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High flyers
Four of the finalists for the Young Achiever of the Year category in the 2004 British Insurance Awar...
Equitas announces fall in its accumulated surplus
Equitas announced a fall in its accumulated surplus after tax of £67m, from £527m to £460m for the y...
Broker plots international expansion
Canadian wholesale broker Creechurch International Underwriting has moved to expanded offices in Tor...
Appointment at Mapfre Asistencia Agency
Mark Angel has joined the London commercial office Mapfre Asistencia Agency Ireland - a subsidiary o...
First sight of claims code
The Claims Club seminar saw the unofficial launch of the Association of British Insurers/Chartered I...
Beijing grants another full licence
General Re has been issued with a licence to operate as a composite reinsurance company in China on ...
Prestige on road to car cover
Accident management and credit hire firm Prestige Auto Group has expanded its claims department and ...
Canopius Managing Agents appoints non-executive directors
Canopius Managing Agents, the London-market insurer and reinsurer, has appointed Cees Schrauwers and...
The FSA admits a fault disrupted its website
The Financial Services Authority has admitted that a fault disrupted its website just days before th...
What is the Post Magazine Claims Club?
The Post Magazine Claims Club has been put together in order to provide the claims industry with the...
Lloyd's underwriter seeks syndicate merger
Lloyd's managing agency, Heritage Underwriting, has told Post Magazine it will merge two of its thre...
New Ogden tables could lift claims 9%
Insurers may face uplifts in claims costs of as much as 9% when the Ogden Committee clarifies its ac...
Finalists are announced
British Insurance Awards
NU to widen net after review
Norwich Union has launched an online quotation facility for legal expenses insurance after it said b...
Appointment at Griffiths & Armour
Griffiths & Armour has made Richard Trotter partner and main board director. He will be responsible ...
SVB Holdings appoints Stuart Quinlan
SVB Holdings has appointed Stuart Quinlan to the newly-created post of underwriting development dire...
Appointment at MFL
Professional indemnity broker MFL has made three additions to its Manchester team. William Hall has ...
Berkeley Burke Group acquires Sheldon Monk
East Midlands-based Berkeley Burke Group has acquired London-based Sheldon Monk, a financial adviser...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mirror The conviction for drink driving of 20-year-old pop star Lee Ryan of boyband Blue back...
NIG offers brokers new terms
NIG is to write to its brokers advising them that they will shortly be receiving a new terms of busi...
Appointment at Lloyd's Market Association
The Lloyd's Market Association has made Bill Rendall its new head of underwriting and claims. He pre...
Surveyors will ask Treasury for authorisation exemption
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors is to meet with the Treasury early next week in a bid to ...
Appointment at Mills & Reeve
Jonathan Watmough has joined the Birmingham office of Mills & Reeve's professional indemnity team. H...
Zurich considers adjuster panel shake up
Zurich looks set to shake up its loss adjuster panel after confirming a formal tender process will b...