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Aubert handed Willis Limited CEO role
Willis Group Holdings has appointed Nicolas Aubert as CEO of the firm’s principal UK regulated entity Willis Limited.
Claims Club Asia Q+A: Chay Wilkinson
Post interviews Chay Wilkinson, Markel's first head of claims for the Asia-Pacific region.
Jonathan Davey to depart SSP
Jonathan Davey is to depart SSP at the end of the month, Post can reveal.
Richard Mangion joins HDI Gerling in UK role
Industrial insurance company HDI Gerling has appointed Richard Mangion as UK director of finance and operations.
QBE names Roger Ball motor director
Business insurer QBE has appointed Roger Ball as director of motor, effective 1 January 2016.
Courier company owner given suspended jail sentence
The owner of two West Midlands-based courier companies who forged multiple motor fleet and freight liability insurance policies to win business worth more than £700,000 has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, which was suspended for two years.
Interview: Duncan Finch: More than a general ambition
Insurance giant Legal & General is on a mission to grow its general insurance offering in the UK. Post spoke to Duncan Finch, the man tasked with making that happen
Relocation and motor claims expected as St Albans sinkhole is filled
Work on repairing a sinkhole in St Albans that left more than 50 properties without water, electricity or gas has taken place at an estimated cost of £100,000 so far.
FCA ‘would consider' insurance issues in financial advice consultation
The Financial Conduct Authority has told Post that it would consider expanding a consultation on improving financial advice for consumers to include insurance issues if they are brought up during discussions.
C-suite - Broker: Communication during acquisition
Information for both clients and employees should be targeted and relevant.
The Zurich Insurance Masters: The final
Insurance Age is on a mission. A mission to find the best golfer in the insurance broker market.
DAS to provide Bluefin brokers with motor assistance
Legal expenses insurer DAS has partnered with the Bluefin Network to provide their partner brokers with access to their motor breakdown service, DAS Motor Assistance Gold.
Lawyers and insurers unite on catastrophic injury claims code
Insurers and law firms have joined forces to produce a guide to help speed up the handling of catastrophic injury claims valued at more than £250,000.
LV commercial boss Crane to be replaced by Arista's Jones
LV has confirmed that former Arista regional operations head Euros Jones has been appointed as Mike Crane’s successor in the role of LV Broker commercial lines director.
Conditional dealings commence as Hastings IPO is priced at 170p per share
Hastings has confirmed the pricing of its initial public offering of 123,529,412 shares at 170 pence per share at a market capitalisation of £1.12bn.
NAHL agrees £25m deal for rehab firm Bush & Company
Legal services focused UK consumer marketing business NAHL has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Bush & Company Rehabilitation.
China Re readies for Hong Kong float
China Re has already been granted $1.12bn (£730m) worth of commitments for its Hong Kong share listing.
MA Assist scoops RSA property claims contract
Property claims and building repair specialist MA Assist has been appointed as sole supplier to RSA for repair fulfilment on property claims under £20,000.
Quiz of the week - 9 October 2015
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Mass chair takes swipe at insurers over pre-med offers for whiplash
The perception of whiplash as “easy money” is the fault of certain insurers making pre-medical offers, according to the chair of the Motor Accident Solicitors Society, who has questioned the extent to which claims management companies are fuelling fraud.
Hong Kong broker Latitude completes MBO from CGSC
Hong Kong-based marine insurance specialist Latitude Brokers has confirmed the management buyout of its shareholding previously owned by Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford.
Motor premiums in biggest rise for five years
Motor insurance premiums in the UK have risen 8.1% over the past 12 months, signalling the end of three years of declining rates, according to the latest Car Insurance Price Index from Confused and Towers Watson.
The ABI says the worst has been avoided in BEPS reforms
The Association of British Insurers says the revision of international tax rules could have had unintended consequences on insurers but its proposals helped avoid the worst.
GRP swoops on Gallagher and Towergate to make MGA hires
Global Risk Partners has hired Arthur J Gallagher’s underwriting director for e-underwriting Simon Lewer as chief operating officer of its managing general agent division.