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AF drops stock market plans.
South African broker Alexander Forbes has sidelined plans for a listing switch to the London stock m...
Appointment at Brownsword Associates.
Brownsword, the national motor claims investigation company, has appointed four new claims technicia...
Appointment at Room Solutions.
Room Solutions has appointed Huw Evans as international finance director, Peter Wemyss as sales dire...
Marlborough in Sun Life deal.
Software and services provider Marlborough Stirling has secured contracts with Sun Life Financial of...
No armageddon.
Predictions of armageddon for the insurers and reinsurers post-11 September have proved unfounded, s...
Coming clean.
Despite initiatives such as the Motor Insurers' Database, many insurers believe a better way of cleaning up the sector's poor image, due in part to the soaring motor premiums necessitated by the rising numbers of uninsured drivers, is by transparency and…
Appointment at Lane Clark & Peacock.
Consulting actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock has made five new partners. These are Tracey Scott, Aaron ...
Beware spin says GISC chief.
Chris Woodburn, chief executive of the General Insurance Standards Council, has hit out at misinform...
Film flop battle set to drag on.
The current round of film financing litigation, which could cost insurers hundreds of millions of po...
UNCC pays up for Kuwait plane costs.
War risks insurers have recovered £12.1m from the United Nations Compensation Commission for the los...
Rebus iS cuts jobs in revamp.
IT service provider for the insurance market Rebus iS is to cut staffing levels by over 10%. A total...
Motor rate rises look set to stall.
UK motor insurers appear to have ignored the advice of actuaries by reducing the rate of car premium...
IIB sets sights on AIIB/BIBA.
Andrew Paddick has said he is confident the Institute of Insurance Brokers' membership would be bols...
Brokers face commission loss.
The chairman of the All Party Group on Insurance and Financial Services John Greenway MP has warned ...
In the know: levies.
Many bodyshops remain unaware of the significant reduction (up to 80%) in the government's climate c...
Carr Greenwood Smith investigating fire.
Loss adjuster Carr Greenwood Smith is investigating a fire that severely damaged the premises of Hul...
Appointment at Chem-Dry UK.
Chem-Dry UK has recruited Richard Cable to its board of directors as business development director. ...
Appointment at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance.
Alison Drake has been promoted to customer relations manager at Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finan...
Appointment at DWF.
North-west law firm DWF has taken on nine new solicitors. DWF HRhorizons, the company's HR service, ...
BIBA conference.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (West Midlands) is to hold its 7th annual conference at t...
Rules of engagement.
As the industry becomes subject to more and more regulation, HR departments need to keep abreast of the rules governing key staff and also work to manage the related risks effectively, warn Sara Russoff and Mike Vincent.
Toro to takeover?
Toro Insurance, a subsidiary of Italian giant Fiat, has approached rival La Fondiaria about the poss...
Just what the doctor ordered.
As horror stories about NHS treatment abound, private medical insurance is becoming a more vital part of employees' work packages, and employee assistance programmes in particular have experienced a surge in interest. Rachel Gordon deciphers the insurers…
Music to her ears?
An 18-year-old student is to sue the Scottish qualification authority for wrongly informing her she ...