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NI firm hopes to capitalise from lax insurers
A Northern Ireland-based credit hire firm is beginning a major marketing campaign designed to take a...
Allianz first half helped by £30m prior year boost
Allianz Insurance has bucked industry trends and posted stable figures for the first half of 2007, b...
Appointment at Genworth
Angel Mas has been appointed president of Genworth's European mortgage insurance business. He replac...
Indemnity service launch
Ntegrity Insurance Solutions has teamed up with law firm Browne Jacobson to create a new solicitors'...
Appointment at Tokio Marine Europe
Siobhan McDermott joins Tokio Marine Europe as marine development underwriter. Ms McDermott is based...
Poor weather blamed
Zurich said the UK storms and floods were largely to blame for a two point increase in its global ge...
Appointment at Oxygen
Andy Lucia, Lee Saunders and Gregory Irgin have joined Oxygen's professional risks team to focus on ...
Market loss predicted after £180m claim
The aviation insurance market is facing its biggest claim for five years after it emerged several hi...
TLN creates twin divisions
The Liability Network has created two separate divisions, TLN casualty and TLN special risks, to bet...
Credit insurer vigilant on debt cover
Insurer Atradius has tightened up its underwriting of credit insurance for leveraged buy-outs in lig...
British Touring Car Championship
Driver and TV personality JasonPlato has joined forces with Royal Bank of Scotland-owned Tracker, ...
Appointees join Tawa
Run-off specialist Tawa has appointed Pervin Sivanathan, Kent Ulyatt and Dan Silverman from Axiom Co...
Five brokers signed
Synergy Insurance Services has announced the signing of five new brokers to its panel. HSBC, Jardine...
Hurricane losses estimate
Catastrophe modelling firm Eqecat has announced that initial estimated insured losses from Hurricane...
Amicus low-cost launch
Amicus Legal has introduced two low-premium policies called Amicus legal justice, and Amicus legal j...
Appointment at Brit
Brit Insurance Holdings has appointed Andrew Jackson to the role of UK portfolio manager for propert...
Businesses naive about product recall cover
The insurance industry faces a challenge educating businesses about product recall cover, according ...
Appointment at Oval
Oval has appointed Peter Matthews to the role of regional managing director of the east Midlands. Pr...
CBG asks investors to respect independence
Broker CBG has said the door is not closed if other insurance companies want to buy stakes in the fi...
Penny Black's insurance week
Liberty International Underwriters chief executive Sean Rocks is certainly one who likes to test him...
Fortis admits slow half-year performance
Fortis UK has described the commercial market as "sluggish" as it unveiled a 14% increase in gross w...
Appointment at CDL
CDL has added to its strata account management team with the appointment of Chris Blackwell. He has ...
Appointment at Financial Services Skills Council
The Financial Services Skills Council has appointed Sam Rees-Adams as its new director of education....
FSA to offer consumers PPI best buy advice
The Financial Services Authority is set to introduce "best buy" tables for payment protection insura...