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Teceris in, Davies out
Capita subsidiary Teceris has supplanted Davies Group as the UK's only representative on the VRS Uni...
Appointment at Alexander Forbes
Charles Reese has joined Alexander Forbes as managing director of North American casualty. He has mo...
Appointment at Intech
Jonathan Ramsden and Rick Martin have both been appointed as analyst programmers for Intech. Mr Rams...
Appointment at Wesleyan
Wesleyan has made Martin Howard director of customer services. Prior to this, he worked in similar r...
Events
13 March Insurance Institute of London Lunchtime Lectures - An outsider's view 22 Hanover Square, ...
Broker cool on flotation
Smart and Cook has joined Oval in admitting it has no current plans for a flotation, despite aiming ...
Appointment at Berryman
Berryman has made Jacqueline Lewis a senior solicitor in its private client team. Ms Lewis joins fol...
Vega HQ closed by parent
The head office of broker Vega has been closed by its parent company the Primary Group, with its man...
Oval adds two to its network
Intermediary consolidator Oval has made a further two acquisitions, bringing its total number of pur...
Double your money at Lloyd's
Salary boost: Dr Richard Ward, pictured, left, with Lloyd's chairman Lord Levene, is set to at least...
Commercial Express launches property owners' facility
Commercial Express, the specialist buy-to-let insurance provider, has launched a new property owners...
JLT: analysts see slow growth
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has admitted it may look at outsourcing to cut costs, following this week's s...
Appointment at Towergate
Victoria Hague has joined Towergate in the newly created role of integration manager. Ms Hague will ...
Appointment at Oxygen
Two senior executives from Aon are to join Oxygen Insurance Brokers. Craig Kingaby, formerly head of...
Heritage Underwriting appoints Marc McLean
Heritage Underwriting Agency has appointed Marc McLean to underwrite personal accident business for ...
Corporate Manslaughter Bill scope of liability set to widen
The Government’s decision to proceed with the proposed Corporate Manslaughter Bill was today welcomed by TUC General Secretary.
Regulation needs professional standards, says CII President
Increasing consumer confidence and awareness of the need for long-term savings, combined with the FSA’s principle-based approach, is creating a real opportunity for the industry, according to a senior insurance figure.
Absence management service adopted by housing association
Active Health Partners announced today that the Peabody Trust, one of London's largest housing asociations, has agreed to commence the absence management provider’s nurse-led absence reporting service.
Heath Lambert to service Police
The Public Sector Unit of Heath Lambert National has been appointed general broker to the South East and Eastern Region Police Insurance Consortium.
Highway results show steady improvement
Motor insurer Highway Insurance has reported premium revenue rose to £242.9m in 2005 from £225.6m the previous year and the company's profit before tax increased by £6.1m to £27.3m.
Oval makes further two acquisitions
Intermediary consolidator Oval has made a further two acquisitions, bringing its total number of purchases to ten.
CSC responds to Boleat
The Claims Standard Council has published a response to Mark Boleat's report on its suitabilility to be regulator of claims management firms.
Boleat reports on CSC
Mark Boleat's report on the Claims Standards Council has been published today.
Hannover Re Praetorian launch puts US specialty future in doubt
Global reinsurer Hannover Re has announced that all its US specialty business is to be transferred from Clarendon Insurance Group to a new company called Praetorian Financial Group. However, the cryptically worded statement casts doubt as to Hannover's…