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Bell critical of EL inaction
A prominent employers' liability underwriter has taken a swipe at the government for its inaction ov...
Cox looks to treble network with buys
Cox Insurance intends to continue its high street broker acquisition strategy focused purely on pers...
Jersey looks to mirror UK FSA regulation
Jersey intends to introduce its own legislation for the regulation of general insurance intermediari...
Survey conducted by DLA
UK businesses are significantly failing to risk manage the consequences of litigation despite one of...
XL America acquires renewal rights
XL America has acquired the renewal rights for Royal & Sun Alliance USA's DPIC unit, which provides ...
Catlin venture seeks office network
Lloyd's insurer Catlin is understood to be looking to expand its network of coverholders following i...
Layton Blackham and Axa deal approved by FSA
Broker Layton Blackham and Axa confirmed this week that the deal to allow Axa to convert its previou...
Greenway warns of increased criminal charges threat
John Greenway MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, ha...
TF Bell opts for Sirius system
Midlands-based broker and independent financial adviser TF Bell Group has chosen Sirius Financial Sy...
Appointment at NEBOSH
Teresa Budworth has been appointed as director of the National Examination Board in Occupational Saf...
Biba chief to conduct review
Newly appointed British Insurance Brokers' Association chief executive Eric Galbraith is undertaking...
J Sydney Ault aims for key acquisitions
West Bromwich-based broker J Sydney Ault, which has 30 staff, is aiming to grow its book with a numb...
ABI head in broker warning
UK insurance brokers have been warned that more stringent regulation could yet be in the pipeline de...
10 minute-rule bill tabled in Commons
A 10 minute-rule bill was tabled in the Commons last week by Jim Sheridan, MP for West Renfrewshire,...
FirstAssist to recruit over 100 in IT overhaul
Health specialist FirstAssist has entered into a multi-million-pound, 10-year contract with IT suppl...
MMA Insurance chairman dies
MMA Insurance announced this week that its chairman, Peter Woolterton, died on Monday after a short ...
US merger creates commercial giant
US insurance giants St Paul and Travelers merged this week in a deal that created the second largest...
Towry Law targets professional indemnity sector
Towry Law Insurance Brokers is targeting the professional indemnity sector following the recruitment...
John Basinger joins Cunningham Lindsey
John Basinger, the former director of business continuity at GAB Robins, has joined Cunningham Linds...
Allianz to move 1 in 10 UK jobs to India
Allianz Cornhill is cutting its UK workforce by 10% over the next two years and setting up its own s...
InsurE-com recommends Bytes Technology as approved hardware supplier
Broker software supplier InsurE-com has recommended Bytes Technology Group as an approved hardware s...
Appointment at Brit Insurance Holdings
Brit Insurance Holdings has made a string of appointments. Four underwriters have joined the casualt...
Appointment at Brechin Tindal Oatts
Aileen Ferguson has been promoted to legal director for Brechin Tindal Oatts. She will head the firm...
Call to arms for HNW insurers
Leading UK high net worth insurers have called for a forum between police, insurers and brokers to c...