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Appointment at Kennedys
City law firm Kennedys has appointed John Bucklow and Cordelia Rushby from Prettys, Ipswich, as part...
Appointment at Markel
Markel International has appointed Wayne Paternoster to the role of contingency underwriter in the s...
Appointment at LV
LV has appointed Paul Wishman as head of e-commerce. Mr Wishman was previously responsible for e-com...
Volume start-up
ASB Law has formed a new business, ASB Aspire, to focus on volume, process-driven legal work. The bu...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph Aviva is to enter Poland's direct motor insurance market to take advantage of...
Growth capital sought
Call Connection is seeking a strategic partner to bring capital and expertise to finance the company...
Local authorities line up for flood scheme
A total of 20 local authorities are competing with one another for five places on a £500,000 governm...
Allianz hails new business shot in the arm
Allianz Insurance has hailed improving performance in new business from property owners and private ...
HSBC seeks £600m GWP in NU insurance tie-up
Norwich Union has declared that it can help HSBC become a top 10 personal lines insurance brand in t...
Terrorism threat ignorance is rife
Terrorist attacks in the UK are inevitable and British businesses must plan to protect their supply ...
RSA moves quickly to appoint broker chief
Royal and Sun Alliance's rapid replacement of its outgoing broker managing director has been attribu...
Biba logs on to I-market
The British Insurance Brokers' Association's full range of 20 member schemes is now being offered vi...
Homeserve shares level out after Tuesday's price rocket
Shares in domestic repair specialist Homeserve dropped 33p today following yesterday's rally driven by positive a analyst recommendation. The equity slipped approximately 2% to £19.51 towards the end of trading today (Tuesday).
Biba links up with Cunninghams for valuation service
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has launched a new valuations scheme with partner member Cunningham Lindsey Valuation Services.
West Yorks police make four arrests in IFB fraud raids
West Yorkshire Police has today executed dawn raids arresting four people, including one female, who it believes have been involved in a major insurance scam known as ‘crash for cash’ in the Keighley area.
FSA Annual Report
The Financial Services Practitioner Panel (the Panel) has today published its Annual Report for the period 2006/7.
FSA confirms Industry Guidance on outsourcing
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that its supervision of outsourcing by firms will in future take account of industry guidance which has been issued by MiFID Connect.
Board appointment at Benfield Asia
(Re)insurance broker Benfield has appointed Peter Hulyer to the Board of Directors of Benfield Asia. Peter will have specific responsibility for the operations of Benfield Corporate Risk, across the region.
Aviva enters Polish motor market
Aviva’s Polish operation, Commercial Union Poland, is to enter the direct motor insurance market, taking advantage of the burgeoning growth in car ownership and the population’s rapidly rising levels of disposable income.
Miller promotes Collins to board level
Global broker Miller has announced that Greg Collins has been appointed as a board director of Miller Insurance Services.
Mi appoints new business development manager
Technology provider, Mi Limited, has appointed a new business development manager, Hameed Alkhersan, to further increase its presence within EC3.
Zurich group income up 74% in first quarter
Zurich has reported $1.4bn in net income, up 74% in the first quarter of 2007, an annualized return on shareholder equity of 23.5 percent, and a business operating profit of $1.7bn (£850m).
Kiln premiums increase from Europe and Far East
Lloyd's insurer Kiln has written £129 million of gross premiums for the period ended 31 March 2007, showing an increase of 9.3% compared with the same period in 2006; the increase is in part attributable to the flow of business the Group is beginning to…