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Appointment at Solaglas Windowcare
Solaglas Windowcare has made Andrew Betteridge national account manager. He has 16 years' experience...
Appointment at CMGL
CMGL has appointed Cees Schrauwers as non-executive chairman. Mr Schrauwers has more than 30 years' ...
Appointment at Bridge Insurance Brokers
Bridge Insurance Brokers has appointed Jago Ryan to its corporate development team, where he will be...
FSA publishes updated factsheet
The Financial Services Authority has published an updated version of its factsheet on buying profess...
Appointment at CMGL
CMGL has appointed Stephane Abela as client services manager for its corporate and general insurer d...
Appointment at Cooper Gay and Cashman
Phil Sandercox has become senior vice-president at Cooper Gay and Cashman. He joins from General Re,...
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IFB ready to launch in July
The Insurance Fraud Bureau will begin operations in July. John Beadle, chairman of the IFB steering ...
Holman Fenwick Willan petitions House of Lords
Holman Fenwick Willan have petitioned the House of Lords for leave to appeal in Goshawk v Tyser. Thr...
Free to testify?
The latest judgement in the case of controversial paediatrician Sir Roy Meadow has boldly extended the protection afforded to expert witnesses in court. Juliette Mellman-Jones reports
Appointment at Marsh
Kathy Duggan has been appointed as national operations leader for Marsh's corporate client practice....
Haddrill heads to India for talks
India's "protectionist" legislation limiting foreign ownership of its country's insurers to a 26% st...
Berryman launches unit
East Midlands law firm Berryman has launched a business defence unit within its insurance team, head...
Amlin reports record profits
Amlin has reported record profits for 2005, despite incurring major losses from the hurricane season...
Halliwells in City push
Manchester-based law firm Halliwells has recruited two partners for its City practice. As revealed ...
Arrow 2 conflicts of interest
Conflicts of interest will increasingly be the focus of Arrow 2 visits in 2006, the British Insuranc...
Lancashire 'A' rating in balance following key underwriter departure
Bermudian start-up (re)insurer Lancashire has had its financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and its issuer credit rating of bbb- placed under review with negative implications by AM Best.
Markel promotes medical testing liability product
Markel (UK), the regional arm of Markel International, has launched a liability product aimed at protecting the medical and pharmaceutical industries. The product, Speciality Liability covers the following areas specifically; surgical, pharmaceutical and…
Validus opens $300m credit facilites
Bermudian start-up reinsurer Validus has announced that it has entered into syndicated credit agreements ammounting to $300m with a syndicate of lenders. The deal consists of a $100m senior unsecured 364-dday revolving credit facility and a $200m senior…
Bupa embarks on change programme to slow premium increase
Healthcare giant Bupa today boasted that 82% percent of insurance customers rated its service excellent or very good.
Hiscox launches new US operation
Hiscox today announced the opening of Hiscox USA an underwriting operation offering cover for small and mid-size US professional service businesses outside the Fortune 1000.
Groupama appoints e--business trading manager
Groupama Insurances has appointed Ken Hutchinson to the newly created role of e-business trading manager.
Erinaceous Group sees broking revenue fall in 2005
The Erinaceous Group's insurance services division delivered a "relatively modest" 3% organic growth in profit in 2005. Total divisional revenue for 2005 was 22.4m pounds representing a fall of 2% compared to pro-forma 2004 after acquisitions are…
Brit mulls side-car venture to re-enter retro
In its preliminary 2005 results statement, Lloyd’s (re)insurer Brit has reconfirmed that it pulled out of the Cat retrocession market at the 1st January renewals. However, Brit confirmed that it may soon be back in what it sees as an attractively priced…