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New chairman for Lloyd's Community Programme
Michael Carpenter, chief financial officer of LIMIT, is to succeed Robin Gilkes as chairman of the Ll...
Eversheds expands in Europe
Leading insurance law firm Eversheds is merging with Netherlands practice Boekel De Neree. Boekel D...
Cox to net success
Lloyd's insurer Cox has teamed up with leading internet companies top offer personal lines products o...
Ace restructures in Bermuda
Ace Group is restructuring its insurance operations in Bermuda. The changes at Ace Bermuda include ...
Swiss Re buys Underwriters Re
Swiss Re is to move into the broker distribution market in the US with the purchase of California-bas...
Long term care long term delay
The government has once again put off a decision on how it will reform the funding of long term care ...
Leek puts stop on takeover
Leek United, the building society targeted for a £30m takeover by Murray Financial Corp is to remain ...
RSA resignation sparks off reshuffle
The resignation of Peter Burrows, director UK commercial at Royal & Sun Alliance, has prompted a resh...
Tempest Re makes US appointment
Bermudian monoline catastrophe reinsurer Tempest Re has appointed reinsurance veteran of 21 years Jac...
VAT was payable on insurance discounts.
The British Horse Society is a registered charity with 50,000 members. The benefits it provides i...
SVB moves to insulate itself from Lloyd's
SVB Holdings, which recently acquired CLM has moved its underwriting risks for the last three years t...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Heather Baucher has joined the insurance department of law firm Hill Dickinson. She will move to the...
Axa's Japanese deal.
Axa is to take control of Japanese life insurer Nippon Dantai and invest up to 1.9bn euros into a ne...
Cowboy builders
Brokers are warning customers about the dangers of cowboy builders. Norwich Union is sending out a ...
Get the shooters out.
Has your company got 11 good men and true who know their striker from their libero - and can put all...
Another firm snubs BDMA.
The British Damage Management Association suffered another blow on the eve of its launch this week. ...
RSA boosts its critical illness cover.
Royal Sun Alliance has extended its critical illness cover to keep itself "at the forefront of busin...
3 Arrows is moving to new offices.
Non-fault accident assistance specialist 3 Arrows is moving to new offices in Manchester's Salford Q...
Must have' cover.
Annual travel insurance is fast becoming a financial "must have" as more people take more frequent t...
New cheque mate.
Kalamazoo Security Print, which provides insurance cheques to insurance companies for the payment of...
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft appointed.
Chartered loss adjuster Miller Pycraft has been appointed by the insurers of a Scottish culinary cen...
Commentary - 999 services - a duty of care?
Are emergency services liable to pay damages if they are negligent? This is of importance to thei...
Group goes Dutch with Korean bank.
Dutch financial services group ING Groep has forged closer links with South Korean bank H&CB by sett...
Industry still wary of league tables.
Industry representatives are still to be convinced by the Financial Services Authority's proposals f...