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Post unveils 2016 winners of the Rehabilitation Awards
The winners of this year’s Rehabilitation First Awards have been announced.
Third Gable board member resigns in a month
A third member of the board of beleaguered insurer Gable Holdings has stepped down in the space of a just over a month.
Cooper Gay rebrands as Ed
Cooper Gay has rebranded itself to Ed as newly inducted CEO Steve Hearn continues to put his stamp on the Lloyd's wholesale broker.
Biba will arrange meeting between SSP and brokers
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association will arrange a meeting between SSP and brokers that have lost business as a result of the SSP outage.
R&Q acquires RLGI run-off
Randall and Quilter has acquired RLGI, a UK non-life insurance company in run-off, from Royal London Mutual Insurance Society.
Claims Awards Asia-Pacific 2016: The winners
The winners of the Claims Awards Asia-Pacific 2016 were announced on 8 September in Singapore.
Consumers call on government to push through whiplash reforms
The majority of consumers are calling on the Government to reform whiplash compensation laws, according to new research.
Hundreds of key sites across England still threatened by flooding as government releases flood review
As many as 530 key infrastructure sites across England are still under threat from flooding, according to a new report.
Law Superstore could spark 'competitive tension' between law firms
A new law aggregator could bring innovation to the insurance sector by allowing customers to shop around for legal services.
Industry concerns are top of the agenda at party conferences
Brexit, the cost of regulation, increased spending on flood defences and uninsured drivers will be the hot topics that the insurance industry wants addressed ahead of this year's political party conferences.
Brokers ‘up to neck in accounts’ as problems at new SSP data centre resolved
Brokers who had experienced further outages this morning despite being reconnected to SSP’s Pure platform only yesterday, have seen service resumed.
Brokers restored to SSP are now offline again
The process of restoring service to brokers hit by the SSP outage has hit another hurdle after a key part of the software failed this morning.
James Gerry steps down from MGAA chair after six months
James Gerry has stepped down as chairman of the Managing General Agents Association after just six months on the job.
R&Q acquires Aegon GI run-off
Randall and Quilter has acquired the general insurance run-off business of Aegon Insurance Company.
Revealed: 10 insurers with the most complaints
Direct Line Group has received the highest number of general insurance related complaints in the first half of 2016, according to the latest figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service.
ERS former director and three advisors will appear before tribunal
Three financial advisors and a former director of Equity Red Star have been singled out following an investigation into historic losses at the Lloyd's syndicate.
Kennedys doubles presence in Dublin as insurers relocate post-Brexit
International law firm Kennedys will double its office space in Dublin as insurers are gearing up to enter the Irish market in the wake of Brexit.
Career file: Jack Howell
Zurich has appointed Jack Howell as its new Asia-Pacific CEO. He is expected to join the company on 1 September and will be based in Taikoo, Hong Kong.
DAS appoint former navy commander as head of corporate
DAS UK Group has appointed David Swigciski as head of corporate.
Original outage occurred while upgrading brokers to newer site, SSP CEO claims
SSP was already in the process of moving customers to another data centre when the power outage occurred, the company’s CEO said.
Brokers push for faster transition to rival software companies after SSP outage
Brokers that were already in the process of migrating from SSP to rival software company Transactor, have asked to have the transition processed quicker following the outage on the Pure platform last week.
QBE reduces Hong Kong workforce by 20 for "better efficiency"
Australia-headquartered global insurer QBE informed 20 of its Hong Kong staff on 6 September they were being made redundant.
In the September issue of Post
The London Fire Brigade, the anniversary of the great Fire of London and the Top 30 European insurer ranking are in the September issue of Post.
Penny Black's Social World - September 2016
Throwing ideas, sponges and a party