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HSBC head mourned
HSBC head of insurance Christen Schnor (pictured) was found dead in a London hotel room following a ...
Primary: no more staff cuts
Primary General has said it is not planning more job losses or staff departures this year, following...
Appointment at BHSF
Melanie White has been promoted to HR officer at BHSF, the Birmingham-based nationwide healthcare in...
Junction explores entry into commercial affinity market
BGL Group's affinity arm Junction has set its sights on replicating the success of its insurer panel...
Appointment at Russell Reynolds
Russell Reynolds Associates has appointed Siobhan Caragher as managing director in the firm's UK fin...
Appointment at Assurant
Assurant Solutions Intermediary has appointed Nigel Payne as managing director. Mr Payne joins ASI f...
Questgates complex loss roll out
Questgates has launched a specialist service for complex and major household losses. Advantage prov...
Broker relocates for growth
Niche broker Aaduki Multimedia Insurance has revealed its growth plans after moving to new offices i...
FSA approves Sportscover
A managing agency formed to assume the management of the Sportscover syndicate, 3334 SCS, has been a...
GAB and Crawford hit by senior liability departures
Two major loss adjusting companies have been hit by departures from senior liability teams, Post has...
Appointment at ABI
Mark Underford, assistant technical manager at Groupama Insurances, has been appointed as the new ch...
Swinton returns to NI after IAG acquisition
Swinton is returning to Northern Ireland after more than a decade, following the acquisition of Insu...
RSA ties up motor fraud deal
Absolute Fraud Management has signed a two-year deal with RSA after winning a contract to manage its...
Appointment at Munters
Munters MCS has appointed Russ Brown as global business development manager for temporary humidity c...
Appointment at Beazley
Beazley has appointed Anthony Hobkinson to head its specialty lines claims team focusing on professi...
Colemont enters Argentina
International wholesale insurance broker Colemont has said that it has been granted a licence by the...
Recession creates opportunities for risk
Changes to operational and security risks will bring about "seismic change" and opportunity for the ...
Calthorpe reappoints HLG
Heath Lambert Group has been reappointed as broker to property developer and investor Calthorpe Esta...
Appointment at XL Insurance
XL Insurance has appointed James Martin as client relationship manager in the London office. Prior t...
The claimant's view: Hard times for health and safety
Will health and safety be a casualty of the recession? When redundancies result in work getting hard...
Homeserve resignation
Homeserve has announced that Ian Carlisle, chief executive officer for emergency services, has decid...
MBO sees six underwriters signed up in broking return
Hastings Direct is to return to a broking model following its recent management buyout. As predicte...
Bolam scoops New Year honour
Simon Bolam, former chairman of the British Insurance Brokers' Association and former Chartered Insu...
Guardian seeks buyer
Caribbean-based financial services group Guardian Holdings is looking for a buyer for its UK busines...