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Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed James Elder to the new position of chief risk officer at Marsh UK. Mr Elder join...
HCML to restructure
HCML is undertaking a major restructuring of its operations team with a number of new senior level a...
Marsh expands risk team
Marsh has appointed Chris Houston as a senior consultant in its property risk consulting team. Based...
Zurich head in call for co-operation
Zurich Insurance's senior managers are keen to discuss greater co-operation between firms in dealing...
Appointment at Arista
Arista has appointed Andy Saxon to regional underwriting manager. Mr Saxon will be based mainly in t...
AIG opens Newcastle office
AIG UK has opened its first new office for several years in Newcastle this month. The office will be...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has recruited Andy Haworth and Aaron McMullen, both previously with Inverita, to join its...
Indie trial nears climax
Jurors were still deliberating the fates of former Independent Insurance directors Michael Bright, P...
Appointment at Hampden
Sir Adam Ridley has joined Hampden's board. After a career as a Whitehall economist, Sir Adam was ch...
Appointment at Lorega
Lorega has recruited David Gribbon to manage the company's relationships with its panel of north of ...
Arch cuts unprofitable construction ties
Arch Europe is believed to have withdrawn from the UK's construction liability market after it becam...
Appointment at Catlin
Catlin US has recruited William P Casey as managing director and senior vice president of Catlin Sco...
Fortis: commercial vehicle web sales are still lagging
Fortis' new director of digital strategy has said commercial vehicle is still five years behind priv...
Pricing module released
Software company CDL has launched a module designed to improve brokers' relationships with aggregato...
MDG buys from parent
Medicals Direct Group has been bought from its US parent by a management team led by the company's c...
Integro hires former Willis big-hitter
Integro’s new London-based international insurance and reinsurance division has hired Guy Bessis as a managing principal.
RSA takes sixth place after £37m Canadian acquisition
Royal & Sun Alliance has announced plans to acquire Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company for approximately C$75m (£37m) payable in cash. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
Post pick of the week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Incisive Media's insurance division outlines the major news in the general insurance sector reported in tomorrow’s issue of Post including; A row has erupted between private doctors and insurers over allegations of…
UK Insurers could save £1.4bn from plaques decision
Deloitte has estimated that today’s House of Lords ruling on the asbestos-related condition, pleural plaques, may reduce future claims to insurance companies by up to £1.4 billion, in relation to their UK asbestos liabilities.
Eversheds in swoop from Lovells' Munich office
Heisse Kursawe Eversheds has hired Fabian Volz from Lovells’ Insurance and Product Liability team. Mr Volz has 10 years of experience in dealing with international matters in product liability, product safety, insurance and reinsurance and will join…
$260m Japan quake risk shifts to capital markets
A $260m catastrophe bond offering protection against a major earthquake in Tokyo has been placed by Munich Re on behalf of the East Japan Railway Company.
Zurich hails plaques judgement
Zurich Insurance has applauded the House of Lords' judgement in the pleural plaques test cases, declaring this decision upholds the philosophy of compensating only injured parties.
Minister responds diplomatically to insurer withdrawal threat
Debate in the House of Lords on flood defences has seen the insurance industry criticised for apparently threatening to withdraw cover for at risk areas. In questions to the Labour minister Lord Rooker, Lord Davies of Coity asked if it was "a bit much"…
Analysts support Munich Re's US acquisition
Financial analysts Keefe Bruyette and Woods (KBW) have reacted favourably to Munich Re’s plans to buy US primary insurance company Midland.