Commercial
What the Papers Say.
DAILY TELEGRAPH A pension awarded to the widow of a Gulf War reservist has been cut in a dispute ...
THB: Murphy moves.
Thompson Heath and Bond board director Frank Murphy has been appointed chief operating officer. He j...
RSA in IBM outsourcing deal.
Royal & Sun Alliance has outsourced the management and development of its UK information technology ...
Hunt is on for broad skill base.
The insurance industry has had its fair share of change this year. Marcella Cronin looks at the impact on recruitment trends.
The slow road to recovery.
As delayed reactions to the US terrorist attacks lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, Jane Wilding says many will turn to counsellors to get the help they need.
Appointment at GoPrivate.
Pay-as-you-go health provider GoPrivate has appointed Sital Solanki as sales manager. Miss Solanki h...
In deep water?
This year has seen a high tide for insurers. They are struggling to hold on, with the fallout from flooding and storm damage, company collapses, the contracting market and soaring costs - not to mention September's terrorist attacks, threatening survival…
Muress makes move to Crawford.
Ian Muress, former chief executive of loss adjuster McLarens Toplis, is to take over as managing dir...
Appointment at Cornhill Schemes.
Cornhill Schemes has appointed Graham Norris as divisional manager, operations. He joined Cornhill i...
Hiscox view raises eyebrows and hackles.
The usual approach when faced with the pub bore is to nod and make one's excuses as quickly as possi...
Negligence rethink.
The Shadow Health Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, has called for a fundamental rethink of the whole clinical...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny can't help feeling that the ongoing saga of the Groupama sale is trundling on somewhat and the...
Homer in start-up rumour.
Andy Homer, former chief executive of Axa Insurance in the UK, is understood to be set to return to ...
RePeople - Appointment at Odyssey America Re.
Odyssey America Re has appointed Stephen Van de Graaf senior vice-president of non-traditional busin...
Heed the warnings.
With their third quarter results hit hard by losses from the World Trade Centre attacks, reinsurers ...
ReBriefs - Aon and Jardine Lloyd Thompson blacklisted by ICFTU.
Brokers Aon and Jardine Lloyd Thompson are among 250 companies 'blacklisted' by the International Co...
WTC lawsuits under way.
The 11 September attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC) have so far given rise to four lawsuits rel...
Jago announces drop in capacity of 205
Jago Managing Agency has announced that its Lloyd's syndicate 205 will have a stamp capacity of £80m ...
Gorna merger on.
Law firm Hill Dickinson, whose head office is in Liverpool, is to merge with niche Manchester-based ...
Scott aids JLT.
Former CGNU group chief executive Bob Scott is set to resurface at broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson as ...
Just a blur?
This year may have been a bit of a blur for some brokers. Although hit by a series of shocks - from September's US terrorist attacks to the collapse of Independent and Andrew Paddick's shock victory against GISC - the sector is still running on a full…
BIBA and GISC are a disgrace.
Last year, we were appointed as brokers to a client that had sacked its existing broker mid-term. Th...
On the right track.
Fundamental changes in the market this year have meant a bumpy ride for loss adjusters. With panel shake-ups, outsourcing, insourcing, closures and reshuffles, they have had to cling on tight and think in terms of strategic repositioning to avoid coming…
Axa to meet BIBA.
Axa is to meet with the British Insurance Brokers' Association by the end of the week to discuss its...