had been taking p...
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Xchanging launches model wordings library
Xchanging has announced the launch of Model Wordings Library (MWL), anticipated to be the London Mar...
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Marsh hires new southern UK regional boss
Marsh, the world’s leading risk and insurance services firm, has appointed a new southern regional sales leader to boost development in the South.
Willkomm quits as Scottish Re CEO
Scottish Re Group has announced that Scott E. Willkomm has resigned his position as president and chief executive.
Moorhouse extends high street bank distribution deal
Moorhouse Group has signed a contract which will see its full commercial and personal lines insurance product range marketed nationally to other brokers by HSBC.
Lloyd's broker in regional buy
Lloyd's broker RFIB Group has expanded its presence in the UK market with the acquisition of the business of Bridle Insurance Brokers, based near Southampton.
Whittington appoints new head of Asia operations
Whittington Group has appointed Simon Birch as chief operating officer to head its Asia Pacific expansion from its Singapore headquarters.
Norwich Union and eBay launch online insurance hub
Norwich Union and eBay.co.uk have launched an online insurance centre for customers.
NIG makes distribution appointments
NIG has appointed Martin Kelsh and Tim Griffiths as strategic account managers.
Global insurer in UK regional push with former Cornhill broker boss
Endurance has appointed Mark Hadfield to the role of business development manager in its UK property business to focus on running the broker interface and developing the company’s regional portfolio.
Fortis targets the mobile generation
Fortis UK has acquired the majority shareholding in mobile phone insurance specialist Text2Insure in...
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In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, K Drewe Insurance Brokers sponsored the GP14 Class Dinghy Na...
Group of MPs tables early day motion
A group of MPs has tabled an early day motion in the House of Commons, demanding travel insurers red...
Appointment at Junction
Nigel Asplin has been appointed director of corporate partnerships at Junction, the affinity arm of ...
Appointment at Towergate
Towergate has made several appointments to its retail broking division. Jonathan Webb joins as manag...
Appointment at Chartered Insurance Institute
The Chartered Insurance Institute has made Norrie Erwin business development director for the genera...
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Angela Seymour-Jackson, Norwich Union's distribution director, talks to Jonathan Swift, about quoting customers happy, affinity opportunities and the potential of RACD
Dunlop resigns at Highway, former RSA boss Gamble named exec chairman
Richard Gamble, the former group chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance has been named as the new executive chairman of Highway Insurance. The role is temporary, while the insurer seeks a new chief executive.