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First Assist strikes travel insurance deal with Sainsbury's
First Assist Insurance Services has signed a travel insurance partnership deal with Sainsbury’s Finance.
HCML completes rehabilitation standards
Rehabilitation provider Health and Case Management has completed its core professional case management standards.
Ike closes in on Texas coast
Hurricane Ike is closing in on the coast of Texas and may strike the upper Texas coast late Friday or early Saturday, Guy Carpenter said.
Mike India 5 snap up Brownsword
David Brownsword, who sold his controlling interest in liability and fraud operation Brownsword to Capita in 2006, has joined nationwide investigators Mike India 5 as chief executive officer.
Ike causes $200m damage in Turks and Caicos. Bahamas
(BestWire) — As the Gulf Coast watches Hurricane Ike approach, catastrophic risk modelers, Risk Management Solutions, estimates the storm has already caused up to $200m in insured loss in the Turks and Caicos Islands as well as the Bahamas.
Questgates complies with MOJ recommendations
Questgates motor division has, during trials of a new IT system, proved it is able to comply with reforms recently recommended by the Ministry of Justice.
Integro set to announce US job cuts - sources
Integro, the US and UK (re)insurance broker, is understood to be set to make a raft of job cuts in its US operations, Reinsurance has learnt. Integro's UK operations are not expected to be impacted.
Ace boosts construction team
Ace Europe has appointed Andrew Morris as UK regional construction underwriter.
Willis reveals wholesale strategy
Glencairn, Hilb Rogal and Hobbs' London-based operation, and Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, have revealed plans to create a new third-party wholesale brokerage business, following the expected completion of Willis' planned…
Junction hires three new associate directors
Junction has appointed three new associate directors at its head office in Orton Southgate, Peterborough.
Willis and Glencairn detail new third-party wholesale business
Glencairn, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs´ London-based operation, and Willis Group Holdings have confirmed plans to create a new third-party wholesale brokerage business, following the expected completion of Willis´ planned combination with HRH before the end of…
Appointment at RFIB Group
International Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker RFIB Group has appointed Richard Spragg as managing director, financial products, non marine division - insurance.
Morris joins Ace Europe's UK construction team
Ace Europe has appointed Andrew Morris as UK regional construction underwriter with responsibility for the Midlands and the South. He joins from Zurich where he was corporate construction development underwriter having previously worked at Axa and…
CFS reports drop in GWP to £220.9m
The Co-operative Financial Services’ general insurance gross written premium has dropped by £5.9m to £220.9m.
Highway in Claim Watch move
Intermediary only insurer Highway claims to have become the first to promote its services online to customers using the Claim Watch vehicle repair tracking service.
RFIB grabs senior broker from Gallagher
RFIB, the Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance broker, is expanding its non marine capability in the area of construction and engineering by the recruitment of Rob Walton as managing director of its construction and engineering arm.
Transamerica appoints O'Brien senior vice-president to international division
Transamerica Reinsurance, a unit of Transamerica Life Insurance Company and a major supplier of life reinsurance, said that David O’Brien has joined its senior management team as a senior vice president in its International division. O’Brien will focus…
Chaucer make two new underwriting appointments
Chaucer said it has appointed Paul Howgill to underwrite financial institutions business and Tom Graham for international casualty treaty lines.
Ike intensifies to Category 2 hurricane, headed towards Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Ike has intensified to a Category 2 hurricane and is expected to move to a Category 3 in the next "day or two", according to the US National Hurricane Centre.
Ecclesiastical targets brokers with new hire
Ecclesiastical has appointed Ian Wainwright, currently group chief surveyor at the insurer, to the new role of broker sales director.
Insurance rates will harden in near future, say Marsh
Insurance rates across most lines of business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region continued to soften in the first half of 2008, according to a report released today by Marsh.
Groupama Healthcare in online expansion
Groupama Healthcare has commenced the full roll out of its new Easy Admin system an online facility to relieve the administrative burden on intermediaries by simplifying the basic administration tasks involved in managing new and existing business.
Chaucer strengthens specialist lines division
Chaucer Syndicates 1084 has appointed two new class underwriters to its specialist lines division Paul Howgill for financial institutions and Tom Graham for international casualty treaty.
Glacier unveils senior terrorism and aviation hires
Glacier Insurance said it has apointed Greg Dawson as its senior aviation underwriter and Tim Woodhouse as senior war and terrorism underwriter. Both are based in the company’s London office.