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Helphire profit rise
Helphire reported its pre-tax profit had increased by 63% to £40.3m on turnover of £290m (up 49%) fo...
Eco-friendly discounts
Kent-based broker Independent Insurance Services has launched a commercial insurance product under i...
Willis rolls out scheme
The London Market Reform Group is sponsoring a number of process improvement initiatives in a bid to...
Sigma recruits liability duo
Sigma Claims Solutions has appointed former Garwyn duo Dave Smith and Chris Thompson as senior liabi...
Appointment at Autoglass
Autoglass has appointed Chris Abbotson as business manager. Mr Abbotson has experience in the busine...
Penny Black's insurance week
It would appear that the current craze for home improvements has now reached the boardroom of insura...
Gable makes £0.4m profit
Gable Holdings have announced a £0.4m profit for the first six months of 2007. On modest revenues of...
Chinese typhoon losses
Catastrophe modeller AIR Worldwide has said it estimates insured losses from typhoon Wipha are unlik...
Treating convictions fairly
The British Insurance Brokers' Association and Unlock - the national association of reformed offende...
Former Lord Justice set to back PI mediation
A former Appeal Court judge has announced plans to encourage an increase in mediation for personal i...
CPF staves off crisis talk
Close Premium Finance declared that its ability to fund loans to brokers has not been affected by th...
Appointment at Axa
Ian Robinson is set to become group business risk director at Axa UK. Mr Robinson is currently HSBC ...
RSA warns insurer-owned brokers over bias
Royal and Sun Alliance's new broker managing director Paul Donaldson has warned that it will take ac...
Rebrand for mutual
Protection specialist mutual the British Benefits Friendly Society has announced a rebrand to the Br...
Airmic welcomes EU input
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has welcomed the EU Commission's support for full tra...
NU and Allianz in Oval link
Norwich Union and Allianz Insurance have been linked with moves for double-digit stakes in consolida...
Appointment at Axiom
Axiom has appointed Amanda Morris as manager in its consulting services division. Ms Morris has been...
Appointment at Willis
Willis Group Holdings has announced a new chairman and chief executive officer for its Japan operati...
Oil and gas risks targeted
C R Syndicate 1036, wholly owned by QBE, has launched an onshore construction account to complement ...
Munich Re office move
Munich Re has brought together three of the core business units of its London market non-life operat...
Sales recruits to bolster Brit 'trading floor' move
Brit Insurance has announced a string of new hires to boost its sales force alongside its new 'open ...
Heath Lambert mulls RFIB 'gardening leave' action
Heath Lambert is thought to be planning to sue the former head of its specialist facilities division...
Tawa half-year results
Tawa Group, the UK-quoted consolidator of non-life insurance run-off, has announced its interim resu...
Appointment at Watson Wyatt
Watson Wyatt has appointed Rob Collinson into a thought leadership and client-facing consulting role...