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New company targets job gap
A new company has launched, aiming to fill the gap in the loan protection market by offering solutio...
Hanson & Robertson has ambitious growth plans
Aberdeen-based telebroker Hanson & Robertson is looking to add £6m of motorcycle premium online this...
Insurers confident over final Euro gender vote
Insurers have condemned last week's vote in the European Parliament on the Gender Equality Directive...
Appointment at Aon
Joanna Caparn has joined Aon as chief executive officer for designate, personal and group programmes...
Axa fraud pilot sees a third of claims withdrawn
A third of household claims were withdrawn following the use of conversation management techniques i...
NU leads the pack in grace period review
Norwich Union has become one of the first motor insurers to answer the call for the removal of the s...
The FSA to authorise first brokers
The Financial Services Authority expects to authorise its first brokers this month, according to Sar...
Groupama consults over UK staff cuts
Groupama is restructuring its personal lines claims operations, blaming a fall in claims for the pla...
Claims company float on track
Plans for claims services company Aquilo to float on the Alternative Investment Market are "on track...
Appointment at Public Risk Management
Independent consultancy Public Risk Management has appointed risk manager Michael Sloniowski as a se...
AIG Private Client Group claims need for specialist insurance policies
AIG Private Client Group has claimed that high-value houses, their contents and fine art are more at...
Van Ameyde & Wallis acquires International Medical Rescue
International claims manager Van Ameyde & Wallis has acquired medical assistance specialist Internat...
Appointment at Rubicon
The Rubicon Corporation has made Tracy Harvey-Bussell group compliance officer. She will lead the co...
What is the Post Magazine Claims Club?
The Post Magazine Claims Club has been put together in order to provide the claims industry with the...
Panel debate psychology claims
The panel was inundated with questions but the first asked whether there was a danger that adoption ...
Jerrum: new Searchlight MD
Former Singer & Friedlander, Tifco and CNA Insurance managing director Ian Jerrum has joined insuran...
Conversation management
One delegate during the question-and-answer session revealed the early results of its own pilot usin...
Appointment at IPRS
Rehabilitation and injury management provider IPRS has appointed Martyn Jackson as managing director...
Chaucer set to be "brutal about prices"
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer has echoed the sentiments of Amlin (PM, 18 March, p6), saying it will cut li...
Regional pull drives up broker wages
The continued expansion of both independent and national brokers in the regions has resulted in more...
Chips challenge to insurers and fraudsters
George Lillington from CSC outlined future and developing technology and its potential impact on cla...
Appointment at Creechurch
Creechurch Underwriting has recruited Ian Fordham as underwriting operations manager for the acciden...
Novae Underwriting recruits an underwriting director
Liability specialist Novae Underwriting has recruited Ian West as underwriting director. Mr West, fo...
David Moore & Co makes two acquisitions
David Moore & Co Insurance Brokers has become the first Willis Commercial Network member to make two...