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Appointment at Towers Perrin
Global professional services firm Towers Perrin has appointed Rolf Horst as managing director of t...
CCV acquire again
Cullum Capital Ventures has acquired the general insurance business of Warrington-based KF Garner & ...
Catastrophe losses rise
The year 2008 was one of the worst for catastrophe losses, according to Swiss Re's latest Sigma stud...
AIG trio join Arista
Three former AIG employees have joined Arista Insurance to form the initial team at its new Birmingh...
Appointment at Glacier Insurance
Glacier Insurance has appointed Alex Campbell as senior property underwriter. His primary role wil...
Giles promoted at Chubb
Chris Giles has been appointed to international field operations manager for the Chubb Group of Insu...
Acquisitive Markerstudy linked with double deal
Gibraltar-based insurance group Markerstudy is understood to be on the verge of completing its large...
Russell Scanlan swells Unitas ranks to 12
Nottingham-based Russell Scanlan has joined Unitas - boosting the broker alliance membership to 12. ...
Dominate the field and stay ahead of the competition
In these challenging times, you need to take control of your company's future in order to stay ahead...
Law Commissions issue broker proposals
Proposals for a new statutory code to decide who intermediaries act for when passing pre-contractual...
Axa swipes major M&S contract away from NU
Axa Insurance has beaten Norwich Union to win a major home insurance contract with retail giant Mark...
Reflections on 2001
With eight weeks to go until the British Insurance Brokers' Association conference, Post travels bac...
Appointment at Auto Windscreens
Arques Industries has recruited Peter Fox as managing director of Auto Windscreens having acquired...
Finch focus is international
AFL Insurance Brokers outlined its international ambitions after rebranding from Alec Finch (London)...
Bike brand and broker team up after legal threat
A Well-known motorbike brand is offering insurance as part of a re-launch after it was threatened wi...
AIG pays out billions
AIG has paid out billions from its emergency US government bailout to pay off counterparties of its ...
Brokers attend Professional Broking UK Broker Summit
More than 50 of the UK's leading brokers attended the inaugural Professional Broking UK Broker Summi...
Credit hire dealt court blow
Insurers should have more confidence in defending cases against credit hire organisations that do no...
Appointment at Keoghs
Keoghs has appointed Edward Armitage as finance director. He joins from Overclockers UK. Mr Armita...
Legal analysis: interim payments - In the meantime
The recent Eeles v Cobham Hire judgment overturned an interim payment decision. Stephen Hazelton reports on the ramifications of this outcome
Industry flock to sub-£5m investment group
A new investment consortium for the sub-£5m market, Alpine Risk Services, has attracted close to 50 ...
Broker and IFA team up
High-net-worth broker Smith Greenfield and independent financial adviser HFS Milbourne have joined f...
PwC survey highlights run off as prime concern
European insurance and reinsurance groups are increasingly scrutinising discontinued operations and ...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was intrigued to see a rather snotty memo that has been doing the rounds at Towergate arm Fus...