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Appointment at PXRE Managing Agency.
David Armes has joined Peter Butler's Syndicate 1224. Previously he was active underwriter with Amli...
Chaucer set to buy.
Chaucer Syndicates, the managing agency subsidiary of Chaucer Holdings, has signed a heads of agreem...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
Bacon & Woodrow has made eight partner promotions, the most ever made in one year in the firm's 75-y...
Appointment at London Processing Centre.
Tony Medniuk has succeeded Ken Haddon as chairman of the board of the London Processing Centre. Mr M...
Appointment at McLarens Toplis.
James Scott-Brown has joined Mclarens Toplis to head up its fine art unit. Mr Scott-Brown, who was p...
Bolam lays into IIB.
With the rows over broker regulation still raging, this year's BIIBA conference in Cardiff promised strong speeches. David Worsfold and Francis Higney found it did not disappoint.
Speedy software.
Homeowners Friendly hopes the launch of a campaign management software application from Intrinsic wi...
Swiss Re ready to axe up to 500 jobs in profitability drive.
Swiss Re is set to cut jobs and shed unprofitable business in an effort to challenge the soft pricin...
24-hour claimsline.
Berkshire broker Norman Insurance aims to improve its customer service with the launch of a new Prop...
Tobacco victory.
Brown & Williamson Tobacco is celebrating the result of three court trials. The cases all heard by a...
Hope and glory.
On Wednesday 7 July the insurance industry will experience an event the like of which it has never s...
Appointment at Alexander Hughes.
Robin McWilliams has been appointed to lead Alexander Hughes' insurance and risk management practice...
Axa reviews.
Axa is still reviewing GRE's Irish operation which has brought with it the number one position in th...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black is appalled to hear how poor Clare Parkes, development director with the Society of Fina...
Mark of security.
Cornhill Insurance has teamed up with the security service provider Retainagroup to offer its Home B...
Realistic Lloyd's is driving its own destiny.
Lloyd's of London has taken some of the perennial doom-mongers by surprise with its latest predictio...
Axa branding.
The elimination of the Guardian brand will be completed within 90 days, said Andy Homer, chief execu...
BIIBA think-tank is on target.
The turmoil on the regulatory front has helped the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Associa...
Axa closures hit staff hard.
A major rationalisation of the branch structure and central function locations will see Axa close th...
Super Terra Nova.
Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings has reported operating earnings of $17.6m (£11m) for the first quarter...
Appointment at Entegria.
Entegria, the benefits consulting arm of Hogg Robinson, has appointed Pat Wynne to the Entegria Exec...
Scores on style, fails on content.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Misplaced credit.
Black marks for Post magazine I'm afraid. You attributed the new Continuing Professional Developme...
Sedgwick Financial Services for sale.
Global consulting firm William M Mercer has put Sedgwick Financial Services up for sale. The cons...