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Oval expands with £18m acquisition
Broker consolidator Oval has expanded its geographical footprint by snapping up an £18m premium Sout...
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Periodical Payments - Are Judges up to Speed? Several practitioners in the legal sector have compla...
Broker Network acquires its 16th firm
Broker Network has acquired its 16th firm, THB Northern, a subsidiary of fellow listed broker THB. I...
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
Mark Hatton has joined UKI Partnerships as marketing executive. Prior to joining the company, Mr Hat...
Keoghs chooses John Whittle to succeed present CEO
Law firm Keoghs has chosen partner John Whittle to succeed present chief executive officer Paul Smit...
Heath Lambert partners with Equifax
Heath Lambert has partnered with Equifax to create an ID theft and fraud protection insurance policy...
Insurers urged to show restraint
UK insurers must show underwriting restraint as increased price competition looks set to lead the ma...
Transatlantic Holdings announces preliminary estimates
Transatlantic Holdings has announced preliminary estimates for Hurricane Rita to be $33m (£18.9m). I...
Insurecom claims to have added 250 brokers
Software provider Insurecom claims to have added 250 brokers to its agency manager software range in...
Annual Conference and Round Table - FSA to begin review
The Financial Services Authority will begin a review of general insurers' claims handling of retail ...
Crawford tackles workplace sickness
Crawford and Company UK is launching a new range of services to manage sickness and injury absence i...
Appointment at Mondial UK
Mondial UK has appointed Carolynne Henshaw as training manager, corporate and travel. Prior to joini...
They think it's all over
Broker MCE Insurance triumphed for the second year running in the annual Post Magazine charity five-...
Highway eyes affinity deals after acquisition
Highway Retail, the insurer's broking arm, has said it will take a cautious look into the affinity ...
Thatcham attacks bumpers
New research by motor insurers research centre Thatcham has found that most car bumpers are poorly ...
The Towergate Partnership announces acquisition
The Towergate Partnership has announced the acquisition of Arbuthnot Insurance Brokers from Arbuthno...
Industry renews call for flood defence funding
The government will come under renewed pressure from insurers next week to upgrade flood defences,...
Broker Abacans recruits in company expansion move
Abacans Limited, part of commercial broking group Vega Insurance Services, has announced the promotion of David Martland to director, together with a number of new appointments.
AM Best condemns Rosemont Re to near certain run-off
AM Best has downgraded the financial strength rating of Rosemont Re three notches to B (fair) from A- (excellent). Both ratings have been removed from under review and assigned a negative outlook.
Catlin estimates Rita Losses
Catlin Group has completed its initial review of loss estimates from Hurricane Rita and has reviewed its loss estimates from Hurricane Katrina.
Biba slams FSA proposals
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has today announced that is has serious concerns regarding a number of the proposals contained in the FSA’s recently issued Quarterly Consultation Paper.
GAB Robins CEO quits
GAB Robins has lost its top two UK staff members. Chief executive John Castagno has quit, while managing director Derek Coles has been transferred to the company’s North America division.
FSA wants improvement in general insurance documents
A Financial Services Authority (FSA) survey has found many insurance companies are not yet fully complying with the regulator's rules on the provision of disclosure documents to customers. The work involved reviewing the content and format of more than…
ABI warns against claims farmers
The Association of British Insurers has urged claimants not to approach claims farmers to seek compensation for mis-sold mortgage endowments.