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Appointment at RK Harrison
Philip Mitchell has joined RK Harrison as account executive for farms and estates, high net worth an...
LRMS Insurance Services in management buy-out
LRMS Insurance Services, the Suffolk-based livestock and bloodstock broker, has been bought by its m...
Demand for stand-alone terrorism cover increases
Demand for stand-alone terrorism cover from UK businesses has increased after the Madrid train bombi...
Sectornet produces latest release
Sectornet has produced the latest release of its commercial broking solution, bringing Sector versio...
US liabilities continue to cast shadow over RSA
Royal & Sun Alliance's full-year results appear to have left some analysts in a state of confusion a...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny could hardly contain her relief at The Chartered Insurance Institute's confirmation that it wo...
Fusion bins in-house system for Genius
SVB subsidiary Fusion Insurance Services has completed the implementation of a new end-to-end softwa...
Appointment at Robin Simon
Senior professional indemnity specialist lawyer Mark Jenkyn-Jones has joined the seven-lawyer team a...
Contractsure looks to branch out
Construction insurance broker Contractsure is looking to branch out after gaining provisional accred...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert Group has made Debra Lee-Moore divisional director, internal risk management for its L...
FarmWeb records £30m harvest
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The Medical Defence Union appoints head of claims-handling team
The Medical Defence Union, the largest indemnifier of the UK's doctors, has made Jill Harding head o...
Broker investor to seal six deals
Venture capitalist 3i is looking to increase its insurance portfolio with investments in six additio...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This website is particularly well thought out and it succeeds on two levels. First, it looks great. ...
Lloyd's welcomes Budget announcement
Lloyd's chairman Lord Levene welcomed today's Budget announcement concerning legislation to remove tax barriers to individual members converting to limited liability.
GE Global Insurance aims for SEC de-listing
GE Global Insurance Holding Corporation (GE Global), the holding corporation for GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), has submitted filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin the process of ceasing its SEC reporting…
XL Capital to raise $75 million in new capital
XL Capital says it plans to raise approximately $750,000,000 in capital from an offering of equity security units. As part of the transaction, XL expects to offer approximately 30 million equity security units with a stated amount of $25 per unit. It…
Cox delivers increased profits
Cox Insurance Holdings, which is currently involved in an offer for Highway. has posted pre-tax profits of £52.1m for 2003 compared to a profit of £42.7m the previous year.
NU extends online offering for brokers
Norwich Union is set to add private motor new business functionality to its online trading solution for brokers.
Catlin float valued at £660m
Catlin Group today set an indicative price range of between 350 pence and 420 pence per common share for the group’s flotation, valuing the group at between £560m- £664m following the completion of the offering.
Insurance premium tax frozen as Brown delivers 2004 Budget
Chancellor Gordon Brown has frozen insurance premium tax in the 2004 budget, despite expectations he would make an increase to take advantage of rising rates.
Contractsure receives provisional Lloyd's accreditation
Construction insurance specialist Contractsure has received provisional Lloyd’s accreditation.