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A crisis over
Volunteer coastguards was averted this week after the government agreed to underwrite their personal...
Boots rolls out PMI offering
Retail giant Boots began to offer private medical insurance in its 1500 stores yesterday, following ...
Allianz admits Home and Legacy toil
Allianz Cornhill's personal lines boss has echoed the comments of its chief executive in blaming IT ...
New Marsh UK head
Marsh has promoted Colin Grint to head of UK operations. Mr Grint will be based in Marsh's Norwich o...
Blue Swan director faces court
A main shareholder of troubled Jersey-based underwriting agency Blue Swan Insurance is to face a cri...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Canopius looks to buy and then float
Lloyd's insurer Canopius could look to float in the next few years, but its chief executive denied t...
RFIB linked to trade sale or listing after MBO
Lloyd's broker RFIB is expected to recruit a special accident and casualty team by July, following a...
Fairchild leaves Axa in surprise departure
Andy Fairchild, who was only recently promoted to the role of Axa UK chief operating officer, has re...
RSA enters brokered pet market
Swinton is set to make a push into the pet insurance market with plans to achieve £3m in gross writt...
QBE rating rise on cards
Moody's Investors Service has placed the 'A-' (Good), positive outlook, performance rating of QBE-ow...
Penny Black's insurance week
With Penny's bank account now exhausted from all the charitable donations she made to insurance peop...
Green insurance campaign
Royal and Sun Alliance joined Tony Blair in launching 'We're in this Together', a campaign aimed at ...
Europ joins with Allianz
Europ Assistance has been appointed by Allianz Cornhill Schemes to provide claims handling and admin...
Kilpatrick joins Dual board
Dual International has announced the appointment of Russell Kilpatrick to its board. Mr Kilpatrick i...
What the papers said this week
Shropshire Star Organisers of a Bridgnorth garden event have revealed they may be forced to pull th...
PWS case in the balance
The fate of four executives at Lloyd's broker PWS, arrested on suspicion of fraud, remained in the b...
Aviva smooths Snowball exit
Aviva has played down reports of a "boardroom bust-up" by revealing that it agreed to a short period...
Aspen appoints new head
Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced the appointment of Matthew Yeldham as head of international i...
QBE boosts syndicate 555
QBE has announced two appointments at aviation syndicate 5555, with Tony Ambrose joining as underwri...
Awards for brokers
Insure Cancer, a specialist provider of travel insurance to individuals with a diagnosis of cancer, ...
Highway motorcycle bid
Highway has developed its Choice Motorcycle product in conjunction with software supplier Open GI, i...
WPA issues NHS cancer challenge with launch
Health insurer WPA has issued a challenge to the government to rethink the way cancer treatment is p...
RSA restructures affinity team
Royal and Sun Alliance has announced the formation of a new Affinity executive team.