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Allianz Cornhill confirms appointment
Allianz Cornhill has confirmed the appointment of Lloyd Hanks as broker sales manager, as predicted ...
Warning from James Schiro, chief excecutive of Zurich
The chief executive of Zurich, James Schiro, has warned that, in the light of softening rates, his c...
Davis and Perkins Slade in Sirius link
The Davis Group has become the first broker in the industry to license Sirius' Agents Online product...
Entries for this year's Gold Standards Awards
Companies still have an opportunity left to enter this year's Gold Standard Awards. Entry is via a q...
Appointment at KPMG
Steve Blizzard, formerly senior vice-president at Mellon Finan-cial Corporation, has joined KPMG as ...
Galbraith commits to bettering talent
Biba chief executive Eric Galbraith declared the need to recruit "weapons-grade talent" if the broki...
GAB Robins appoints new operations director
GAB Robins has appointed Vic Noble as its new operations director - field force for both personal- a...
Aon: D&O rates to fall by up to 30% in some sectors
Rates for directors' and officers' insurance could be set to return to levels not seen since 2000, w...
SSP steps into Ireland with Bitsys buy
IT systems supplier Software Solutions Partners has taken over Irish counterpart Bitsys as the first...
Appointment at Compliance Management Services
Purley-based Compliance Management Services has employed John Hildrey as consultant to its insurance...
Appointment at Rubicon
Rubicon has made John Cunningham group sales and marketing director. He was previously a partner at ...
HIFX launches insurance division
Foreign exchange broker HIFX has launched an insurance division to provide home insurance for custom...
Young achiever award
Kathryn Dunsmore, corporate account manager at Bland Bankart, was the winner of this year's Sheikh A...
Appointment at Close Premium Finance
Close Premium Finance has promoted Steven Howell to business director. He was previously deputy oper...
Insurers welcome judgement from Court of Appeal
Insurers last week welcomed the judgement from the Court of Appeal, which limits the recovery of pre...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
The front page on this site starts well, with this laughter-inducing piece of text: "We are fortunat...
Marsh unveils SME expansion drive
Broker Marsh plans to grow its small and medium-sized enterprise products via both organic developme...
Giles acquires Inverness-based MacFarlane Bruce
Broker Giles has acquired Inverness-based MacFarlane Bruce. Chris Giles, chief executive of the Ayrs...
Marsh acquires Kroll
Marsh has acquired Kroll, the worldwide risk mitigation services firm. Kroll has eight UK offices an...
Lloyds TSB makes SME plans
Lloyds TSB is developing plans to attack the SME commercial market more aggressively this year, and ...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Chris Lay as deputy chief executive of its UK retail business. He will also assu...
Broker outlines twelvefold growth plan
Motor retailing giant Arnold Clark has announced plans to grow its motor insurance business by incre...
Appointment at Huntswood Outsourcing
Huntswood Outsourcing has appointed Cliff Harrison and Andrew Wheeler to its insurance consultancy t...
Brokers attack FSA exemption bid
Insurance brokers have rejected calls from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors to exempt thei...