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Former Lord Justice set to back PI mediation
A former Appeal Court judge has announced plans to encourage an increase in mediation for personal i...
CPF staves off crisis talk
Close Premium Finance declared that its ability to fund loans to brokers has not been affected by th...
Appointment at Axa
Ian Robinson is set to become group business risk director at Axa UK. Mr Robinson is currently HSBC ...
RSA warns insurer-owned brokers over bias
Royal and Sun Alliance's new broker managing director Paul Donaldson has warned that it will take ac...
Rebrand for mutual
Protection specialist mutual the British Benefits Friendly Society has announced a rebrand to the Br...
Airmic welcomes EU input
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has welcomed the EU Commission's support for full tra...
NU and Allianz in Oval link
Norwich Union and Allianz Insurance have been linked with moves for double-digit stakes in consolida...
Appointment at Axiom
Axiom has appointed Amanda Morris as manager in its consulting services division. Ms Morris has been...
Appointment at Willis
Willis Group Holdings has announced a new chairman and chief executive officer for its Japan operati...
Oil and gas risks targeted
C R Syndicate 1036, wholly owned by QBE, has launched an onshore construction account to complement ...
Munich Re office move
Munich Re has brought together three of the core business units of its London market non-life operat...
Sales recruits to bolster Brit 'trading floor' move
Brit Insurance has announced a string of new hires to boost its sales force alongside its new 'open ...
Heath Lambert mulls RFIB 'gardening leave' action
Heath Lambert is thought to be planning to sue the former head of its specialist facilities division...
Tawa half-year results
Tawa Group, the UK-quoted consolidator of non-life insurance run-off, has announced its interim resu...
Appointment at Watson Wyatt
Watson Wyatt has appointed Rob Collinson into a thought leadership and client-facing consulting role...
Allianz joins with Rospa for risk initiative
Allianz Commercial has set aside a six-figure sum to help fleet managers become more aware of the im...
Positive start for SSP
SSP has made an encouraging start to the financial year and trading was in line with management expe...
Appointment at Post Office
Post Office Financial Services has announced four new appointments to its insurance team. Duncan Ca...
Insurers lose again in battle with credit hire market
Insurers may seek closer ties with the credit hire market after two recent legal decisions mean they...
FSA bans brokers over IBA affair
The directors of collapsed broker Fabien Risk Services have been banned for allowing the use of hund...
Saga bosses step in as AA MD resigns
The completed merger of AA and Saga has seen Kevin Sinclair, managing director of AA Insurance, resi...
Axa wins Homeserve deal
Homeserve has agreed a deal for Axa to underwrite all new insurance business with effect from 1 Octo...
What the papers said this week
The Sunday Telegraph Shares in Jelf slumped by more than 10% earlier this month before clawing ...
Appointment at Rainbow
Rainbow International has appointed Jo Plant as relationship manager. Ms Plant has been promoted aft...