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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...
AMG buy spurned rivals
Sigma Claims Solutions rejected several approaches from possible acquirers before the liability spec...
Equitas reports total revenues
Lloyd's run-off vehicle Equitas this week reported that the group's total gross reserves on 31 March...
What the papers said this week
THE TIMES - Aviva has won two large corporate insurance contracts in Russia and is on track to beco...
Axa goes live
Insurer Axa has become the first insurer to go live on the Acturis platform with an integrated I-mar...
Rainbow International sponsors initiative
An initiative to create a British Standard for carpet cleaning is being sponsored by restoration spe...
Appointment at Elborne Mitchell
Solicitor Jonathan Bruce has joined Elborne Mitchell. Mr Bruce has been involved in cases covering v...
Repair giant floats to bolster presence
Nationwide Accident Repair Services said its planned flotation at the end of June would allow it to ...