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Reinsurance company Alea sees share price rise
Reinsurance company Alea saw its share price rise for the first time in months this week, after its ...
Appointment at Close Premium Finance
Close Premium Finance has promoted Vanessa Kennett to co-ordinator of telesales. Ms Kennett has been...
NIG appoints two senior managers
NIG has appointed two senior managers under the overall leadership of Euros Jones, NIG head of opera...
UK insurance PLC now a more certain place
The quest for contract certainty has made progress according to new research but experts have said t...
Broker duo faces fraud charges after SFO probe
Two of the former directors of Preston Whiteside, the broker alleged to be at the centre of a £3.5m ...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Mark Wylie as head of operations for client and market services in Norwich and P...
North of the Border - Claims Spotlight
Scottish courts place progress obligation on pursuer
Appointment at Chem-Dry
Simon Ford has become director of external operations at Chem-Dry, where he will manage directly emp...
Appointment at Groupama
Ken Hutchinson has been promoted by Groupama Insurances in the newly created role of e-business trad...
Lloyd's to set up its new Chinese operation in Shanghai
Lloyd's is to set up its new Chinese onshore reinsurance operation in Shanghai, it has revealed. The...
Penny Black's insurance week
While visiting Bridget McIntyre, Royal and Sun Alliance's chief executive, Penny was startled to see...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill has recruited David Watkins as technical claims manager. He will be responsible for...
Insurers may face football action
Football clubs could be liable if they only give short contracts to players aged over 30, a leading ...
Appointment at London and European
Gilles Avenel has become chairman of London and European.Mr Avenel was appointed as a non-executive ...
Appointment at Keelan Westall
Keelan Westall has appointed Paul Ellis as sales manager, where he will be responsible for growing u...
Events
21 April Chartered Insurance Institute - Faculty of Insurance Broking, Professional Indemnity Maste...
FSA demands brokers make options clear
Brokers have been slammed by the Financial Services Authority for failing to make clear to customers...
Premex predicts market due a bout of consolidation
Medico-legal and rehabilitation supplier Premex has predicted the market is due a bout of consolidat...
Insurers are dragging the legal system back
Insurers are dragging the legal system back to the "bad old days of hired guns", the Association of ...
Misys GI to go on spree after buyout
Misys General Insurance is embarking on a strategy of acquisitive and autonomous growth, its chief e...
Start-up targets brokers with savings promise
A start-up claiming to offer a self insurance solution is promising up to 20% savings for fleet cust...
Appointment at Miller Insurance Services
Mark Holliday has joined Miller Insurance Services as director. Mr Holliday will be a part of the gl...
Swiss Re's latest sigma study
A study has claimed that insurers' received wisdom regarding the use of the combined ratio as a meas...
Link and Zenith complete acquisition of Rubicon
Link and Zenith, the European arms of Caribbean financial services company Guardian Holdings, have c...