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New Perkins Slade set to go it alone
Birmingham-based broker Perkins Slade has been bought by its new umbrella company Perkins Slade Forre...
Cox buys NMT assets
Cox Insurance has bought the assets of IT service provider NMT, following an initial decision not t...
Kentish travel insurer in expansion drive
Kent-based Travel Insurance Facilities has won a two-year contract to open a UK branch office for G...
Insurance focus as jobs axed
IT consultancy Michaelhouse is set to wind up its non-insurance business. The company said it plann...
Thaw point
As the floods and snow once again caused chaos across the UK, national and local governments contro...
St Paul looks set to withdraw UK personal from Lloyd's
US insurer St Paul is set for a £135m withdrawal of its UK personal lines business from Lloyd's this ...
Insurance industry should stop complaining
The insurance industry should stop complaining about a 'mythical' compensation culture and instead ...
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I read with interest the comments put forward by Jacci Taylor regarding supplier management (Post Ma...
Marching to the banks' tune?
Post-CP121 and Sandler, UK insurers will face increasing competition from banks. A bancassurance partnership can help to address some of the new challenges, but rather than feeling brassed off, says Christine Delany, insurers must ensure they are in tune…
Haste move could pay off
The City may have reacted with indifference, and the national media with apparent incredulity, at t...
Aon recruits Evans as it eyes new markets for business
Broker Aon aims to break into new business areas, following the appointment of Alun Evans as its ne...
King Lears wait in the wings for their cue?
I was interested to see the back page of the 26 December/2 January issue of Post Magazine, and the s...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny feels somewhat sorry for those boys and girls on the financial side of PR firm Weber Shandwic...
Audatex signs contract
Audatex has signed a contract to implement a vehicle damage estimating, imaging and communications ...
Spanish firm eyes Manchester
The Spanish insurance company Ocaso, which specialises in household business, is looking to open a Ma...
Major loss for Capita as Whiteside exits adjuster
Capita McLarens is understood to have suffered another major blow, with the loss of its complex and...
Appointment at Chaucer Syndicates
Chaucer Syndicates has appointed John Fowle to underwrite the specialist lines account on behalf of...
Independent Insurance tribunal adjourned
The employment tribunal hearing on behalf of former employees of Independent Insurance has been adj...
Brit grants binding authority to new agency
Lloyd's insurer Brit has granted a binding authority to a new agency, Augsburg Re, enabling it to w...
Marsh Names case set to collapse
One of Lloyd's most high-profile claims for compensation in the US, Outhwaite v Marsh Inc & Others,...
A decade on: EL is still the bete noir of insurance
Ten years ago, Post Magazine reported that a major insurance figure had called for a hike in employers' liability rates and suggested separating the class into two - accident claims and diseases. This week, Phil Bell, the originator of those comments,…
No win, no fee referrals illegal
Defendant insurers claimed another victory in their battle against accident management intermediari...
View from the Top - Duncan Boyle, UK chief executive, Royal & Sun Alliance
It is widely accepted within the insurance industry that we need to work to improve our reputation ...
Ace Guaranty renamed
Ace Guaranty Re, part of Bermuda's Ace Group, has changed its name to Ace Guaranty Corp. The compan...