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NU estimates flood costs at £175m
Norwich Union parent Aviva has warned investors that the recent floods will impact the group's first half result to the tune of £175m.
Hannover Re to open office in Bahrain
Hannover Re has announced it is increasing its reach in the Arab world by opening an office in Bahrain.
GAB reappoints director
GAB Robins has announced the appointment of Mark Pierce as UK corporate account director to strengthen its client relationship structure.
Highway in Budget swoop
Highway's broking subsidiary Hero Insurance Service has agreed to buy 32 000 private car policies from Local Broker, an insurance intermediary brand that is part of the Budget Group of companies for a consideration of £2m.
Esure contact agent wins Direct Excellence award
Joanne Downes, who works at Esure's motor insurance call centre in Manchester, is the latest recipie...
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Thatcham crash courses delivers next generation
Norwich Union's chief engineer has hailed the re-emergence of apprenticeship programmes after he awa...
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French broker brings in JLT boss to Alec Finch
French broker Verlingue is restructuring the Alec Finch Group to help increase its performance with ...
Anti-'pain in neck' service
A Suffolk-based rehabilitation provider has claimed to be the first in the UK to offer a new system ...
Regional expansion
AMG has recently opened a new regional office just outside Cannock to accommodate its expansion in t...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich Municipal has made Andrew Jepp head of local government. In his new role, Mr Jepp will be res...
Bomb scares highlight lack of terror cover
A car bomb scare on Haymarket in central London, which forced Post's publisher to close its head off...
New solicitors' code will reduce claims, says Zurich
Zurich believes the introduction of new risk-management rules for solicitors could help reduce negli...
Staff snub Homeserve relocation plans
Homeserve Property Repairs has admitted its entire Chiswick-based call centre team has accepted a re...
RSA points to further outsourcing deals ahead
Royal and Sun Alliance's second claims outsourcing deal in a month is likely to be repeated, but the...
Biba warns FSA over its latest retail review
Brokers have told the Financial Services Association not to apply its proposed retail investment dis...
Appointment at IFS School of Finance
The IFS School of Finance, an educational charity offering finance-related qualifications, has appoi...
Appointment at Questgates
Greg Laker, Ross Macpherson and Alistair Steward have been appointed to the board of Questgates. In ...
Collision system piloted
A new version of the Glassmatix collision-repair estimating system will be launched in the fourth qu...
Heath Lambert loses staff to broking rival
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath and Bond has poached seven employees from Heath Lambert with the goal ...
Illium loses underwriter
It is unclear whether Lloyd's insurer Illium will replace active underwriter Denis Burniston, after ...
Angel to provide D&O
Angel Underwriting has announced that it will be providing directors' and officers' and professional...