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A Hampshire broker is planning to open a new office and increase staff numbers by more than 10% afte...
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Axa offers brokers direct SME route
Axa will take referred commercial business direct from brokers' websites under a 'white labelling' s...
Appointment at Distribution Technology
Tony Kennedy and Paul Chedzey have joined Distribution Technology's client management team as client...
Chanchu pounds coast of South China
Southern China is clearing up after Typhoon Chanchu swept along the coast. The typhoon came ashore ...
JLT expands into China insurance market
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has commenced operations as an insurance and reinsurance broker across ...
AMG acquires Sigma Claims Solutions
Loss adjuster Ashworth Mairs Group has acquired Sigma Claims Solutions, the company’s first purchase, seven months after a management-buy-out in October 2005.
Colemont aquires Latvian broking house
Colemont Global Group has strengthened its European presence with the acquisition of a Latvian insurance broker in Riga.
Bolivian intervention highlights increased political risks
Businesses around the globe are continuously looking for their next lucrative investment opportunity but as the recent cases in Bolivia and Ecuador demonstrate, government intervention in the oil and energy sector can have serious implications for…
Towergate strikes deal with Zurich
The Towergate Partnership has acquired the Zurich Home Insurance portfolio from Network Data.
Lloyd's syndicates tempt fate with AGM reports
Three Lloyd's insurers have issued AGM statements that confirm the very positive trading conditions for the market so far in 2006, according to analysts Keefe Bruyette and Woods. But it warned that the full year outcome, of course, hangs much on how hard…
Insurance recruiter on expansion drive
Insurance recruitment consultancy Darwin Rhodes has increased its UK staff numbers by 40% since Janu...
Ex-Churchill bosses go head to head with start-ups
Churchill founder Martin Long has thrown his weight behind a new SME underwriting start-up headed by...
Broker plans more acquisitions
Lloyd's broker Windsor will continue to support its growth through acquisitions, its chief executive...
Allianz stops short at mandate
Security on some construction vehicles is "like a 1960s Mini", a senior engineering underwriter warn...
RTA judgement saves insurer from £1m bill
Andrew Mcminn v Iain Mcminn and Aioi Insurance Company of Europe (Queen's Bench Division - 11 April 2006)
NU reduces PL broker staff
Norwich Union's decision to reduce the number of personal lines broker handlers it has in Bristol is...
Insurers would not cope with another "real biggie"
With a focus on both the building repair industry and personal injury, insurance company claims managers came together at Post Magazine's Claims Club to discuss the bigger issues. Ralph Savage reports
Post Magazine Claims Club Advisory Board
Chair: Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Magazine Board: Steve Eckhardt, director, senior claims...
Budget acquires Hara Hill Wason
Budget has acquired Scottish-based broker Hara Hill Wason. The acquisition adds six high-street outl...
Insurer repositions SME
Zurich will be providing 100 underwriters to service brokers handling SME business under its new pro...
CMIB sale may hit Zurich Commercial
The sale of Country Mutual Insurance Brokers could see Zurich lose its most significant chunk of bus...