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FSA slaps £250k fine on Carphone Warehouse for TCF violation
The Financial Services Authority has fined The Carphone Warehouse £245,000 for not treating its customers fairly following telephone sales of general insurance and for failing to inform the regulator in a timely manner of significant systems failures…
Benfield enjoys growth in first half
Benfield Group has announced group operating revenue in the first half of 2006 was up to £252.1m (H1 2005: £196.2m), an increase of 28.5%. The broking group's trading result was £107.9m (H1 2005: £82.0m), an increase of 31.6% - at constant rates of…
Marsh office awarded for its good samaritan work
The Norwich office of Marsh has been presented with a national award recognising its support of Busi...
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
IFS joins up with Insead to host Risk Masterclass
The Institute of Financial Services School of Finance will be hosting its next Risk Management maste...
Surveying programme launched
Ecclesiastical insurance has launched a three-year training programme to train new risk control surv...
Minister gives nod to Essex company
The Minister for Work and Pensions has paid homage to third-party administrator Plus One Services' a...
Zurich expands its private client division in Manchester
Zurich is expanding its private client and premiere division in Manchester, following a move to a bi...
Spectrum Syndicate Management appoints chief legal counsel
Spectrum Syndicate Management has made Mark Everest the company's chief legal counsel. Mr Everest re...
Fortis Insurance appoints non-executive director
Fortis Insurance has appointed Bob Newton, pictured, as a non-executive director. He joins from NFU ...
Tax breaks may breach EU law
Lord Levene's plea to Chancellor Gordon Brown for more lenient tax treatments for insurers could res...
Swinton Business selects Acturis
Swinton Business, the commercial broking division of Swinton Group, has selected the Acturis broking...
Zurich to unveil major overhaul of its UK legal advisers
Zurich is set to unveil a major overhaul of its UK legal advisers this month, after the insurer conf...
Aon launches cargo network
Aon Global Marine has pooled its cargo market expertise to launch a new specialist arm. The broker ...
Oamps close to takeover deal
Big-ticket broker Oamps is likely to see the £284m takeover offer tabled for its parent company acce...
Cassidy Davis launches web-based application process
Specialist insurer Cassidy Davis has launched a web-based application process for mortgage lenders a...
Draft report published by the EC
The draft report into the validity and adequacy of brokers' professional indemnity insurance has bee...
Syndicate opens ahead of schedule
QBE's new aviation syndicate, Emilio Di Silvio Syndicate 5555, opened for business on Tuesday, one m...
Alexander Forbes targets larger healthcare operators
Alexander Forbes is targeting larger not-for-profit healthcare operators with a range of health and ...
FSA bans bad practice director
The Financial Services Authority has banned a west-Midlands-based broker for using thousands of poun...
Johnston Park McAndrew awarded contract
Broker Johnston Park McAndrew has been awarded the contract to administer a scheme for professional ...
Equitas' management deserves plaudits
Equitas' management deserves plaudits for having maintained its solvency at its 10th anniversary, ac...
Specialist looks to commercial
Cleaning and restoration specialist the Revival Company is aiming to expand its commercial lines bus...
Beazley to run new Lloyd's Consortium
Lloyd's insurer Beazley is to run a new Lloyd's Consortium for catastrophe-exposed US commercial pro...