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One Call maps out £10m rescue plan
Bolton-based household restoration firm One Call is aiming for £10m turnover in the next 18 months, ...
Appointment at Amber Credit
Amber Credit has appointed Will Holland as finance director. He previously held several senior finan...
Focus shifts to the City as Fisher replaces Utley
Cox Insurance's decision to replace chief executive officer Neil Utley with the former head of Coutt...
ABI calls for EU breathing space
A change in the dynamic of the European Commission following last week's elections could have an adv...
Acumen Insurance launches road rage insurance cover
Broker Acumen Insurance has launched the UK's first mugging and road rage insurance cover. According...
Norwich Union sells 50 of its UK buildings
Norwich Union has sold 50 of its UK buildings - including the insurer's headquarters in Norwich - to...
Helphire profits reach £35.1m
Helphire Group has made £35.1m in gross profits for the year ending March 2004, an increase of 37% i...
£321m giant targets London after merger
Brokers Prentis Donegan Partners and Price Forbes are merging their wholesale insurance broking and ...
Cobra aims for £300m GWP
Commercial broking network Cobra aims to reach £300m in gross written premium by December by recruit...
Pender Insurance is being sued
Pender Insurance, Cable & Wireless's closed insurance captive, is being sued by Australia Japan Cabl...
Nacho set to take debt 'scandal' to parliament
The National Association of Credit Hire Operators has stepped up its battle against insurance compan...
Industry seeks own FSA solution
Insurers and brokers are expected to help risk managers circumvent Financial Services Authority regu...
C&G finalises renewal rights deal with NIG
Congregational & General Insurance has completed its deal to transfer the renewal rights of its comm...
Appointment at SMG
SMG Risk Solutions has announced that board director Mike Cowburn is to take on the additional role ...
Appointment at Omni Whittington
Scheme-of-arrangement management firm Omni Whittington has appointed Harry Whitcher as compliance an...
The FSA denies rumours
The Financial Services Authority this week denied rumours that veterinary practices were set to be e...
Appointment at Motaquote
Wales-based broker Motaquote has appointed Ian Brown as group compliance manager, ahead of Financial...
Aon sets out £5bn commercial plans
Broking giant Aon has set ambitious targets to generate £5bn per year in premium income from UK comm...
IUA keeps eye on regulatory creep
Marie-Louise Rossi, chief executive of the International Underwriting Association, commended regulat...
RSA: secondary PI move
Royal & Sun Alliance is considering offering professional indemnity products to secondary intermedia...
Lloyd's signs agreement with Unisys
Lloyd's has signed an infrastructure managed services agreement with IT provider Unisys, with a pote...
Appointment at Ace
Ace European Group has promoted Ian Fox to the newly created role of regional development manager, n...
PIA celebrates half a century
The 51st annual congress of the Presse Internationale des Assurances took place in London last week,...
Fast-track dispute launch is not an insurance threat
Law firm Berryman Shacklock has launched a fast-track dispute resolution service called ClaimClear, ...