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Appointment at Sidley Austin
Sidley Austin has added four lawyers to its London-based insurance team. Led by newly recruited part...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's mum this week played a small part in revolutionising the insurance world. After Perry Wilson...
Network boss wary of MBO cold feet
The Broker Network has finally assisted a firm in a management buyout, four years after it put in pl...
In-house move on ice after RBSI win
High-street lender Nationwide has decided against taking risk onto its own balance sheet, opting to ...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has made Howard Manton chief operating officer of its trade credit global practice group. Mr Man...
Price warnings fail to impress
Broker Benfield and insurer Fortis fell out of favour at investment house Keefe Bruyette and Woods t...
Events
9 June Chartered Insurance Institute - Financial Services Authority authorisation workshop Glasgow...
Liability firm goes regional
Liability specialist Ingham Underwriting is repositioning itself to allow staff to increase their fa...
TPA firm hires new MD to take on Capita
Insurance services provider Direct Group has appointed the former managing director of Barclays' ins...
Bennetts gets new managing director
Kal Samra, pictured, has become managing director for motorcycle insurance provider Bennetts. She sa...
RSA in premium reduction promise
Insurer Royal and Sun Alliance claims that it will reduce premiums with its new risk management-base...
Former Allianz Cornhill manager joins Aascent
Former Allianz Cornhill commercial broker development manager Lloyd Hanks has joined Aascent as sale...
NU overhauls motor trade
Norwich Union has revised its motor trade proposition by adding new features and services. The reva...
Jelf dumps Misys and Sectornet
Bristol-based consolidator Jelf has dumped Misys and Sectornet as broking system providers following...
Anti-fraud firm funder quits
Anti-fraud specialist Absolute has promised a recruitment drive following its acquisition by a secur...
Coface creates new London markets team
Credit insurer Coface UK has created a new London markets team to co-ordinate the promotion of its p...
Mayor toasts industry's contribution
The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman David Brewer, was yesterday due to toast the insurance sector's c...
Appointment at Ernest R Shaw
Lyndon Barnes-Moffatt has joined Ernest R Shaw's Cheltenham branch as an account executive, where he...
Gibraltar player to target UK
A Gibraltar-based Lloyd's coverholder is entering the UK personal lines market after five years sell...
Appointment at Birmingham Insurance Institute
The Birmingham Insurance Institute has inaugurated Nigel Forest as president. ...
Broker to set up new arm
Perkins Slade is eyeing up two acquisitions as it prepares to launch a £500,000 credit insurance div...
BIA finalists
The future of insurance lined up to compete for the title of Young Achiever of the Year at the recep...
Mediation increase expected
The use of mediation by insurers is expected to rise after a change to a legal protocol encouraged c...
Colemont opens new Bulgarian operation
Colemont has opened a new Bulgarian-based insurance operation. Colemont Bulgaria Insurance and Reins...