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QPI introduces online application form for solicitors
Northampton-based QPI has introduced an interactive online insurance application form for solicitors...
Farm Web designs secure storage of certificates
Broker network Farm Web has designed a service for the secure storage of employers' liability certif...
Equity in home and motor first
Equity is set to go on a recruitment drive after winning a three-year long contract to provide car a...
JLT closes in on Heath
Jardine Lloyd Thompson's £140m takeover bid for Heath Lambert is almost a done deal, according to ma...
Yougetitback.com to announce formal launch
Yougetitback.com, a lost and found service for the recovery of mobile assets, will announce the form...
FSA bosses outdo staff in rises
Inflation-busting pay rises have been enjoyed by directors at the Financial Services Authority as it...
Penalty fare
Network Rail, operator of King's Cross station in London, is facing denial of access losses of up to...
Catlin forms crisis-management underwriting team
Catlin has formed a crisis-management underwriting team that will write product recall and kidnap an...
Appointment at Drain Doctor Plumbing
Peterborough-based Drain Doctor Plumbing has appointed Chris Burton to head up its newly created ins...
Appointment at Marsh
Jonathan Groves, who joins from Ace Risk Management International, has been made leader of Marsh UK'...
Cadbury recall could result in a price hike
The high-profile saga of Cadbury recalling more than one million of its chocolate bars could lead to...
Insurance 5-a-side kick-off nears
With all eyes on the World Cup, it is a good time to prepare for the sixth annual Post Magazine Insu...
Fast track asbestosis payouts under threat
Plans for a fast-track payment scheme for mesothelioma sufferers could be scuppered at the first hur...
Judgement shows a difference in law
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Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Andrew Poppleton has joined Allianz Cornhill's personal lines household team as schemes manager. Mr ...
CLAL Insurance Enterprises searches for replacement active underwriter
Israeli insurer CLAL Insurance Enterprises is searching for a replacement active underwriter for Syn...
Appointment at Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare has made James Parker managing director of its UK business. Mr Parker joined the co...
Kiln aims to increase its overall capacity by 25%
Lloyd's managing agency Kiln has said it aims to increase its overall capacity by 25% on 2007, bring...
Higos makes acquisition
Somerset-based broker Higos Insurance Services have made their eighth acquisition in 3 years with the purchase of Graham & Company of Honiton in Devon.
Rating agency lowers two syndicate ratings and raises two others
Rating agency Standard & Poors today said today that its latest Lloyd's Syndicate Assessment review, which showed "mixed results".
Colemont hires Cunningham for marine and energy role
Colemont Insurance Brokers has appointed David Cunningham as managing director of its marine and energy division.
Seven arrested after staged accident investigation
City of London Police deployed 80 officers in the North London area today and arrested 7 people, six men and one woman, as part of an investigation into a large-scale insurance fraud and money laundering.
ATE insurer appoints new executive
DAS Legal Expenses hasd hired Zoey White for its ATE insurer department, as a solicitor account executive.
Organisations in the insurance sector lose staff as they fail to meet expectations
Resignation rates are higher in the insurance sector than the national average, for the year to January 2006, as organisations fail to meet the needs of their staff. A survey of 22,480 individuals shows that despite an increase in earnings, insurance…