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Reflections on 2008
With just six days to go before the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference kicks off, Pos...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich Financial Services Group has hired Francis Bouchard as head of its climate office. He will ...
Brit Insurance cuts Ilford ties as it moves motor to capital
Brit Insurance is to move its motor underwriting team to London, closing it existing centre in Ilfor...
QBE boosts geo-risk team
QBE is growing its newly acquired geographic risks team in a move to develop its specialist property...
Animal instinct
Legal Update: Animals Act
Appointment at Copart UK
Vehicle salvage specialist Copart UK has hired Paul Brewer as HR director. Mr Brewer joins Copart ...
Solvency II gets greenlight
Insurers must prepare for a raft of consultation papers this summer, after Solvency II passed its la...
Appointment at CII
David Gittings has stepped down as chairman of the London Market Faculty board at the Chartered Insu...
PB training event kicks off
The second Professional Broking Leadership Training for Broker Managers event will begin on 22 July ...
Auto Trader to dominate
Auto Trader has said its revamped car insurance comparison site is set to become the largest special...
Appointment at Alan Gray
US claims, accounting and legal fee audit firm Alan Gray has set up a European operation based in Lo...
Coversure eyes first acquisition target
Coversure Insurance Services has created a new acquisitions and affinities department in a move to b...
Appointment at Miller Insurance
Miller Insurance Services has appointed Jennifer Lin as director and general manager of Miller Hon...
RSA outsources book
RSA has outsourced More Than's multi-million pound book of travel business to Europ Assistance. Mike...
Beachcroft to open in Wales
Beachcroft is to open an office in Newport, South Wales, taking over 109 staff and the entire defend...
Ellis joins Marsh in SME division revamp
Steve Ellis, former development director at Heath Lambert's transport division, has joined Marsh as ...
AIG paid over $450m in additional bonuses in 2008
AIG, the stricken US insurer, said that it paid over $454m in additional bonuses to employees in 2008, CNB C has reported.
Pick of the week
Senior reporter Louise Meeson looks at the major news stories in this week's Post: former Highway MD Chris Hill set to return to the industry; Axa Insurance to overhaul systems as part of product redesign plans; Brit to move motor underwriting team from…
Bluefin buys Cumbrian insurance business
Bluefin Insurance Services has acquired the general insurance business of Lakeland Insurance Advisers.
MMC Q1 net income rises despite total revenue fall
US financial services giant MMC, the holding company for insurance broker Marsh and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, said that net income for the first quarter of the year rose to $176m from a $210m loss in the first quarter of 2008.
Arc Legal launches motor product to boost broker revenue
Arc Legal Assistance, the specialist legal expenses insurance provider, has developed a non-fault motor legal expenses product that it says will enable brokers to maximise their revenue earnings potential.
Crist to sign Flordia insurance bill - reports
Florida governor Charlie Crist has said that he'll sign legislation putting up insurance prices in the 'Sunshine State' by 10%, US newspapers has reported.
Ingham extends iQuote offering
Ingham Underwriting has widened its product offering on iQuote, its online trading system.
Company warns of drainage "timebomb"
Buildings erected in the second half of the 20th century are facing a potential "drainage disaster" due to poor pipe construction, according to a drainage inspection company.