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Play your cards right.
Now that the company reshuffles and mergers seen over the last few years seem to be slowing, many company chiefs are looking to rationalise, playing their new hands with care to keep both customers and shareholders happy Rachel Gordon looks at the wider…
Spectrum to manage Crowe.
New Lloyd's managing agency Spectrum Syndicate Management has been appointed to manage the run-off f...
Appointment at AIG Europe (UK).
AIG Europe (UK) has appointed Ray Antes as vice president, political risk for UK and Ireland. Based ...
Open+Direct rebrands its acquisitions.
Northern Irish financial services company Open + Direct has rebranded three of the brokerages it bou...
Baker claims Lloyd's needs universal regulation.
Lloyd's has called for a system of universal regulation in the wake of the recent $5bn (£3.47bn) pay...
Magnetic north.
Manchester is attracting a great deal of interest. Rejuvenation and renewal has secured it the Commonwealth Games, the British Insurance Brokers' Association annual conference - not to mention the many brokers and insurers that have made this exciting…
US terrorism cover Bill could be imminent.
The possibility of terrorism insurance legislation being passed by the end of the month has improved...
Pru in US copyright case.
Prudential has become the second UK insurer within a year to become embroiled in an international co...
Appointment at Insurance Services Office.
Insurance Services Office, a claims services provider, has appointed Sarah Carr as business analyst ...
Appointment at Chaucer Insurance.
Kent-based Chaucer Insurance has recruited Stephen Butler as personal lines underwriter, responsible...
Rodney Adler ran FAI Insurance close to insolvency.
Chief executive Rodney Adler ran FAI Insurance perilously close to insolvency in the years leading u...
Hermes to sell credit-insurance policies in Japan.
Hermes, the German credit-insurance company currently being acquired by its French rival Euler, has ...
15 new captives licensed in Vermont.
The first quarter of 2002 saw 15 new captives licensed in the state of Vermont, setting a record pac...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Sharon Timbrell joins Devitt Insurance Services as senior operations manager. With more than 20 year...
CILA: admitting assessors is bold step.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has taken a bold step in agreeing to admit loss assessors ...
Gerling to cut up to 70 staff.
Gerling Global Reinsurance of America is cutting its workforce by 70 positions as part of a restruct...
CILA agrees to take loss assessors on board.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has agreed to accept loss assessors as members with immedi...
Health & safety alliance signed.
RIMS has signed an alliance with the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administr...
Cox Insurance Retail Division in negotiations with Brokersoft.
Cox Insurance Retail Division has entered into exclusive negotiations with Brokersoft. The talks fol...
Bluesure studies broker-only option.
Insurance start-up Bluesure this week said it had received 474 applications from brokers wanting to ...
SPS Infoquest bought by Business & Decision.
Consulting and data engineering company SPS Infoquest has been bought by French consultancy Business...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Manchester-based insurance litigation firm James Chapman & Co has appointed five new partners in its...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Lawrence Davison has joined Cunningham Lindsey UK as director of the company's Leeds and Solent serv...
McCarthy calls for compliance.
Frances McCarthy, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said it was wrong to sugg...