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Heath Lambert Affinity Partnerships launches new service
Heath Lambert Affinity Partnerships has launched a new service for stroke survivors with The Stroke ...
Penny Black's insurance week
The rumour mill was spinning fast this week. Penny's ears were burning at the suggestion Rolf Tolle,...
First Assist acquires Munich Re's UK rehab business
First Assist has acquired Munich Re's UK rehabilitation business and five-strong team. Sally Young, ...
Parkwood Sinclair moves offices
Essex-based Parkwood Sinclair Insurance Brokers, part of the Vega Group, has moved its operation to ...
Ince and Company to relocate
Insurance and reinsurance legal practice Ince and Company is to relocate its London office tomorrow ...
Broker Network acquires Fraser Holdings
The Broker Network has announced its largest acquisition to date, paying £2.85m for Fraser Tennant H...
Marsh arm targets SMEs
Broker Marsh is set to make a renewed push in the small to medium-sized enterprise sector to build o...
Gladwell resurfaces at CII
Lee Gladwell is to take up the role of group marketing and sales director at the Chartered Insurance Institute from 1 September. He was previously new business development director at Capita.
London to host 2012 Olympics
UK-based insurers, reinsurers and brokers look set to benefit from the influx of projects and development on the back of London's succesful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Broker Heath Lambert, which was behind the London bid team, was one of the…
Health Lambert secures construction deal from Aon
Heath Lambert Construction, part of Heath Lambert's Project Risks Group, has been appointed broker to UK construction firm Bowmer and Kirkland. It won this high profile contract from incumbent Aon following a conceptual tendering exercise.
Broker in multiple birth move
Lloyd’s coverholders Marcus Hearn and Company have decided to incorporate their twins and multiple birth insurance facility under their Lloyd’s Binding Authority.
FSA publishes key paper on TCF
In a paper entitled Treating Customers Fairly – Building on Progress published today, the Financial Services Authority has set out the issues that firms should consider when assessing whether they have embedded the fair treatment of customers throughout…
War of words builds ahead of Goshawk AGM
The war of words between Goshawk and major shareholder Phoenix Asset Management Partners has stepped up ahead of the reinsurers AGM on Monday.
Insurer boss warns smalls brokers are becoming an endangered species
Small brokers are in danger of becoming a threatened species in the Birmingham area and West Midlands, according to a senior industry figure.
SCOR appoints Peignet to head P&C arm
Denis Kessler, chairman and chief executive of SCOR, has appointed Victor Peignet as head of all SCOR’s Property & Casualty business with the approval of the Group Nomination Committee.
Travel insurers change stance on ‘new for old’ strategy
Travel insurers are changing their stance on ‘new for old’ strategies with 82% of policies covering possessions on an ‘indemnity’ basis according to the latest research by Defaqto.
THB splits CEO and chair roles
THB Group, the parent company of Lloyd’s broker Thompson Heath & Bond, has appointed Clive Williams as its first non-executive Chairman.
US asbestos Bill might head to Senate in July
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter has said that he will look for the Senate to take up asbestos victim compensation legislation in early July.
CIAT calls for TRIA action
The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) has attacked the recent statement by the US Treasury on the state of the terrorism insurance marketplace and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.
NIG in Midlands expansion
Insurer NIG is elevating its Leicester office to full regional status in order to increase its strength in the East Midlands market.
CIS in Axa tie-up
Co-operative Insurance Society has announced the appointment of Axa Real Estate Investment Management REIM (UK) as external fund manager for CIS’ £2.5 billion external property fund portfolio.
Hardy shareholders dismiss Omega's offer as "potentially damaging"
Lloyd’s insurer Hardy has revealed that its shareholders were against a takeover by Omega because it would have resulted in a “potentially damaging period of uncertainty for the company”.
ABI hails ‘pragmatic’ resolution to costs war.
The announcement by the Civil Justice Council of agreement on the level of success fees in employers’ liability disease claims is a pragmatic resolution to the “costs war” says the ABI (Association of British Insurers).
HL in insurance first for stroke survivors
Heath Lambert Affinity Partnerships has launched a new service for stroke survivors with The Stroke Association.