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Chaucer seeks £40m boost through rights issue.
Expansionist Lloyd's insurer Chaucer is planning to raise £40m on the stock exchange in order to boo...
Budget adds two members.
Broker Budget has added two extra members to its panel of insurers offering commercial vehicle produ...
Final chance for Names.
A group of disaffected Lloyd's Names will discover today whether they can sue the Society of Lloyd's...
Appointment at LHF Healthplan.
Leeds-based LHF Healthplan has hired Jane Fenwick as marketing manager. The new position has been cr...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey UK.
The UK division of international claim and incident management group Cunningham Lindsey has appointe...
FSA: direct or not insurers decide.
Post Magazine reports from the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' 41st annual general meeting, which was held in Warwickshire last week.
CILA to review employers' role.
CILA plans to review how to "shed the vestiges of the last century" and "best position itself to rep...
What the papers said this week.
The Independent The driver jailed for causing the deaths of 10 people in the Selby train crash ha...
Appointment at Amlin Independent.
Lloyd's insurance group Amlin has recruited bloodstock underwriter David Ashby to the business in a ...
EL: minister seeks round table talks.
Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, called on the insurance industry "to get...
Inland Revenue to introduce tax relief for Lloyd's Names.
The UK Chancellor Gordon Brown said last week the Inland Revenue plans to introduce tax relief for L...
Appointment at PYV Group.
Hilary Wilkins, a former main board marketing director of Domestic & General, has joined PYV Group, ...
Regulation: one year and counting.
Wednesday 14 May Victoria Park Plaza, London The clock is ticking. Full scale statutory regulat...
Shaun Mundy says FSA is working out its communication strategy.
Shaun Mundy said the Financial Services Authority was currently in the process of working out its co...
The institute confirms plans to introduce interviews.
The institute confirmed plans to introduce interviews, a 3000-word critical analysis of a case the c...
Sars set to rival terrorism.
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has warned that the Sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Sy...
Interim expertise on tap.
Insurers and brokers may sometimes find they need the skills of an expert for a short period, but do not want to take on a salaried staff member. This is when they can tap into the valuable interim management pool, says Justin Whitehouse.
Market insurer The Underwriter still to finalise results.
Troubled London market insurer The Underwriter, which saw the resignation of chief executive Keith R...
Research shows enterprises are satisfied with broker service.
Small to medium-sized enterprises are more satisfied with the service from their broker than their b...
Unions: partnership not confrontation call.
As someone who operates within the arena of claims validation where there are investigation indicato...
Lloyd's and Prudential congratulated over government campaign.
Lloyd's and Prudential have been congratulated on the steps they have taken to reduce carbon emissio...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Peter Hubbard seemed to be cutting it fine this week at the Association of British Insurers conferen...
RSA: no experience of clients signing safeguards.
I read with interest your news story Brokers ask RSA clients to sign safeguard declaration (Post Mag...
Broker Gale & Phillipson Group acquires W G Hancock's.
Yorkshire-based broker Gale & Phillipson Group has acquired W G Hancock's, which is located in Horwi...