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NU widens risk criteria in Europe property bid
Norwich Union has widened its risk acceptance criteria in a bid to gain a foothold in the European p...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill has recruited Tim Hudson as manager of its Milton Keynes claims handling centre. Mr...
Integro set to launch UK-based retail arm
Ambitious global broker Integro will launch a UK-based retail arm in the next 12 months to follow la...
Insurers are granted VAT rehab reprieve
Insurers have received a major boost in their fight to increase acceptance of rehabilitation service...
Oval ups acquisition ante
Oval has acquired Glasgow-based broker Cuthbert Service and Jackson. This follows the acquisition of...
FSCS sets £2m broker levy
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has set its initial levy for 2007/08 at £94.5m, including...
Mobile Doctors join AIM
Mobile Doctors, a medical reports provider, is set to join the Alternative Investment Market through...
Saga gears up for float
Over-50's insurer Saga is set to float in the second half of 2007, after the company confirmed it ha...
Two new products for B2B
MMA Insurance has added a further two commercial products, commercial and residential property owner...
Appointment at TT Club
TT Club, the specialist transport insurance provider, has confirmed Andrew Huxley to the new positio...
Fin bids for Alea
Alea, the Bermuda-based insurer that was placed into run-off last year, has received an offer from F...
Appointment at Catlin
Catlin has announced the proposed appointment of Kenneth Goldstein and Alton Irby III as independent...
2007 opinions divided
Underwriter opinions are divided about how premiums in the financial institutions market will move i...
Lloyd's cuts paperwork in vote of faith for FSA
Lloyd's has signalled it finally has confidence in the standard of the regulatory work carried out b...
DAS selects Northern Ireland manager
DAS has appointed Brendan Mooney as broker account manager for Northern Ireland.
Amlin Bermuda hires former Aon broker
Amlin Bermuda, Amlin’s wholly owned reinsurance business, has appointed Alun Thomas as an underwriter.
OAMPS acquires WBJ
OAMPS UK today acquired Whichers Boylan and James (WBJ), according to managing director, David Barrett.
FSCS declares 42 firms in default
Consumers can claim compensation of up to £48,000 if they have lost money as a result of their dealings with any one of 42 firms that the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has recently declared in default.
Lord Levene looks at climate change trends
At the British-Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Lord Levene, chairman of Lloyd’s, gave an insurer’s perspective on climate change and the challenge it presents not just for the insurance industry but for the business community as a whole.
World cup cricket underwriters join new agency
Simon Wilmot-Smith and David Thompson formally of Art Inc have joined Underwriting Risk Services, the specialist underwriting agency.
Ace develops free electronic offering
Ace European Group has developed a service that will offer all UK brokers a fully transactional website to enable them to sell a range of commercial insurance products from ACE and other insurers.
FSA prohibits broker from trading
The Financial Services Authority has prohibited Alan Dennis Garlick, director of Chapel Finance, from carrying out regulated activities for management failures and a lack of skill, care and diligence.
MMA steps up intermediary drive
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance has appointed Paul Coleman as its national development manager.
Former TAG boss dies in car crash
The former boss of failed personal injury firm The Accident Group has been killed in a car crash, according to the BBC.