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Accredited Surety and Casualty enters agreement with Cinium Financial Services
Accredited Surety and Casualty Company has entered into an agreement with Cinium Financial Services Corp, which will see the company receiving surety bonds from Cinium.
Co-op censured over failure to meet CMA deadline
Co-op Insurance has been ordered to provide customers with the price of its no-claims bonus protection.
Aviva makes top 100 list of employers for LGBT
Aviva is the only insurer to have made the list of top 100 employers for LGBT staff for the second year running.
Aviva unveils UK restructure
Aviva is combining its life, general and health insurance business together under the leadership of Andy Briggs.
Money Supermarket to see 12% revenue growth as it announces CEO change
Money Supermarket expects to see year on year revenues to grow by 12% to £316m, the group said.
Allianz and Standard Chartered enter Asia GI partnership
Following a competitive tender Allianz and Standard Chartered have agreed a 15 year five country general insurance bancassurance partnership in Asia.
ICO still looking to recover costs against dissolved spam text broker
The director of an insurance broker that was wound up just two days before it had to pay a £30,000 fine could be chased for the outstanding amount.
Judges 'dismayed' by government's whiplash proposals, say it will clog up courts
Whiplash reforms could cause the courts to become gridlocked with unrepresented personal injury victims and lead to higher taxes, judges have warned.
Brightside CIO James Fairhurst to leave the business
Brightside chief information officer James Fairhurst is to leave the broker.
Compre takes on RW Gibbon legacy book
Insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist Compre has acquired a legacy business portfolio from Swiss Re International.
Biba calls on the FCA to address rising regulation costs
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has called on the Financial Conduct Authority to address the cost of regulation on small brokerages.
Broker fined £30,000 by ICO is wound up a month later
A broker that was fined £30,000 for sending thousands of spam text messages has been dissolved.
French app-based start-up joins insurtech incubator programme
App-based insurtech start-up Cbien has joined as one of the 10 firms on Startupbootcamp’s 2017 programme.
Nick Lock appointed as head of property claims at Allianz
Nick Lock has been appointed as the new head of property claims at Allianz, following David Watkins’ retirement from the company.
Frontier partners with Taiping for One Belt One Road
Hong Kong-headquartered security company Frontier Services Group has agreed a partnership with Taiping General Insurance.
Piggot replaces retired Reeves at Crawford
Former Gen Re claims manager Geoff Piggot has been named as CEO of Crawford Global Technical Services.
Asia C-suite panel bullish on insurance innovation
Senior executives from some of Asia's largest insurers have shared their vision for insurance innovation at the Asian Financial Forum 2017.
Bharti Axa GI promotes Srinivasan to CEO
Bharti Axa General Insurance has promoted chief commercial and principal officer Sanjeev Srinivasan to CEO and managing director.
LV swaps 'outdated' manual process for digital subrogation portal
LV has swapped its ‘outdated’ manual process for subrogated claims for a new digital portal.
Smallman joins National Windscreens board
National Windscreens has appointed John Smallman to its board of directors.
Industry reacts to Prime Minister's Brexit speech
The industry considers the impact of leaving the Single Market.
NHS trust hit by cyber attack
England’s largest NHS trust has launched an investigation into a cyber attack that forced systems to be taken offline as a precautionary measure.
Digital Fineprint to join Accenture's fintech incubator
Insurtech start-up Digital Fineprint has been chosen to take part in Accenture’s Fintech Innovation lab.
UK to leave single market, Prime Minister confirms
Theresa May has confirmed that the UK will be leaving the single market, but will negotiate for a free trade agreement for financial services.