Commercial
D&D seals Prestbury deal
General insurance provider D&D Homecare has agreed terms with Prestbury Financial to provide its partners with Mortgage and Payment Protection Insurance.
Benstead joins CNA
CNA Insurance Company has appointed Chris Benstead to its London team as development underwriter, property.
Quotemac adds claims module to underwriting software
QuoteMac, the on-line SME underwriting system used by over 1,000 brokers, has been upgraded by its creators, Anglo Pacific Consultants, to add a new claims module.
Marsh makes Glasgow move
Marsh has promoted Audrey Corfield to the role of sales and service leader of its corporate client practice in the Glasgow office.
CIS teams up with NU
Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS), part of Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), has signed a heads of agreement with Norwich Union (NU) to strengthen their distribution capabilities.
Appointment at J&M Insurance Services
J&M Insurance Services has appointed Peter Wood as branch manager. Mr Wood has joined to manage and ...
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CIS in strike crisis talks
Crisis talks between union members and top bosses at the Co-operative Insurance Society will take pl...
Dangerous undercurrents
Legal Report
Buying game changes tack
Despite the soft market, it would appear that there is no end to the appetite among venture capitali...
Fivefold indemnity rise
Legal Report
Purchasing power
Broker consolidation
Enterprise acquires
Enterprise has acquired the entire share capital of Durley Group Holdings, which includes Countrywid...
Cox unites legal expenses
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That sinking feeling
Marine
Back on track
Managing aggregates
Senior trio seeks VC funding for new underwriting agency
A trio of former directors from the Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance stable has teamed up to launch ...
Novae appointed
The Towergate Partnership has appointed Novae Underwriting to supply a web-based delivery system to ...
MMA extends anti-fraud system use
MMA Insurance has expanded its agreement to use anti-fraud software system, Advances, from motor to household claims.
Converium results show improvement
Converium made a loss before taxes of $16.4m for the first half of 2005, a dramatic improvement on the previous year, when it registered a loss before taxes of $295m. Net income for the first six months of the year came to $9m, again up substantially on…
China mops up after Matsa
Typhoon Matsa has killed seven people and caused several billion yuan in losses as it ravaged through East China's coastal area over the weekend.
Willis expands San Francisco office
Willis Group has announced the appointment of three insurance leaders to its San Francisco, California operations.
Construction figures still rising says DTI
Construction orders in the year to June 2005 rose by five per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the second quarter of 2005 rose by nine per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to the…
Risk management MSc launched
The Chartered Insurance Institute and Cass Business School have teamed up to launch an MSc in Insura...