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NIG launches property product
NIG will launch its premier property owners product to a broker panel on the 6 July.
Former Bluefin MD joins OIM
Chris Ladkin is to join OIM Underwriting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arthur J Gallagher UK. He will head OIM’s new Finpro team, to be formed in combination with the Circadian team which joined OIM following the AJG acquisition of the First City assets.
Policyfast enters Lloyd's
Wholesale broker Policyfast has achieved Lloyd's cover holder status.
Exeter Friendly launches health plans
Private medical insurer Exeter Friendly has launched a range of underwriting options on both its Health Cover for Me and Health & Stuff plans.
QBE to acquire Belgian reinsurer
QBE has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Belgian-based specialist reinsurer Secura for €267m.
Questgates promotes senior staff
Loss adjuster Questgates has made three promotions among its senior leadership team.
Argo signals international push
Argo International has recruited Tony Cabot to support its active international growth strategy.
Ace boosts environmental risk team
Ace International has appointed Perrine Kalina to the new role of engineering coordinator and assistant underwriter in its environmental risk team.
Groupama outlines IPO timefame
Groupama is expected to float on the stock market in 2011 or 2012, according to its chief executive Jean Azema.
Homeserve USA boss joins UK board
Homeserve has appointed Jonathan King, the chief executive of Homeserve USA, to the board as an executive director.
Bluefin opens Cardiff branch
Bluefin Insurance Services is opening a new office in Cardiff.
QBE to acquire Belgian reinsurer
QBE has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Belgian-based specialist reinsurer Secura for €267m.
Argo signals international push
Argo International has recruited Tony Cabot to support its active international growth strategy.
Ace boosts environmental risk team
Ace International has appointed Perrine Kalina to the new role of engineering coordinator and assistant underwriter in its environmental risk team.
Groupama outlines IPO timefame
Groupama is expected to float on the stock market in 2011 or 2012, according to its chief executive Jean Azema.
Insurance brokers under threat from huge increase in cost of regulation
The British Association of Insurance Brokers said that the recent invoices received by members from the Financial Services Authority for the 2010-11 fees and levies have highlighted the inequality of the current funding of the Financial Services…
CBG exec director leaves business
Executive director of insurance broking operations at CBG Group Stephen Darcy is understood to have left the company.
London market focused on M&A
Expansion, growth and mergers are highest on a list of issues of most concern to London market brokers and carriers, according to a recent survey.
FSA MD Norris steps down
Mark Norris, chief operating officer and managing director of the Financial Services Authority, has decided to leave the organisation to "seek fresh challenges and opportunities".
Exclusive online interview: Michaela Koller
With the European insurance industry facing a time of increasing regulation and instability, Post Europe recently spoke to the director general of the CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, about lessons to be learnt from banking,…
Exclusive online interview: Michaela Koller
With the European insurance industry facing a time of increasing regulation and instability, Post Europe recently spoke to the director general of the CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, about lessons to be learnt from banking,…
CBG wins nano deal
CBG Group has bolstered its drive into the science and technology sector after being appointed by Manchester-based nanomaterials company, Nanoco Group.
DAS opens up shop in Canada
DAS UK Group has confirmed that its new Canadian subsidiary, DAS Legal Protection Insurance Company, will start writing business in Ontario on 5 July.
CCV buys Bishop Skinner
Cullum Capital Ventures has completed its fifth acquisition of the year, with the purchase of Newcastle based broker, Bishop Skinner.