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Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has made two claims negotiator appointments to its claims team in London: Ian Jolly...
Internet brands bid for insurance space
The entry of internet affinity brands into the personal lines market is spearheading structural chan...
Appointment at Quest Partnership
Mark Gately has become managing associate partner at Quest Partnership. Mr Gately has headed the fir...
The FSA will speed up process of authorising new insurers
The Financial Services Authority has said it will speed up the process of authorising new insurers i...
What the papers said this week
The Sunday Times Millionaire businessman Johan Eliasch has bought a 400,000-acre plot in the heart ...
Appointment at Cooper Gay and Cashman
Cooper Gay and Cashman (Minneapolis) and Cooper Gay Group (London) has appointed Teresa Finkes as a ...
The Biba will launch UK-wide disaster recovery solution
The British Insurance Brokers' Association will launch a UK-wide disaster recovery solution for brok...
Tupe changes could bring difficulties
Insurers changing their service providers could be forced to retain the previous provider's workforc...
Gary Hyndman - 3 May 1982 - 20 March 2006
It is with great regret that we have to report that Gary Hyndman, reporter on Insurance Age, passed ...
Royal and Sun Alliance hires Ian Thompson
Royal and Sun Alliance has hired Ian Thompson to the role of head of motor operations, claims servic...
Appointment at Kynixa
Kynixa has made Louise Joyce and Debbie Holm case managers in its Leeds office. Ms Joyce joins from ...
JLT boss leaves in shake-up
Paul Maynard, a director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Risk Solutions, has become the first high-profile...
Legal and General sees profits fall
Legal and General saw its general insurance combined ratio drop seven points to 101% in 2005, as its...
Indie targeted gong for Bright
Former Independent Insurance chairman Michael Bright was being groomed for a place on the Queen's Ne...
Regulation to ease on home and motor
Commoditised lines of business, including home and motor insurance, may be the first to benefit from...
NU faces RBSI Pru quandary
Attempts by Norwich Union to unlock Prudential's general insurance tie-up with a major rival could b...
Penny Black's insurance week
Amid all the rumours and counter-rumours flying around this week about mergers and acquisitions, Pen...
TUC on liability hunt
The Trades Union Congress has called for insurers to admit liability earlier and increase insurance ...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has boosted its commercial lines division with the appointment of two commercial devel...
PMA establishes rehabilitation service
PMA has established a rehabilitation service with Independent Case Management Consultancy to offer a...
Appointment at Moscrop Robinson and Chadwick
Bury-based Moscrop Robinson and Chadwick has recruited of two new members of staff: Kevin Gore and D...
The DTI's proceedings delayed yet again
The Department of Trade and Industry's proceedings against The Accident Group director Mark Langford...
Commercial insurance scheme hailed a success
A commercial insurance scheme for corporate clients of Leicester City Football Club is being hailed ...
The claimant's view
Disproportionate costs are a compensation-culture-style myth, says Tom Jones