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Appointment at Oak Underwriting
Oak Underwriting has appointed Matthew Ward as business development manager in the South. Mr Ward wi...
Broker fraud sentencing
Sentencing for two former directors of broker Preston Whiteside will take place next week, Post has ...
Beazley content to fight at auction
Beazley has no plans to make an aggressive bid to acquire the total capacity for syndicates 2623 and...
Lockton claims milestone
Broker Lockton has claimed its share of the professional indemnity market for UK accountants has gro...
VW partner Equity usurped by Zurich
Insurance giant Zurich has replaced Equity in a new three-year deal with motor manufacturer Volkswag...
Broker seeks funds as war chest dries up
Giles Insurance Brokers has revealed that it will ask the financiers behind last year's £45m private...
Appointment at Beazley
Beazley has appointed Clive Washbourn as an executive director. Mr Washbourn joined the company in 1...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Marc Vassanelli as chief financial officer of the Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Pennyblack's insurance week
One is delighted to see the motor insurance market heed the Financial Service Authority's call to fo...
SBJ Group goes West with Linaker takeover
SBJ Group is planning to develop its activities in the west of England with its acquisition of E Nug...
Repair sector pondering claims solutions
A cross industry group of representatives involved in the car repair sector has begun a search for n...
Mitsui launch gets the Lloyd's greenlight
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance launched its long-anticipated managing general agent on 1 January, boastin...
Glasgow's Hogmanay party was uninsured
Glasgow's Hogmanay party for 25,000 people in George Square, which was called off for the first time...
Taylor joins CNA
John Taylor has joined the London team of insurer CNA as UK/Ireland commercial manager - Financial L...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has appointed Nigel Bennett as chief investment officer and Neil Sharman as head of g...
Appointment at Institute of Risk Management
The Institute of Risk Management has appointed a Cary Depel, previously deputy chairman, as chairman...
Aquilo plans restructure
Claims specialist Aquilo has announced a series of "interlinked proposals to effect a broad-based re...
Jelf makes further inroads in West Country
The Jelf Group has continued its acquisition spree by purchasing Reading-based commercial insurance ...
Esure loses 'mouse on wheels' patent fight with Direct Line
Direct Line has emerged victorious over founder Peter Wood's new company Esure after a two-year pate...
Appointment at Defaqto Group
The Defaqto Group has appointed Rupert Pennant-Rea as chairman. Mr Pennant-Rea, former editor of The...
Windy cities suffer rate rises
Insurers with wind-exposed business from the US East and Gulf Coast states have suffered from reinsu...
GAB axed in Legal and General panel review
GAB Robins is the only loss adjuster to have been axed from household giant Legal and General's pane...
Belmont most stolen car
The Vauxhall Belmont is the car with the highest risk of theft, according to a Home Office study rel...
Appointment at Liverpool Victoria
Liverpool Victoria has made several appointments following its acquisition of ABC Insurance. Phil Bu...