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Second annual Rehabilitation First Awards
The second annual Rehabilitation First Awards have been expanded to reward excellence across the mar...
Zurich unveils two-strand rehab drive
Zurich has revealed that two separate routes to rehabilitation, split by injury severity, have been ...
Restructure sees Oval boss leave
Broker consolidator Oval has undergone a management restructure ahead of its next raft of acquisitio...
Ace Europe to join I-market
Ace Europe is to join I-market, the UK insurance industry portal. The insurer initially used I-marke...
Broker in Kent move
Broker Kerry London plans to acquire a "significant" Kent broker and then stop its purchases and foc...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Mark Jones has been appointed marketing director at Brit Insurance. Mr Jones joins from Cofunds, an ...
Insurer win could create 250 jobs
Motor claims outsourcer WNS Assistance has won a £27m five-year contract with Liverpool Victoria, wh...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has hired Jim Edwards as managing consultant for the company's business continuity management ...
Appointment at Association of Consulting Actuaries
The Association of Consulting Actuaries has elected Ian Farr as its chairman. He is a senior actuary...
A head above the rest
Insurer Zurich has partnered with the Mayor of London to sponsor the restoration of London landmark ...
HBOS signs lucrative household deal
HBOS General Insurance has been appointed as the sole provider of home insurance for IFA Hargreaves Lansdown.
Kiln writes less for more premium as rate rises accelerate
In an AGM statement specialist Lloyd’s (re)insurer Kiln has said trading conditions have shown considerable improvements year on year and this trend, which began immediately after the 2005 hurricanes, has continued and accelerated as 2006 has progressed.
BDML boss takes up new directorship
Supercover Insurance plc has announced the appointment of Sandy Dunn as non-executive director.
Rebrand sees Open GI launched
Misys General Insurance has today revealed its new name and brand identity following the sale of the business to Montagu Private Equity.
Spectrum completes Lloyd's first
Clyde & Co today advised on the first ever Part VII transfer at Lloyd’s completed by Spectrum Syndicate Management. This is the first transfer of business from a Lloyd’s syndicate to an insurance company since legislation was enacted to enable the…
Fledgling business boss welcomes Legal Services Bill
The Co-operative Group, which last month announced a new venture by setting up its own legal services business, has welcomed today’s publication of the draft Legal Services Bill.
Mobile Doctors hails industry saving agency fee ruling
Mobile Doctors has hailed a Court of Appeal decision in Willard v Fowler today which it claims has swept away uncertainty about the payment of medical agency fees and signalled the survival of the medical reports market.
Insurers lose Woollard v Fowler test case
This morning Judgment has been handed down in the case of Woollard v Fowler, a landmark test case on the issue of recoverability of the fees of medical reporting organisations in road traffic accident cases.
Donner joins RenRe as new CFO
RenaissanceRe Holdings has announced that Fred R. Donner is joining the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds John M. Lummis who is retiring from the company effective June 30, 2006.
2006 hurricane season could hit US eastern seaboard
With hurricane season about to begin in the US, experts have said that the coming month would see two-thirds of the activity seen last year, but warned that concentration might move up to eastern seaboard from the Gulf coast.
Arag is planning to enter the UK insurance market
Arag Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG is preparing its entry to the UK. The company filed the appropriate documents on 22 May to initiate the approval process by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Arag anticipates the official start of…
G6 pilots ‘ground-breaking’ contract checking process
The G6 group of Lloyd’s Managing Agents today confirmed the pilot of a new approach to contract checking. The new process aims to support brokers in achieving contract certainty targets and radically reduce the time involved in the current procedure,…
Lancashire gains $350m letter of credit
Bermudian start-up (re)insurer Lancashire Holdings has announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary Lancashire Insurance Company Limited have entered into a $350m three-year letter of credit facility.
LMA reply to Richard Ward over contract certainty
The LMA has endorsed the Lloyd's chief executives proposals to implement a new approach to the contract documentation process.