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Appointment at Unum Provident
Unum Provident has appointed Peter Barnett as head of external affairs. Mr Barnett will report to co...
J Sainsbury financial arm achieves income growth
The financial services arm of supermarket giant J Sainsbury achieved net income growth of 39.2% in t...
Folgate widens UK presence with major deal
Folgate has pulled off one of its largest acquisitions to date, after securing commercial broker War...
Lloyd's gets tough with underperforming syndicates
Further syndicates could exit Lloyd's under the auspices of Lloyd's franchise performance director R...
Fitch raises fears over ZFS reserves
Rating agency Fitch has raised concerns over deteriorating reserves at Zurich Financial Services, af...
Markerstudy increases shareholding in Planet Insurance
Gibraltar-based intermediary Markerstudy Insurance Group has increased its shareholding in subsidiar...
Goshawk abandons preliminary talks
Goshawk Insurance Holdings this week said it had abandoned preliminary talks with several interested...
Technology - Are upgrades too hard to swallow?
Ralph Savage gives the commercial broking sector an IT health check and finds it may be in need of a few rescue remedies
Appointment at Association of British Insurers
Emma Quantrill has been appointed to the press office, and will have lead responsibility for life, p...
Lloyd's to adopt UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
Lloyd's will adopt UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principals from 1 January 2005. Although Lloyd's...
Long-tail claims: no magic bullet
Tackling the issue of latent disease must not be left until the next liability crisis, said Mark Hyn...
A word from our sponsor - Software will drive the future for commercial intermediaries
The business environment for brokers is dominated by the proposals on regulation for compliance and ...
P&I Club rates show a general rise
The American P&I Club has announced a general rise of 17.5% in total premium for its P&I business fo...
Harley-Davidson Financial appoints Boncaster
Harley-Davidson Financial Services Europe has appointed Boncaster, a subsidiary of Cox Insurance, as...
AIG boss labels asbestos Bill "ill-conceived"
AIG chairman Maurice Greenberg last week labelled the stalled Senate Bill to create an asbestos comp...
Appointment at Crawford & Company
Crawford & Company has appointed Nancy Hempstead as its new head of healthcare. The loss adjuster cl...
Industry is unfairly hit
The UK's heavy manufacturing industry continues to be unfairly penalised by liability insurers as a ...
Law firm to fight call for fixed fees
Tom Jones, head of communications at claimant law firm Thompsons, said he was against any introducti...
IT strategy - A new generation of IT solutions
As technology continues to evolve, Tony Vince stresses the benefits to businesses of a well planned IT strategy
Appointment at Pendleton May
Pendleton May has appointed Dick Nicholson to the newly created role of sales director. Mr Nicholson...
The Innovation Group reports net loss
Insurance software supplier The Innovation Group has reported a net loss of £24.9m for the year ende...
New network targets 50
The Folgate Partnership is to launch its final network proposition to brokers by Christmas - one whe...
Appointment at SVM
SVM Asset Management has appointed Andrew Dykes as European fund manager. Mr Dykes will report to Co...
RSA transfers 580 staff to Accenture
Royal & Sun Alliance has signed a deal with Accenture to take over its software applications develop...