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Heath Lambert role filled
Harvie Carswell has joined Heath Lambert Group's national division as head of its Swindon and London...
Brokers slam category revamp
Brokers have branded regulator plans to categorise direct and intermediated sales differently as unf...
RK Harrison nets top team
R K Harrison has acquired a specialist marine energy team from JLT specialising in offshore explorat...
Xchanging to float on LSE
Business process outsourcer Xchanging is planning to float on the London Stock Exchange next month i...
Irish law firm in aggressive recruitment drive
Irish law firm Dillon Eustace is set to expand its Cork-based office by 20 people in the next two ye...
Appointment at Dual International
Dual International has appointed Stephen Crowther as its executive chairman. Mr Crowther joins from ...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Budget constrains broker innovation
Broking innovation could be dashed by Gordon Brown's 2007 budget, claim accountancy firm Mazars. An...
Summer decision for insurer move
Ecclesiastical expects to make a decision about its head office move by early summer. The insurer, ...
RBSI to launch aggregator
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance and Tesco are set to launch their own aggregator, after years spent...
CEO "uncomfortable" with RSA reshuffle walks
Royal and Sun Alliance's restructure of its professions business has seen the founder of Martello wa...
Insurers play down Lancashire police swoop
Last week's police raid of a Blackpool-based printing company producing fraudulent cover notes is no...
Stackhouse acquires again
Stackhouse Poland has concluded its second acquisition in twelve months with the purchase of Surrey-...
Unethical tactics slammed
Lancashire law firm Napthens Solicitors has voiced concerns on the increasing use of "underhand tact...
Loss adjuster captures top three spot with buy
AMG's acquisition of rival adjuster Carr Greenwood Smith has provided the missing link in the firm's...
Appointment at Amlin Transit
Amlin Transit has appointed Stephen Gallagher as business development manager responsible for market...
Hardy doubles profits
Profits at Lloyd's insurer Hardy more than doubled on 2005 figures, despite premium income dropping ...
FSA issues sternest goodwill warning yet
The city watchdog has informed around 600 brokers they must re-engineer their businesses or be found...
AA stays away from "feeding frenzy"
AA Insurance Services is set to increase its travel book sixfold by acquiring Admiral's travel insur...
Claims dispute tool rolled out
An online solution formally launched this week that could cut disputed total loss claims and save so...
British Insurance Awards
The entry deadline for this year's British Insurance Awards is 5pm Friday, 30 March. The awards cere...
Jelf asserts autonomy after insurers buy-in
Broker Jelf said it is not for sale after Allianz Cornhill and Norwich Union's parent Aviva bought s...
CNA steps up Irish push
CNA has recruited David Leary to establish a presence in the Irish broker market. He joins CNA as di...
ABI shelves anti-fraud campaign plan
The Association of British Insurers' planned anti-fraud campaign has been shelved in favour of discu...