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Irish Insurance Federation annual results
Premiums are falling in the Irish motor insurance market just as insurers' fortunes have turned, ac...
Appointment at PYV Group.
Clive Hawker has joined the PYV Group as divisional director, special risks, within the Lloyd's brok...
14 years ago.
Royal & Sun Alliance might currently be operating a strategy of shrinking to profitability, but 14 y...
Appointment at Claims Management Group.
Claims Management Group has appointed Jack Moore as head of claims. Mr Moore, who joins CMGL from St...
End of an institution.
The recent abolition of the historic role of Lord Chancellor by the Labour Party has sent shock waves across the legal profession - and further. Marcus Alcock examines the repercussions that this, and other proposed changes, will have.
Making your mark.
With prices for professional indemnity rising, brokers are having to work more closely with their clients to help ease the burden of the extra costs. Risk management and technology are central to these closer relationships, says Jonathan Swift.
PWS appoints chief executive
International reinsurance broker PWS has appointed Julian Messent as chief executive, following the...
Solicitors labelled as bunch of penny-pinchers.
Solicitors have been labelled as a bunch of fickle penny-pinchers by underwriters, according to a le...
Appointment at Tillinghast-Towers Perrin.
Tillinghast-Towers Perrin has appointed Peter Needleman global practice director of the life and fin...
St Paul results take a turn for the better.
The St Paul Companies has posted net income of £132m for the second quarter of 2003, compared with a...
NU declares merger cuts over as it waits on Asda.
Norwich Union this week said there would be no more job losses associated with the merger of NU and C...
UIA partners up with union.
The deal with USDAW, referred to in your article (PM, 31 July, p3), has been signed by UIA Insurance...
Appointment at Folgate Partnership.
The Folgate Partnership has appointed Peter Thomas as product development manager. Mr Thomas has mor...
Willis denies imminent losses
Willis Commercial Network has denied it is set to lose a number of its members to competing broker ...
St Paul International completes acquisition
St Paul International has completed the acquisition of Zenith Commercial, taking on 85% of its bran...
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Ace Europe has appointed Stephen Shepherd as financial lines claims manager. With more than 25 years...
Sax Riley: reflections on a man of sheer talent.
I have not set eyes on Sax Riley for nearly 40 years, but such is the measure of the man, that I fee...
Accounting for the IASB's proposals.
Consultation on cross-border accounting practices may have only just begun, but Nigel Masters and Gordon Ireland urge insurers to push ahead with implementation.
Omega Underwriting Agents seeks to launch new syndicate.
Lloyd's managing agent Omega Underwriting Agents is understood to be seeking to launch a new syndica...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs.
Ian Reynolds, former general manager of Commercial Union Life, has joined Beachcroft Wansbroughs Con...
Will liability "good practice" be best?
After much debate, the Association of British Insurers and British Insurance Brokers' Association ha...
Biba considers options.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association hopes to find replacement capacity for its online liabili...
Appointment at Camberford Law.
Camberford Law has appointed Bill Boyce as head of its tour operators' scheme. Mr Boyce has worked i...
Appointment at Hugh James.
South Wales law firm, Hugh James, has appointed Hugh Price as director of insurance. He will work cl...