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Share purchases granted
Brit Insurance has granted its bankers the right to purchase up to £50m worth of shares over the sum...
Liability insurers boosted by animal kick verdict
Legislation governing animals is likely to be tightened, after an injury claim made against the keep...
Appointment at Cassidy Davis
Cassidy Davis Insurance Group has appointed Tony Darwall as business development manager. Mr Darwall...
Executives' bail extended
Four executives at Lloyd's broker PWS have been granted a bail extension in order to allow the Serio...
New sites opened
Dorset-based Car Crash Line has opened more delivery centres to meet demand for its fast reaction ca...
Appointment at ABC Insurance
ABC Insurance has made three appointments at its regional office in Croydon. David Truckle and Colin...
Beckett shrugs off £1m bill
Bob Beckett has played down the significance of his estimated £1m out of court settlement with Tower...
Appointment at Markerstudy
The Markerstudy Group has appointed Peter Smith as schemes underwriting manager. Formerly head of pr...
Aon CEO queries independence of regional SME broker advice
The new UK boss of Aon believes his company has a real opportunity to take advantage of small to med...
Arista product launch
Arista has launched a policy to cover tradesmen and professionals, designed for businesses that gene...
Web distributor acquired
Willis has acquired Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle, an internet distributor of US small business insu...
Rising property rate forecast
Property rates are likely to rise following extreme weather conditions despite loss estimates varyin...
Regulator at centre of Gable share freeze
Share trading in liability insurer Gable Insurance was suspended last week as its unaudited results ...
Penny Black's insurance week
The great and the good of the broking world assembled in Rome late last month to exchange views with...
New yacht coverage
AIG's Private Client Group has announced the launch of its new yacht product for the high-net worth ...
D&G shareholders wait on £700m bid
Shareholders of Domestic and General are likely to hold out for takeover offers of at least £700m af...
Appointment at Home and Legacy
Barry O'Neill has been appointed managing director of Home and Legacy, pending completion of his not...
Appointment at DAS
Two new broker account managers have been appointed by DAS. Emma Brooks and Charlie Quantick now hea...
Appointment at Axa
Axa Insurance has made Ian Johnson chief operating officer. Mr Johnson, who joins from group audit f...
Appointment at Arc
Arc Legal Assistance has appointed Sarah Dyer to the newly created position of underwriting manager....
DAS: ATE reforms would see premiums rise twelve-fold
DAS has said reform proposals could lead to after-the-event premiums multiplying by a factor of 12. ...
Amlin targets acquisition to grow UK book
Amlin's desire to grow its UK commercial book organically has been scuppered by soft market conditio...
What the papers said this week
Financial Times The private equity owners of Saga and the AA revealed that they made a £2.4bn p...
Biba warning over ICOB
The Financial Services Authority's proposed reforms on its insurance conduct of business rules would...