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Acumus plans to extend reach after conquering Fortress
Acumus Insurance Solutions has said it plans to make more acquisitions after completing the takeover...
Merger offer extended
QBE's offer to merge with Insurance Australia Group has been extended until 5 May. The initial offe...
Allianz Global casts net outside capital
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty is casting its sights outside of London with the establishmen...
Appointment at Aspen
Aspen has promoted Julian Cusack to chief operating officer. In his new role, he will be responsible...
Local authority mutual loses crucial test case
A High Court ruling has thrown the future of the first local authority mutual insurance company into...
Broker Direct to scour UK for further buyouts
Broker Direct has acquired Tamworth-based Bevan Fox Insurance and revealed it has a "substantial" am...
Appointment at Healthsure
Healthsure has added two intermediary consultants and an intermediary account co-ordinator to its te...
Axa: scrap ATE cover and spread the risk
After-the-event insurance should be scrapped in favour of compulsory before-the-event coverage, one ...
Appointment at MYI
McLarens Young International has appointed Andrew Brown as liaison adjuster for Latin America. Mr Br...
Appointment at NAS Insurance
NAS Insurance Services has appointed Sandra Casas as underwriter and facility manager for its techno...
Goodhealth MD steps down after buy-out
The long-serving group managing director of Goodhealth Worldwide has resigned following the company'...
Howden in PI partnership
Lloyd's broker Howden has announced a new partnership with Zurich to underwrite its British Insuranc...
Appointment at Allianz
Anne-Marie Flexman has joined Allianz Personal as proposition development manager. Ms Flexman will b...
Axa Ireland pursues former employee
Axa in Ireland has registered a judgment against a former claims handler who defrauded the company o...
Audatex wins contract
Axa Insurance has appointed Audatex UK as its preferred provider of vehicle damage estimating and mo...
Appointment at Glacier Re
Glacier has appointed Steven Price as managing director for Glacier Insurance London. Mr Price joins...
Appointment at XL
XL Insurance has appointed Colin Ivory and Andy Barr-Sim as senior underwriters for its UK middle-ma...
Open GI signs up to aggregator platform
Open GI has entered an agreement with insurance portal Quotes2me to allow brokers to make price comp...
Miller enlists new chair
Miller Insurance Services has appointed Nick Lyons as chairman, effective from 1 May. He replaces Ia...
VP CEO hits back at tied agent rumours
Venture Preference chief executive Stuart Reid has dismissed suggestions that parent company Axa wil...
Omega puts talks on hold
Omega, the Lloyd's insurance group, has terminated takeover talks with all parties. "The board belie...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail Male drivers have more crashes because deep down they are still cavemen, a psycholog...
Cooper Gay considers Heath wholesale arm
Heath Lambert has confirmed it is in talks with Cooper Gay over the sale of its general wholesale bu...
High hopes for TBN scheme
The Broker Network's high hopes for its new associate membership plan are coming to fruition, accord...