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First framework for NHS
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has put in place its first framework agreement with underwriter...
Appointment at Amlin
Amlin has appointed Iain Henstridge as leading class underwriter to head up the marine hull accoun...
Amlin in EUR350m buyout
Amlin has agreed to acquire Belgo-Dutch property and casualty insurer Fortis Corporate Insurance fro...
Swiftcover seeks to grow first buy
Swiftcover is set to grow its first acquisition "dramatically" over the next three years, according ...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has appointed David Skey as it looks to grow its share of reinsurance business in conti...
Tidd takes role at TLSS
Steve Tidd has returned to the insurance industry as a non-executive director of Total Loss Settleme...
What the papers said this week
The Times Three fraudsters who conned five directors at Aviva out of a combined £638,000 have bee...
Biba alerted to HSBC's £250k broker demand
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has been alerted after banking giant HSBC demanded one of...
QBE geographic risk system goes regional
QBE Europe's property division has rolled out its geographic risk system into the regional underwrit...
Heath Lambert hires four
Heath Lambert has strengthened its public sector team with the appointment of four specialists. Pete...
Soon-to-be-famous five
The British Insurance Awards finalists, judges and sponsors gathered at The Merchant Taylors' Hall i...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has recruited a number of new staff. Maria Kearney joins the environmental division fro...
Ecclesiastical to beef up schemes business
Ecclesiastical has set its sights on doubling its schemes business within three to five years. Tony...
McLaren-Stewart exits
John McLaren-Stewart has resigned as a board member of the British Insurance Brokers' Association. T...
Axa threatens to penalise claims farming brokers as debate rages
Rivals firms have backed Aviva in its push to purge the market of brokers subsiding loss-making busi...
Appointment at Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor Adjusting has appointed Gary Parlour as senior adjuster in the professional and fin...
Appointment at Ropner
Ropner Insurance Services has strengthened its non-marine team with the appointment of David Pratt-...
Appointment at Forbes
Two members of Forbes Solicitors' defendant insurer team have been promoted. Elizabeth Bower and ...
THB acquires again
THB has acquired 100% of the share capital of Property Risk Management.
Max insists Validus has owned up over clear path claim in IPC struggle
Max Capital Group has claimed that the latest filings by Validus Holdings over its rival bid for Bermudian reinsurer IPC, show that Validus has conceded that no clear path to close a transaction with IPC exists.
Kelly steps in at Renaissance Re as Donner heads to US
Renaissance Re has appointed Jeffrey Kelly as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective 6 July. He will succeed Fred Donner, who is leaving the company for personal reasons to return to the US.
Pick of the week: Biba alerted to HSBC charges; LAM ceases trading...
Senior reporter Louise Meeson looks at the major news stories in this week's Post.
Biba welcomes trade credit decision
The British Insurance Brokers Association has welcomed the announcement to backdate the available trade credit insurance top-up cover from 1 October, 2008.
Insurers global growth plans not dampened by recession
The global economic downturn has not deterred most insurers from considering growing beyond their home markets, according to Accenture.