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Groupama launches online PI offering
Groupama will target business from the major professional indemnity insurers after launching its first standalone PI product aimed at small to medium-sized enterprise businesses.
Quinn's CEO quits
Colin Morgan, chief executive office of Quinn Insurance, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.
Performance - Shareholder returns: Cut to the core
Jonathan Hughes examines the findings of recent analysis of insurer shareholder returns and finds that big is not necessarily better.
Omega sees Q1 GWP growth
(Re)insurer Omega Insurance Holdings has reported an 18% growth in GWP for the first quarter of 2010 to $124.5m (2009: $105.5m.)
Quinn's CEO quits
Colin Morgan, chief executive office of Quinn Insurance, has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.
BIBA 2010: Hiscox launches commercial schemes team
As part of Hiscox's drive for profitable growth of its commercial book it has launched a dedicated schemes team.
Clear opens City office after F&L acquisition
Clear Insurance Management has opened a new office in the City of London as part of its growth plans.
Reinsurers being pushed into M&A – Becker
Marty Becker, chief executive officer of Alterra Capital, said reinsurers are pushed to consider mergers and acquisitions by clients and investors, who prefer carriers with larger capital bases.
MMA products via SSP
MMA is to make its master tradesman and offices and surgeries products available with SSP.
Quinn plan handed in
A new business plan for Quinn Insurance to re-open its commercial insurance lines in the UK was handed to the Financial Regulator last week.
BIBA 2010: Ecclesiastical launches online care and charity platform
Over half of British insurance brokers believe that using an online platform to trade with carriers will help them retain commercial insurance business that would otherwise go direct, according to a survey by Ecclesiastical.
BIBA 2010: BIBA Young Broker named
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has named Victoria Parry of Hugh J Boswell as its Young Broker of the Year and Mike Cowburn of Towergate as winner of the Francis Perkins Award.
BIBA 2010: Willis CEO questions FSA's "grandfathering" of Quinn
Willis chief executive Joe Plumeri has questioned the Financial Services Authority's role in the problems revolving around Quinn Insurance.
Bowring Marsh opens Tokyo office
Bowring Marsh, the specialist international placement broker at Marsh, has expanded its footprint in Asia with the opening in Tokyo of its eighth office.
BIBA 2010: Open GI launches online quote and buy for SMEs
Open GI has launched Ebroker for Open Trader, a new online quote and buy solution the firm claims will enable brokers to sell SME products to clients via the web.
Miller poised to join international broking network
Assurex Global is poised to appoint Miller as one of two new UK partners, after a long search to replace HSBC Insurance Brokers.
Post in print - 20 May 2010
Post reporter Dan Dunkley gives a 60-second snapshot of some of the main news stories in this week's issue of Post.
Lancashire Holdings upgraded by S&P
Ratings of A- and BBB awarded with stable outlook
Career development & CSR news: CBG snaps up five new graduates
Manchester-based broker CBG Group has bolstered its expanding team with the promotion and appointment of five graduates.
Career development & CSR news: Ask the expert
I feel I have gained a great deal of experience during the recession with my current employer, but that this is not being recognised internally in terms of the promotion I deserve. How easy is it to move up the career ladder externally at the moment?
Career development & CSR news: Catlin-sponsored explorers reach North Pole in quest for risk info
A team of three British explorers have reached the North Geographic Pole, following a 60-day scientific survey across the floating sea ice of the Arctic Ocean.
New IFB member
Markerstudy has become the latest company to join the Insurance Fraud Bureau.
Rising Star shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Post Claims Club Rising Star Awards 2010 has now been announced.
Garwyn to become "more relevant" under McCulloch
Garwyn claims the appointment of Xchanging's former chairman of global sales Stewart McCulloch as its new chief executive signifies the loss adjuster's desire to become more relevant to its customers across a wider range of risks.