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Appointment at Quest Gates Partnership.
Leigh Lawrence has joined the Harrogate office of the Quest Gates Partnership as an adjuster. The co...
Appointment at Garwyn.
Garwyn Liability Adjusters has opened two new offices. It has expanded into Northern Ireland for the...
Scottish Provident receives call for demutualisation
Scottish Provident is on course to face a demutualisation vote at its May annual general meeting foll...
Gem of a buy for Office.
The Birmingham Assay Office has bought a specialist security firm that aids the police in their figh...
Appointment at Sydney Re.
Chong Sien Chih has been made assistant general manager of Sydney Re's Singapore office. He joins th...
Cleaning up the industry.
David Fanning reports how the UK's leading uninsured loss recovery service providers are campaigning...
Bramwell is new chief executive of FOIL.
The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has appointed Elizabeth Bramwell has its new chief executive. Ms B...
Anger over reserves tax.
Industry representatives have condemned the proposed tax on reserves which could cost insurers billi...
Tyred move from Privilege
Tyre distributor ATS Euromaster has teamed up with underwriter Privilege to launch a new insurance ar...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Chris Mingham has joined Groupama Insurances to take up a key role in its new development team. He j...
Appointment at SBJ Stephenson.
Insurance and risk management consultancy SBJ Stephenson has made Ian Sandham and Steve Turner direc...
Internet business set to boom.
Chris Wermann, director of corporate affairs at Direct Line, said that two years ago the company was...
Fleet training firm aims to cut claims.
The government's Road Safety Strategy has spawned the birth of a new risk reduction company. Risk...
Personal lines online.
Cox Insurance Retail Division has announced plans to provide brokers with a range of personal lines ...
Eastgate easy riding.
Eastgate Assistance has launched a new breakdown recovery service for members of the Motorcycle Acti...
CILA to join board.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters is expected to join the executive board of the British Dam...
NIG hails EDI pilot scheme as a success.
NIG, the broker-only insurer being acquired by the Winterthur Group, has successfully piloted a new ...
Record aviation hull losses in 1999
Airline hull insurers faced the highest ever level of hull losses last year, according to figures jus...
Hennessy becomes CEO of Overseas Partners
Mary Hennessy is to become chief executive of Bermuda reinsurer Overseas Partners (OPL), replacing Sc...
Miller Fisher's mixed start as claims fall
Miller Fisher Group, which acquired loss adjuster Pycraft & Arnold last year for £11m, has recorded p...
FSA turns to the consumer
Regulator the Financial Services Authority has added a consumer section to its website, www.fsa.gov.u...
Swiss Re's outlook 'negative'
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has affirmed its 'AAA' (extremely strong) counterparty credit and insurer fin...
PartnerRe appoints new CFO
Albert Benchimol is to join Bermuda-based PartnerRe as executive vice-president and chief financial o...
Markel closes Terra Nova Bermuda
US insurer Markel is to close the Bermuda operations of Terra Nova. Markel completed its acquisition ...