News
Midwife PI insurance will require external funding
The government will need to provide state or private funding to cover independent midwives, or hundr...
Ryan rolls out corporate trading team
East Anglian broker Ryan Insurance has responded to the demands of its larger commercial customers b...
What the papers said this week
The Independent Beverley Charman, ex-wife of the insurance magnate John Charman, was threatened a...
Aon: Benfield staff poaching leads to £9.5m settlement
Broking giant Aon Re Global will pay more than £9.5m to rival Benfield over alleged breaking of cont...
LMA holds summit over potential Lloyd's exodus
The new boss of the Lloyd's Market Association has called a summit of the personal lines operators i...
Letsure brand retained
Erinaceous has promised to retain one of the oldest brands in the lettings market after its £12m acq...
The Claimant's View
The NHS costs recovery is a claw-back that we should all support. And yet, what we hear from the ins...
Arbitrators respond to dramatic rise in dispute demand
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators has spun off its dispute resolution business into a subsidiar...
Cunningham hirings
Cunningham Lindsey's liability services has announced five new appointments for its complex loss tea...
Appointment at Amlin
Steve McMurray has joined Amlin as head of finance. Mr McMurray was previously chief financial accou...
Markel social welfare push
Markel has launched a social welfare insurance product set to coincide with new social care inspecti...
£7m deal creates national drainage player
The UK Drainage Network has promised greater control for its insurer clients after the £7m merger of...
Post online web cast
Do not miss our weekly web cast providing a run down of the major news in the general insurance sect...
Appointment at Castle Cover
Castle Cover has appointed Helen Ricketts as head of motor. She has more than thirteen years' experi...
Appointment at Barrie and Hibbert
Barrie and Hibbert has hired Elliot Varnell, Stephen Carlin and Hui Ming Ng from Deloitte and Touche...
Appointment at DLA Piper
DLA Piper has appointed marine insurance specialist David McKie as a partner. He was a partner at El...
Appointment at Willis Re
Willis Re has appointed Donald MacDonald as deputy managing director to its UK reinsurance unit. Pri...
Appointment at ISS
ISS Damage Control has appointed George Velho as its new regional manager for London. Mr Velho will ...
Appointment at Crawford and Company
Charlotte von Krogh has been appointed as operations manager for CEMEA (Continental Europe, Middle E...
Allianz engineering coup
Allianz Cornhill believes it has proved brokers wrong by becoming the first insurer to launch a spec...
Farr readies for action after appeal court win
Erinaceous group subsidiary Farr Insurance Brokers is believed to be considering taking legal action...
Post launches insurance carbon offsetting campaign
Post has launched a campaign to encourage the insurance industry - from insurance companies through ...
In-house claims move
White Horse Insurance Ireland has established a claims handling operation in Shannon, Ireland, with ...
Appointment at Lockton
Louise Lanaghan has joined Lockton as director of the housing sector practice. Ms Lanaghan has 14 ye...