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Oxygen in property push
Oxygen has appointed two brokers to its Lloyd's operation. Caroline Clarke joins the company from Zu...
Appeal date set for pleural plaques case
Approximately 10 000 cases are waiting in the pipeline for next years' House of Lords hearing in Rot...
Appointment at XL Capital
XL Capital has re-appointed Robert Glauber to its board of directors. He originally served on the bo...
Court payments problem
Injured claimants may be left stranded by government proposals to allow certain public sector bodies...
Appointment at Expacare
Expacare has appointed Beverly Cook as managing director. Ms Cook has been involved with the company...
Heath Lambert scheme faces lengthy delays
Heath Lambert's pension scheme may take longer than two years to assess because of its complexity, t...
NFU Mutual to expand agent base by 10%
NFU Mutual is expanding its commission agents by nearly 10% as it embarks on a significant recruitme...
Appointment at IGI
IGI has recruited Robert Cottrell as operations director and Neil Findley as sales and marketing dir...
Scottish brokers hit back at threat
Scottish brokers have criticised composite insurers for being too slow, and responded to the continu...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Frank Witthun has been appointed director and non-executive chairman of Cooper Gay in succession to ...
FM Global confirms £190m "done deal"
US property insurance giant FM Global has said its planned disbursement of $355m (£190m) to policyho...
Appointment at International Underwriting Association
The International Underwriting Association has elected Stephen Riley as its chairman. Mr Riley is an...
Ratings are key
An insurer's rating is a key driving force behind deciding where insurance is placed, an independent...
Appointment at VFM Services
Nick Sugden, formerly head of fraud management at Legal and General Insurance, has joined VFM Servic...
Appointment at EJS Partners
EJS Partners has made Helen Crofts director of life, health and asset management. Ms Crofts has 15 y...
Arson claims concern Axa
Arson is contributing to up to 40% of insurers' crime-related claims costs, despite representing onl...
EU decision worry
Motor insurers are obliged by European Union law to pay up for passenger injuries in accidents, even...
Rate reductions cause concern
Insurers are taking less premium for more risk, which has caused concern over the ability to sustain...
Equity recruits new MD
Equity Insurance has appointed Phil Anderson as its new claims managing director. He will also take ...
RSA restructure nets CEO 45% group share
Royal and Sun Alliance's international boss was the clear winner in the insurer's operational restru...
Tunnel expert recruited
Marsh has recruited an in-house adviser to work on complex construction projects. Andrew Towers, a t...
FSA U-turn could signal relaxation
A government turnaround this week on regulating cargo companies the same way as insurance brokers co...
Football liability ruling no comfort to some
Medical negligence insurers have received an enormous financial reprieve following last week's Court...
Appointment at Alexander Forbes International Risk Services
Alexander Forbes International Risk Services has appointed Oliver Crispin, previously vice-president...