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Get your house in order
With the advent of the new year, Financial Services Authority regulation is moving perceptibly closer. Gary Dixon urges brokers to lay some solid compliance foundations now in order to allow the smooth transition to the coming regime.
Appointment at Financial Services Authority
The Financial Services Authority has reappointed Nigel Hamilton as chairman of the board of the Fin...
Windsor to acquire rest of Windsor Professional Indemnity
Lloyd's broking group Windsor has agreed to acquire the 45% it does not own in Windsor Professional...
Broker Network Underwriting launches enterprise policy
Broker Network Underwriting has launched a small to medium-sized enterprise policy, which will be a...
Grant: 6 weeks to launch date
Ex-QBE European general manager Bob Grant insisted this week he still intends to establish a new £300...
Sirius wins support
Sirius this week claimed its online initiative Stargate had won the backing of several other major ...
Howden plans UK retail market push
Lloyd's broker Howden Insurance is set to make its first push into the UK retail market, having pre...
London connection
Outsourcing company Capita Insurance Services has appointed Victor Blake, executive chairman of the...
Whiplash best practice to save millions
New best practice guidance for the treatment of whiplash injuries could ultimately save insurers mi...
Tracker claims 2002 was best year
Tracker claims its system helped retrieve 1300 stolen vehicles last year, making 2002 its best year...
JLT bid rejection will not fuel buys
Jardine Lloyd Thompson this week declared it has no plans for an acquisition spree, in the wake of ...
View from the Top - David Martin, chairman, Aon Corporate Division
I want to develop the points made by Duncan Boyle in this column two weeks ago (Post Magazine, 9 Ja...
What the papers said this week
THE EXPRESS The UK's boardrooms could be in for a radical shake-up, following tough recommendat...
ABI anti-fraud project: expect no compromise
The editorial comment (Actions speak volumes, Post Magazine, 16 January, p9) that delays in the Ass...
Flood protection BSI kite marks by March
The first flood protection products to hold British Standards Institute kitemarks will be launched ...
Appointment at Origo
The financial services e-standards body Origo has recruited Paul Pettitt as managing director. Mr P...
Scor sells Commercial Risk, names new management
Paris-based reinsurance group Scor is to sell Commercial Risk Partners (CRP), its Bermudian specialty...
XL's weather risk arm changes name
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital's weather and energy risk management products company Elemen...
Goshawk Re gets an extra $40m
Goshawk Insurance Holdings of the UK has increased the capital and surplus of its Bermudian reinsurer...
View from the top - Simon Machell, claims director, Norwich Union Insurance and chairman
As the next phase of the Motor Insurance Database comes into force next week, one in 20 UK motorist...
Sapiens targets general insurance
Ambitious IT services provider Sapiens has targeted general insurance as part of its stated intenti...
Cover for mums is not income replacement
We were pleased to be awarded 8/10 in Richard Griffiths review of the MumsCover website (Post Magaz...
Ray Nichols promoted at Ocaso UK
Ray Nichols has been promoted to deputy general manager of Ocaso UK from his previous role of busin...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance
Travel insurance, assistance and customer relationship management organisation Mondial Assistance h...