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Folgate Partnership teams up with Risk Assessment Services
Broking group the Folgate Partnership has teamed up with Risk Assessment Services to roll out a new ...
JLT Risk Solutions wins reinsurance appointment
JLT Risk Solutions has won the reinsurance appointment for the Dolphin Project, one of the largest e...
UK insurance industry's inability to generate a positive image
The UK insurance industry's inability to generate a positive image of itself is dissuading large num...
New-look Heath takes shape
Broker Heath Lambert denied this week that the sudden departure of its chief executive David Margret...
Swiss Re warns of perilous shortcomings
Swiss Re warned this week that "one of the most perilous shortcomings" in traditional property insur...
Worth the paper it's written on?
Insurance contracts are based on mutual trust - aren't they? A study last year challenged the idea of good faith with the shocking finding that 48% of British people would not rule out making an exaggerated claim, says Alison Hart
Allianz Cornhill Engineering strengthens underwriting team
Allianz Cornhill Engineering has appointed two specialist risk surveyors to strengthen its underwrit...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This is a very pleasing site that deals with its subject matter well and only really falls down on a...
Sergon BRM selected by Legal & General
GAB subsidiary Sergon BRM has been selected by Legal & General as one of its partners to provide a b...
Appointment at Watershed Claims Services
Liability specialist Watershed Claims Services has appointed two new adjusters. Andrew Wilson has jo...
CGU GI boss to leave Aviva
The former head of CGU's general insurance operation, Cees Schrauwers, is to leave Aviva, fuelling s...
News DoTI figures show companies declared insolvent
Approximately half of the companies that go bankrupt do so because they failed to take steps to safe...
FSA outlines due credit
The Financial Services Authority has published further clarification on the due credit brokers will ...
What the papers said this week
The Times A 16th century Italian masterpiece worth £25m has been removed from the walls of the Nati...
Jarine Lloyd Thompson renames its municipal risks division
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has renamed its municipal risks division Jardine Lloyd Thompson Public Sector...
Royal & Sun Alliance reaffirms its committment
Royal & Sun Alliance this week reaffirmed its commitment to its strategy of in-sourcing the bulk of ...
Insurers unite over motor claims
Senior claims managers representing three quarters of the motor insurance market in Britain have agr...
Merrion Re trial hit by delays
The trial of the directors of Dublin-based reinsurer Merrion Re continued this week with legal argum...
Up in smoke
Insurer FM Global is opening a $78m (£49m) research campus in Richmond, US, to investigate the effec...
HCC advances UK expansion
Houston-based insurer HCC Insurance has entered the latest stage in its UK expansion by providing £2...
Lloyd's start-up seeks capital
Lloyd's new start-up managing agency Ilium is close to signing deals with at least two major capital...
New International Hull Clauses 2003
The London market Joint Hull Committee has released its new International Hull Clauses 2003 followin...
Capita looks to expand to banks
Capita Insurance Services is aiming to expand its business process outsourcing offering to brokers, ...