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Xchanging appoints managing director of claims services
Xchanging, the business processing services company, has made Mark Thompson managing director of cla...
Administrators of HIH given approval to run the company off
Administrators of collapsed Australian insurer HIH were last week given approval to enable schemes o...
IGI Insurance set to launch buildings insurance product
Nottingham-based IGI Insurance is set to launch a commercial let buildings insurance product on 1 Ma...
Appointment at Primary Group
Primary Group has appointed David Battle as managing director of commercial business and employee be...
Aon continues cuts with closures
Aon will merge a further seven of its regional offices into four in the second half of the year as t...
Timebomb now a reality
Hand-arm vibration syndrome is no longer a potential liability time bomb but a reality, according to...
RSA launch to take on claimant lawyers
Royal and Sun Alliance has launched a rehabilitation pilot to get injured parties back to work and '...
Appointment at Donald Macdonald Partnership
Charles Carter and Garth Bearman have joined Donald Macdonald Partnership in a non-executive capacit...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail The 18-month jail sentence handed to a hit-and-run driver who killed medical student Abi...
Online arm to be spun out
Online trading platform XSPL.co.uk is set to become a separate company from GB Underwriting, followi...
NU admits fire bill will run to millions
Norwich Union could face a potential £30m payout after a fire gutted a tennis club and fitness centr...
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 ...