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Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Andy Beddall is the new personal lines underwriting and marketing manager at Allianz Cornhill, and w...
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society.
Helen Matthews has been recruited to the newly-created role of group marketing director at Wesleyan ...
Underwriter in BIBA access deal.
The Underwriter is to distribute its products to brokers outside its 100-strong network, after strik...
CIRC drafts rules for foreign-funded insurers.
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission is believed to have drafted its proposed rules for foreign...
Law firms merge and go national.
Law firms Pinsent Curtis and Biddle are to merge, creating a 157-partner national firm with a combin...
Aon signs up to new quality mark.
Broker Aon has launched the first of its pilot schemes encouraging contractors on its home assistanc...
Rising flood claims.
Property restoration company Munters' claims figures for 2000 reveal a dramatic rise in flood claims...
Budget staffs up following deals.
Acquisitive broker Budget is looking to recruit 60 staff, following several deals last year. It is a...
Paddick venture: nice little earner.
I would like to commend Andrew Paddick on his latest venture to replace the Insurance Brokers Regist...
GISC monitoring creates two-tier broker regime.
The General Insurance Standards Council intends to create a two-tier broker regulatory regime by ins...
Snowball rolls onto board
Richard Harvey, deputy group chief executive and group chief executive designate at insurance giant G...
IIB reports Groupama to Office of Fair Trading
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has reported insurer Groupama to the Office of Fair Trading, follo...
Fears mount over compensation shortfall
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers is seeking an urgent meeting with the liquidators at Ches...
ZFS up on back of IFA sales
Zurich Financial Services UK operation saw life assurance and investment new premiums grow by 25% la...
US insurers escape cat losses
US property/casualty insurers paid $4.3bn in catastrophe claims last year, making 2000 the second low...
PartnerRe issues profit warning
Bermudian reinsurer PartnerRe has announced that its earnings for the fourth quarter of last year wil...
Midland's four form alliance
Four Midlands insurance brokers have formed The Midland Broker Alliance in order to pool their resour...
Lloyd's acts on late payment
The Lloyd's Market Association has issued a statement on late payment of premiums. It has called on a...
Chubb makes play for Hiscox
US insurer Chubb has confirmed that it has made an offer to aquire Lloyd's underwriter Hiscox. Hi...
Aon set to make e-affinity move
Broker Aon and the electronic trading company (etc) are to develop a full cycle, online personal line...
IIB and BIBA in new spat
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is seeking legal advice over what it describes as untrue, purposel...
CGNU bancassurance failure
CGNU looks set to shelve its plans for an alliance with France's Societe Generale and is to review wh...
JLT merger results in new team
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed a new senior management team for its new employee benefit...
Reliance goes into run-off
UK insurer Reliance National Insurance Company (Europe) has gone into voluntary run-off, the company ...