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What the papers said this week
The Sun Britney Spears must pay a bob or two for insurance. She barely gets out of her driveway...
Appointment at Crawford and Co
Kirsten Watson has joined Crawford and Company UK's key account management team in its Midlands offi...
Endsleigh goes online
Endsleigh is set to expand its business through new products targeting small and medium-sized enterp...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Napoli shipwreck fallout could hit EUR70m level
A multi-million pound legal battle is under way as the final section of the MSC Napoli shipwreck is ...
Liberalisation delayed
Brazilian authorities were expected to announce a delay in the opening up of the country's reinsuran...
Insurers hail important fraud case first
Private medical insurers have applauded the General Medical Council's "strong stance" in suspending ...
Equity appoints new direct broker boss
Edward Fitzmaurice has left the executive board of Homeserve Warranties to become chief executive of...
Appointment at FWD
Financial services marketing and PR consultancy FWD has appointed Mark Dalton to the new position of...
Lark in £1.5m deal
Lark Group has acquired Grosvenor Court Insurance Services for an undisclosed sum. The company, whic...
Appointment at Allianz
Andy James has joined Allianz Personal as head of customer marketing. Mr James will be responsible f...
Tycoon school opened
Towergate Partnership founder Peter Cullum is providing £10m seed fund for Cass Business School, Lon...
Appointment at Willis
Willis has appointed Timothy Clarke to regional growth leader and executive vice-president for New Y...
Optima enhanced
Groupama's supporting brokers can now view commercial insurance documents online, following the laun...
RBSI recruits new director
The chief actuary of Halifax Bank of Scotland general insurance arm has resigned to take up a post a...
Bail extension for director
A former director of a Lloyd's broker has had his bail extended until July, following a fraud invest...
Appointment at Home and Legacy
Home and Legacy has appointed Phil Dennis as operations director. Mr Dennis will oversee customer se...
Ex-chief calls for mediation
Mediation is key to speeding up the claims process, according to Frances McCarthy, former president ...
Appointment at Helphire
Helphire has made three management changes. Mark Adams is to become group finance director. He has h...
Appointment at HCC
HCC Insurance Holdings has promoted Jackie Kellems to vice-president of enterprise risk management. ...
Appointment at Brit
Brit Insurance has appointed Christopher Caswell to the newly created position of e-trading schemes ...
Auto Trader doubles quotes
Auto Trader has hailed the launch of its new aggregator model in February as resulting in a doubling...
Fraudline cuts liability claims
A survey by Cunningham Lindsey UK of 17 local authority subscribers to its Fraudline has found the n...
North top for motor fraud
National law firm Keoghs' annual motor fraud index shows that motor fraud is still most prevalent in...