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Appointment at Compliance Management Services
Purley-based Compliance Management Services has employed John Hildrey as consultant to its insurance...
Appointment at Rubicon
Rubicon has made John Cunningham group sales and marketing director. He was previously a partner at ...
HIFX launches insurance division
Foreign exchange broker HIFX has launched an insurance division to provide home insurance for custom...
Young achiever award
Kathryn Dunsmore, corporate account manager at Bland Bankart, was the winner of this year's Sheikh A...
Appointment at Close Premium Finance
Close Premium Finance has promoted Steven Howell to business director. He was previously deputy oper...
Insurers welcome judgement from Court of Appeal
Insurers last week welcomed the judgement from the Court of Appeal, which limits the recovery of pre...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
The front page on this site starts well, with this laughter-inducing piece of text: "We are fortunat...
Marsh unveils SME expansion drive
Broker Marsh plans to grow its small and medium-sized enterprise products via both organic developme...
Giles acquires Inverness-based MacFarlane Bruce
Broker Giles has acquired Inverness-based MacFarlane Bruce. Chris Giles, chief executive of the Ayrs...
Marsh acquires Kroll
Marsh has acquired Kroll, the worldwide risk mitigation services firm. Kroll has eight UK offices an...
Lloyds TSB makes SME plans
Lloyds TSB is developing plans to attack the SME commercial market more aggressively this year, and ...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Chris Lay as deputy chief executive of its UK retail business. He will also assu...
Broker outlines twelvefold growth plan
Motor retailing giant Arnold Clark has announced plans to grow its motor insurance business by incre...
Appointment at Huntswood Outsourcing
Huntswood Outsourcing has appointed Cliff Harrison and Andrew Wheeler to its insurance consultancy t...
Brokers attack FSA exemption bid
Insurance brokers have rejected calls from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors to exempt thei...
Outgoing chairman makes plea to members and delegates
Outgoing Biba chairman Hamish Ritchie made a plea to members and delegates at the conference to brin...
Smart and Cook makes two acquisitions
Broker Smart and Cook has made another two acquisitions, taking its current total this year to five....
'Full disclosure key to avoiding E&O litigation'
Brokers need to improve their gathering of "material facts" from clients if they are to avoid errors...
Lloyd's broker Howden creates new division
Lloyd's broker Howden has created a wholesale medical professional indemnity division, Howden Medica...
Appointment at The Association of Consulting Actuaries
The Association of Consulting Actuaries has elected Adrian Waddingham as its chairman. He is a fello...
Appointment at Smart and Cook
Tim Mortimer has joined Smart and Cook as operations director. He will be responsible for ensuring c...
New research report from Marsh
The majority of UK senior executives do not have procedures in place to deal with operational and st...
Zurich releases new guide
Zurich has released a new guide, entitled How to Help Stabilise Premiums, to help brokers advise cus...
What the papers said this week
Metro A director of Swiss Re is suing a topless club, claiming it fleeced him of £16,000. Mitchell ...