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FSA bans automatic PPI sales over web
Major finance firms have agreed to change the way they sell payment protection insurance over the internet, following action by the Financial Services Authority.
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post Magazine provides a run down of the major news stories in the ...
Appointment at QBE
QBE has appointed Doron Grossman to its board. Mr Grossman will be responsible for managing QBE's ac...
Appointment at Financial Services Authority
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Sheila Nicoll, currently deputy chief executive of th...
Capita checking service
Capita Insurance Services has unveiled a pre-bind checking service for Lloyd's managing agents. Usin...
Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer
Law firm Silverbeck Rymer has appointed Carole McGuinness as the new head of call centre operations....
Green energy entrants grow
Government targets for green energy expansion are seeing insurers flock to the market with both Lloy...
Marsh calls for 70/30 broking and risk split
Marsh has unveiled its ideas on risk transfer and is proposing a new pricing model with a 70/30 spli...
Solvent scheme
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced that a solvent scheme of arrangement for Great Lakes Reinsuranc...
AI Claims receives kitemark
AI Claims has mandated the Thatcham BSI Kitemark PAS 125 across its repairer network and claims to b...
Axa in home worker drive
Axa has announced plans to employ a team of home-based sales executives throughout the UK to make up...
Appointment at THB
Specialist broker THB Group has put together a new team consisting of Graham Lawrenson, Andy Wigg, B...
Heritage in £8m motor bid
Offshore underwriting and captive management firm Heritage has revealed plans for an £8m UK motor an...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed six risk specialists to support its UK public sector practice, new business deve...
Appointment at Sagicor
Terrence Martins and Stephen McNamara have been elected chairman and vice chairman respectively by t...
Appointment at Ernst and Young
Steve Mitchell has joined Ernst and Young's reinsurance division where he will help maintain and bui...
Independent trial: A sketch from southwark crown court
The trial was unexpectedly halted this week after Philip Condon was hospitalised complaining of ches...
Hero buys car policies
Highway's broking subsidiary, Hero Insurance Services has agreed to buy 32,000 private car policies ...
Industry settles on £1.5bn for flood losses
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has detailed its methodology behind the latest cost estima...
Race for the prize
Journalists from Post and sister magazine Insurance Age were honoured at the 25th British Insurance ...
Adams joins NG
Broker Network Members NG Insurance Services has acquired Peter Adams Insurance Brokers. Both firms ...
Appointment at GAB Robins
Mark Pierce is rejoining GAB Robins as UK corporate account director position responsible for mainta...
Appointment at Glacier Reinsurance
Glacier Reinsurance, the European reinsurance company, has appointed Michael Codd as legal counsel. ...