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Budget 2007: a sticking plaster?
Gordon Brown has unveiled a budget that will act as a sticking plaster for large insurers but cause smaller brokers to suffer in the long term, according to Mazars.
Hardy’s results mark ‘new chapter’
Hardy Underwriting Group has revealed its profit before tax has more than doubled on last year despite premium income dropping by £5.2m to £111.3.
Towergate arm launches new division
Alliance Corporate Risk Management has launched a specialist restaurant division to help expand its fine dining sector.
Law firm calls on ABI to halt insurers' "inappropriate behaviour"
Lancashire law firm Napthens Solicitors has voiced concerns on the increasing use of underhand tactics by insurance companies in settling personal injury claims.
Cigarette break culture costing millions of hours
The UK's working population of smokers spend the equivalent of 290,000 working days on cigarette bre...
CII lauds FSA touchstone
The Chartered Insurance Institute has welcomed regulator endorsement of its work to promote professi...
Ernst and Young heralds new training links
Ernst and Young has joined forces with the Chartered Insurance Institute to share knowledge and deli...
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Rainbow staff investment
A major investment in staff and resources has been announced by disaster restoration specialists Rai...
IGI investment imminent
Insurer IGI has confirmed it will be making an announcement on its refinancing situation in the next...
Chaucer switches base to Plantation Place
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer has opted to join rivals QBE and Royal and Sun Alliance in moving to Plantat...
Appointment at Munters
Munters has appointed Clare Bye as vice president human resources. Ms Bye joined Munters in 2004, pr...
Appointment at Willis Re
Willis Re has appointed Doug May as executive vice president of its new branch in Seattle. Prior to ...
Snowball doubts long-term charm of online aggregators
Norwich Union's interest in aggregators has cooled, after the group's UK boss told Post it has no pl...
Helphire in revenue boost
Helphire has reported a revenue increase of 41% to £126m for the six months to 31 December 2006. Ope...
Thomas, Carroll to increase head count by over 50%
Thomas, Carroll is to begin its next growth phase, which will see staff numbers increase by more tha...
Groupama financial gain
Groupama has announced total revenues during 2006 rose 20% to £412.5m. The insurer has reported reco...
Agency becomes insurer
InterGlobal, a private medical insurance agency, has received Financial Services Authority approval ...
Liv Vic drops 154-year-old brand name
Liverpool Victoria unveiled its new brand this week as it began a £10m general insurance TV advertis...
Aon targets savings with claims scheme
National broker Aon has announced its aim of promoting a fixed cost personal injury claims scheme wi...
Judge condemns 'greed' of Preston Whiteside duo
The saga of Preston Whiteside, the Doncaster-based broker at the centre of a multi-million pound fra...
Appointment at DAS
John Edwards has succeeded John Breen as Channel Islands area manager at DAS Legal Expenses Insuranc...
Appointment at Guy Carpenter
Guy Carpenter has appointed Laurent Dignat to its newly created European solutions group. Mr Dignat ...
Allianz profit rise follows PL improvements
Allianz Cornhill announced increased profits and a reduction in its combined ratio for 2006, driven ...