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PM charity football competition kicks off.
The sixth Post Magazine Charity Football Competition kicked off last week, with matches right across...
InsurE.com aims to recruit 500 brokers
InsurE-com is aiming to recruit an extra 500 brokers and five insurers by the year end - doubling i...
Appointment at Gaston Whybrew
Colchester-based Gaston Whybrew has appointed Simon Tilling as an assistant solicitor. Mr Tilling w...
Underwriter downgraded
London market insurer The Underwriter suffered a further blow this week, as rating agency Fitch dow...
NIG expands its regional network of underwriting offices
NIG has expanded its regional network of underwriting offices, with the opening of a branch in Chel...
Zurich chief hits out at reinsurer relationships
Zurich London chief executive officer Martin South has voiced concern over the deteriorating relati...
A winning initiative
As Phase 2 of the Motor Insurance Database proceeds full-throttle, fleet operators must ensure they comply with the regulations surrounding the initiative. Only with fleet compliance can motor insurance evaders be forced off the road - a winning position…
Liz Latter of Brokersure.co.uk to run in London Marathon
Liz Latter, general manager of Brokersure.co.uk, will be running this year's London Marathon on 13 ...
Lloyd's "realistic" over take-up plan
The chances of any dramatic take-up within Lloyd's of a members' agents' declaration that they are ...
Post Events
7 April Sherwood briefing: Cutting costs - the need for speed The Millennium Gloucester Hotel...
Search engine insurance launch targets 6000
Personal finance aggregator Money Supermarket has launched what it calls a second generation search...
The power to perform?
The 7th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference takes place next week. Magne Seljeflot, who helped establish the event, talks to Marcus Alcock about the turbulence the oil and gas insurance sector has experienced over the last few years and what the…
SVB Syndicates appoints John Thirlwell
SVB Syndicates, the managing agency subsidiary of SVB Holdings, has appointed John Thirlwell as a n...
Financial security
As equity markets sink further as a result of the UK's current poor economic climate, investors are looking to bonds for security and financial protection. But equities may still have something to offer. Steve Umpelby explains why.
Mediamaker launches specialist division
Sirius subsidiary Mediamaker has launched a specialist division Sirius Interactive, which offers a ...
Direct focus on affinity market
A new direct marketing company formed by a group of leading industry figures has targeted the affin...
Accounts move a warning
The devil is always in the detail and sucker punches always come from unexpected quarters. The Inte...
Collard & Partners placed into administration
Lloyd's broker Collard & Partners has been placed into administration, following an intervention or...
Asda abandons Churchill for NU
Churchill has been dumped by supermarket Asda, which this week confirmed Norwich Union as its gener...
BN ready for Scottish launch
The Broker Network is poised for a renewed Scottish push with a new brand next month. Managing ...
PRI hunts for white knight after Brit bid
AIM-listed PRI Group is being actively offered around the market by advisers, despite a hostile pro...
Appointment at NIG
Kevan Aubrey moves to NIG's product development team as commercial segmentation manager. He comes t...
Asia moves slowly
There are finally signs of interest in developing countries in non-traditional methods of transferring risk, says John Sanders.
Share the pain
A company's reputation is often its most precious asset, yet hard to value and almost impossible to insure. Nonetheless, the (re)insurance industry can help to protect a good name, discovers John Sanders.