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GM in Provident swoop
General Motors has entered the race to buy Provident Insurance's motor book, with a £175m offer moot...
Liability market recovers
The UK employers' liability insurance market has recovered from an earlier crisis, which saw gross w...
Appointment at St Paul Travelers
St Paul Travelers has appointed John Barrett to the newly created role of development manager - nati...
Quinn sues state over reforms failure
Quinn Group has begun proceedings against the Irish government, claiming that new reforms of the Iri...
Government hears the case for mediation
The government is hoping to increase the use of mediation in personal injury claims at the request o...
Weightmans' profits up as it rings the changes
Insurance law firm Weightmans has marked its year end with a hat-trick of announcements - record tur...
European giant leads way with Eastern swoop
The tie-up between Italian giant Generali and Ceska Pojistovna was warmly welcomed by both equity an...
Pryce takes up MD duties
Moorhouse Group has promoted Sian Pryce as its lead director, a role that sees her take on full mana...
Brit sells RI3K stake
Brit Insurance sis expected to announce this week it has sold off most of its majority stake in elec...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was most interested to hear that Lloyd and Whyte managing director Matthew Pyke has taken his ...
Quinlan out at Novae
Novae's underwriting director, Stuart Quinlan, has left the company after three years, Post can reve...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has promoted Colin Grint to the role of head of UK operations. Mr Grint will be based in Marsh...
What the papers said this week
Telegraph Children should not place computers on their laps while they are using wireless inter...
Broker deluge at Policyfast
Policyfast, the recently launched wholesale broking operation, has appointed 200 brokers to its pane...
Appointment at Aspen
The board of directors of Aspen Insurance Holdings has announced that its chairman, Paul Myners, ret...
Policy-checking software
In an effort to make it easier for underwriters and brokers to ensure that insurance contracts are r...
Appointment at Novae
Novae has moved into the international general liability market with the recruitment of two senior u...
Dual growth pushes up Hyperion turnover
Hyperion has reported increases of 24% in turnover and 37% in operating profits, with revenues risin...
Brokers 2 Brokers looks to take on the big guns
A heavily IT driven start-up intermediary has secured more than £500,000 in investment in a bid to o...
Appointment at ASML
The Board of Argenta Syndicate Management, the insurance underwriting group specialising in manageme...
Willis primed for SME drive with RSA boss
International broker Willis has signalled its intent to grow in the UK regional SME and mid corporat...
Sirius sees 22% profit rise
Sirius Financial Solutions, the insurance software supplier, saw group turnover of £23.7m (2005: £21...
Appointment at Iprism
Iprism Insurance Underwriting Agency, the soon to be launched online small to medium-sized enterpris...
Independent trial website
Post has joined forces with its sister titles - Reinsurance, Professional Broking and Insurance Age ...