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Gallagher chairman dies
Broker Arthur J Gallagher's chairman Bob Gallagher has died following a brief illness.
Quinn to create up to 900 jobs
Quinn Direct is set to announce the creation of up to 900 jobs for Dublin and the north-east area of the Irish Republic.
Wellington first half profits slightly up
Wellington has posted what it describes as being ‘strong’ results for the first half of 2006.
Marsh expands public sector team
Broking giant Marsh has announced five key appointments within its UK Public Sector Practice.
NU car rates to soar by a third
Norwich Union is to increase its personal car premiums by up to a third, the insurer's chief executive has said.
Winners and losers
Post Magazine's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
Winter launch announced for online TCF tool
An online competence maintenance tool is being developed by the Institute of Financial Services' Sch...
New standards board chairman chosen by CII
The next chairman of the Professional Standards Board will be David McIntosh, a senior partner at Da...
Hiscox to provide free HR service to SME clients
Hiscox is offering its policyholders free access to a human resources advisory service, as it says S...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has appointed Martin Kelsh and Tim Griffiths as strategic account managers in its distribution t...
Appointment at Colemont Insurance Brokers
Adam Tanner has joined Colemont Insurance Brokers as compliance officer. He will be responsible for ...
Gov fraud plans to be revealed at insurance event
The government's plans to tackle insurance fraud will be detailed at this year's Post Magazine Fraud...
Highway admits board folly
Highway Insurance has admitted that it was forced into returning its board structure to a convention...
Appointment at Halliwells
David Sweeney, formerly NFU Mutual's chief claims manager, has joined Halliwells as a non-executive ...
Ace CEO warns of regional bloodbath
Ace Europe has set its stall out to shrink its UK commercial book from current levels in favour of e...
ABI singles out regional fraud
The Association of British Insurers is considering only targeting specific regions as part of its an...
High-street brokers set for a comeback
High-street brokers may be on the verge of a resurgent comeback, Groupama's new head of distribution...
Norwich Union launches new policy
Norwich Union has launched Simple Cover, a new online-only motor policy that strips out features it ...
Questgates prepares way for city merger
Questgates is paving the way for a multi-million-pound merger with Adjusting Solutions with a London...
Appointment at RK Harrison
RK Harrison has appointed Justyn Larcombe as divisional director within its private clients and fine...
Hardy Underwriting applies for consent
Hardy Underwriting has applied to the Council of Lloyd's for consent to make a minority buyout of th...
Industry demands government action
The government must implement more radical, targeted measures if it is serious about cutting the lev...
Biba warns on offshore firms
Brokers have been warned they have little defence against negligence claims if they place business t...
Back to basics
The Co-operative Group has gone back to its roots with profit sharing plans, including at least £5 p...