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Appointment at Taylor Patterson
Taylor Patterson has hired a new administrator. Joanne Bramley joins from Preston-based broker And I...
Appointment at Swiss Re
Swiss Re has appointed Stefan Lippe as deputy chief executive officer and chief operating officer. M...
What the papers said this week
Sunday Mercury Businesses wrecked by last summer's devastating floods are risking bankruptcy - be...
XL UK boss: job cuts will be minimal
XL will look to make cost cuts over the next year, the company said after announcing its net income ...
Appointment at Perkins Slade
Perkins Slade has appointed David Slade as non-executive chairman. Nick Tamblyn, previously financia...
Appointment at First Title
First Title Insurance has hired David Simpson as sales manager for the UK regions. Mr Simpson joins ...
FSA slaps £735,000 TCF fine on 'for sale' Hastings
Hastings suffered further ingnominy after the company was fined £735,000 by the Financial Services A...
Advent snubs offer
UK-listed Lloyd's insurer Advent has rejected the advances of US financial company Fairfax for the b...
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama has recruited Paul Cann as HR director. He will be based at Groupama's head office in the C...
FSCS pays out £82m
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme paid out a total of £82m in compensation claims for 2007/...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has recruited Iain Brown and Shirley Sutcliffe as senior placement brokers in its national mar...
RBSI sells stake in JV on eve of insurance D-day
Supermarket giant Tesco has said it will continue to use Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance to underwr...
Besso sale touted as shareholder reports loss
The plight of America's fourth largest bank has seen a major Lloyd's brokers tipped as a possible ta...
Dolly costs under $750m
Risk Management Solutions has estimated that insured losses from Hurricane Dolly, which hit southwes...
Willis contingency call
Willis claims the insurance industry has failed to reform the practice of contingent commission paym...
FSA appoints Lloyds head
The Financial Services Authority has appointed former Lloyds TSB general insurance head Jon Pain as ...
Fitch lowers Sterling
Sterling Insurance Group's insurer financial strength rating has been downgraded from 'A-' to 'BBB+'...
Merlin hires for London
Merlin Professional Claims Services has appointed former Carr Greenwood director Graham Cranford Smi...
SSP uses buyout for growth
SSP Holdings is set to continue its growth strategy after being acquired by private equity firm Hell...
Imagine to the Max
Max Capital said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Imagine Lloyd's from its Caribbean-base...
Towergate seeks US growth cash injection
Towergate group executive chairman Peter Cullum has admitted the company is seeking to raise money f...
Brokers and Muslim-owned SMEs targeted by start-up
The UK's first Shariah-compliant insurance company plans to target tens of thousands of small Muslim...
Appointment at XL
XL Insurance has appointed Stuart Sutherland as underwriting manager for casualty in the UK. Mr Suth...
QBE expands for positive market
QBE has expanded its Leeds office with the appointment of five new underwriting staff in anticipatio...