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Appointment at Cooper Gay & Co
Lloyd's broker Cooper Gay & Co has appointed James Hamilton-Grant and Andrew Hitchings in its marin...
Rural brokers face threat from new regime
Rural towns and villages could be left without any local broker presence in the wake of the new Fin...
Delta Lloyd goes live with Fineos' system
Aviva subsidiary Delta Lloyd has gone live with UK insurance software specialist Fineos' multi-chan...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Colin Janes has been made development manager at Allianz Cornhill's Maidstone branch. Mr Janes join...
Appointment at Intech Solutions
Intech Solutions, the London-based software solutions and services provider to the insurance indust...
ALP acts on CD delays
Abbey Legal Protection aims to use technology to speed up payments to Claims Direct's clients, afte...
Broker Bray Wintour Patis opens new office in Exeter
Broker Bray Wintour Patis has opened a new office in Queen Street, Exeter, as part of its expansion...
Why insurers fail: lessons to be learned
Poor management practices and operational weaknesses have played a big role in the failure of some 270 UK and European insurers in the past five past years. And it's those companies that take heed now that will weather the current storm, says William…
FSA plans spark cash flow worries
Brokers this week expressed concern over the Financial Services Authority's plans for prudential requ...
Broker Endsleigh teams up with MU Finance
Broker Endsleigh has teamed up with Manchester United's financial services arm MU Finance to launch...
Ascot Underwriting names David Trezies as consultant
Ascot Underwriting, the AIG-backed Lloyd's managing agency has named David Trezies, immediate past ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Paul Rowley has joined the Heath Lambert Group as executive director in charge of its Manchester of...
Ministers told to embrace radical EL reform
Ministers heard calls for a radical reform of employers' liability insurance at a meeting in the Ho...
Boncaster to become official supplier of Harley Rider Insurance
Cox Insurance's broking arm Boncaster is to become the official supplier of the Harley Rider Insura...
Appointment at Lucas Fettes
Neil Lyons has joined insurance broker Lucas Fettes as a new business account handler. Mr Lyons has...
Statistics in the frame
Government and private sector statistics are a valuable source of information on the UK's social trends including crime, health and demographics. Peter Falush analyses the trends behind the latest statistics.
Voicing concerns
When he is not running around the country trying to buy up every decent broker he can find, in his capacity as chief executive of the Folgate Partnership, Andy Homer is concerned with the industry's professional status through his presidency of the…
Appointment at Chubb Insurance
Simon Hayter has joined Chubb Commercial Insurance, a division of Chubb Insurance Company of Europe...
The Compensation Group has been rebranded as Life Repair Group.
The Compensation Group has been rebranded as Life Repair Group. The existing subsidiary companies wi...
Beazley Furlonge's Syndicate 623 delivers profit
Lloyd's managing agency Beazley Furlonge's Syndicate 623 delivered profit of 0.6% on capacity for t...
Wildnet: online business aid
Business process solutions provider Wildnet has launched a new online insurance product that aims t...
What the papers said this week
Metro An insurance manager stole £234,000 from her employer, Abbey National, to save her failin...
Manchester gets back on track
After all the upheaval caused by the collapse of Independent Insurance, Manchester is experiencing something of a revival. Richard Adams explains why the insurance industry is keen to journey back up North.
CGI Group signs deal with Highway
CGI Group has signed a deal with motor insurer Highway worth £1m to support its IT infrastructure a...