News
Bell tolls for MBO.
Derby-based Bell & Co Insurance Brokers has undergone a management buy-out by employees Darrell Blac...
Appointment at Cameron McKenna.
David Thompson has joined international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna's aviation insurance team. Mr T...
AMP to buy Towry Law.
Australian financial services giant AMP is to buy independent financial adviser Towry Law for £75.7m...
Job losses fallout.
Recruitment consultants in the North-west fear being cut out of the loop in the fallout from the col...
Fitch acts over Underwriter Insurance
The Underwriter Insurance Company, founded by two former Independent Insurance directors last year wi...
Broker looks on bright side of Indie fall
Chris Blackham, chairman of broker Layton Blackham, told Post Magazine that he believes there will be...
Damages hiked by Lord Chancellor
The Lord Chancellor has cost the insurance industry millions of pounds this afternoon following his d...
Helphire £55.45m loss worse than expected
Credit hire company Helphire Group today said it anticpated that it would return to profitability in ...
PCS advertises its wares
Independent Insurance's loss adjusting operation, Property and Casualty Services has been put up for ...
Claims Direct bid follows loss
No win no fee company Claims Direct has recorded an annual pre-tax loss of over £20m, compared to a ...
Hiscox picks up Indie PI team
Hiscox Insurance has hired Lee Chelton, John Booth, Lee Hudson and Rosalind Smith - the core of Inde...
MP raises Independent in Parliament
Former loss adjuster Barry Gardiner MP has tabled a number of questions for written answer on Indepen...
New employment for Capita and SVB
Capita Assistance, formerly Eastgate Assistance, has launched a new employment practice liability pro...
Broker PWS boosts business
Reinsurance broker PWS Holdings says that it increased its brokerage income in the six months to the ...
Inreon makes US acquisition
Reinsurance exchange Inreon has acquired Risk Transfer Exchange, an independent internet-based exchan...
GISC forced to take foot off accelerator
The General Insurance Standards Council is to send out a letter to all its members urging them not to...
Misys shuts direct insurance business
Computer software giant Misys is to shut down its Screentrade and the theformula.com internet consume...
Indie collapse hits Irish construction companies
The collapse of Independent Insurance could impact Irish companies that are now facing potentially s...
Floating acquisition.
Yacht and leisure craft underwriting agent Mardon Insurance Brokers has acquired Michael Stimpson & ...
Tragedy borne of ambition?
In the unfolding tragedy of Independent Insurance, the towering certainty is that Michael Bright sou...
Insurers must prepare to bridge the profitability gap.
Taking customer relationship management into the e-age presents business with some enormous challeng...
Appointment at La Playa.
Cambridge-based La Playa has taken on Alan Gale as its new chairman. Mr Gale's background as an inve...
Appointment at Sterling Hamilton Wright.
Stephen Duffy has been promoted to divisional head, agency management and marketing at Sterling Hami...
Appointment at Keoghs.
Bolton-based law firm Keoghs has created four new partners and a new associate. Two of the partners ...