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Irish road safety talks.
Ireland held its first national road safety conference in Dublin last week. In a country where car o...
Lost jobs put more than 300 firms below the Plimsoll line.
The insurance broker job market looks to be in tatters with over 13,000 job losses last year and few...
Appointment at Brian Sharp.
Two appointments have been made at Brian Sharp. Derek Lyons, who has been with the firm for 11 years...
Appointment at UK Facilities.
Wholesale insurance brokers UK Facilities has recruited Albert Robinson as a director....
No name surprises.
After just a few weeks of deliberation, the merged loss adjusting firms of Cunningham and Ellis & Bu...
T/gate double whammy.
Towergate Underwriting has completed a double broker raid which will leave them purring for joy in t...
Entire GA marine team defects to Euclidian.
Euclidian Underwriting expects to produce £40m of profitable underwriting income next year after rev...
Building a barrier to crime.
The Bank of Ireland has launched a package to beat equipment theft in the construction industry. ...
Appointment at Equifax.
Richard Malivoire has been appointed sales director for Equifax Marketing Solutions. He has been wit...
Appointment at Pointon York.
Pensions specialist Pointon York has appointed Colin Campbell as senior investment consultant. Previ...
EC plans financial services policy group.
The European Commission has proposed setting up a financial services policy group to update rules go...
Computer rows guide.
A guide on what to do when a new computer system doesn't perform as promised has been reprinted. The...
Making a PASS at IFAs.
The Pension Advisers Support Systems has devised a new loss assessment service to help smaller IFAs ...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Five new staff have joined GAB Robins' commercial division in Birmingham. Andrew Brockie has been ma...
Award for Meehan.
Patrick Meehan of Willis Corroon Cargo in Ipswich won a 'Chartered Marketer' certificate at the 'Mar...
Appointment at Appleton & Green.
Appleton & Green has appointed Philip Slater as a director. Mr Slater joined the company in 1991 and...
Appointment at Rand Information Systems.
Rand has appointed Duncan Hamilton as business development manager. He joins the firm from ICL's cen...
Food for thought.
Lloyd's syndicate Beazley Furlonge has launched a protection plan for restaurant owners. In response...
Legal eagles are flying high.
The top law firms for reinsurance and insurance litigation are revealed in this exclusive extract from The Legal 500.
ERC closes in Aachen.
Employers Re subsidiary ERC Aachen is to close at the end of this year following the decision of the...
INFO for brokers.
Brokers in the Lloyd's market can now get free access to 'INFO', the Lloyd's extranet information se...
LPC takes control.
The London Processing Centre (LPC) is conducting trials of a new credit control service that will al...
Wall Street meets Front Street.
Adrian Leonard looks at Bermuda's growing role in securitisation, and asks if new firms can change the world of reinsurance.
Airing your genes in public.
Peter Maynard of Swiss Re reveals the general public's view of the genetics and insurance debate.