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Appointment at HSB Haughton Engineering.
Tim James has been promoted to the role of regional manager of specialist insurer HSB Haughton Engin...
Amlin makes offer for Syndicate 2001.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has made an offer to acquire all the remaining capacity of Syndicate 2001 it d...
Appointment at DisasterCare.
Louisa Sharpe has been made managing director of DisasterCare, the Lincoln-based post-catastrophe bu...
Folgate Masterplan to hold roadshows.
Folgate Masterplan will hold a series of roadshows during September and October in Edinburgh, Leeds,...
NU tipped to make a move for Cox.
Norwich Union has been linked with a possible acquisition of Lloyd's motor insurer Cox, in a bid to ...
Appointment at Eurobase Consulting.
Eurobase Consulting, the IT consultancy arm of Eurobase International, has appointed Jim Walsby as b...
Floods return.
Last week's severe flooding in the North of England and Scotland is expected to hit the industry to ...
"No" to misuse of monitoring.
I agree with Graeme Phipps (Combating subsidence monitoring bad press, Post Magazine, 25 July, p12) ...
The FSA publishes consultation paper.
The Financial Services Authority has published a consultation paper setting out how the European Unio...
Setting the BTE record straight.
I must take issue with solicitor Neil Sugarman's letter (We all need to play by the same set of rule...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Websites for companies in industry that are trying to sell products to companies in industry are fac...
Appointment at Primary Insurance.
Primary Insurance has made David Edwards its new business development manager for affinity schemes a...
Appointment at ISS Ark & General.
Disaster recovery and business continuity management specialist ISS Ark & General has taken on Mike ...
Halifax: £320m household book to go in-house.
Halifax General Insurance Services intends to bring its household book in-house when the contract r...
Ace plans to reduce capacity at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's could be facing further reduced involvement from insurers in the London market following plan...
Appointment at Ace European Markets Insurance.
Laila Hougaard has been made vice president, professional lines, at Ace European Markets Insurance, ...
Clouds gather on floods.
The rain continues to fall, the claims continue to flood in and the black cloud hanging over both ins...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the financial services management consultancy specialising in insurance and invest...
HSBC Bank records increase in general insurance income.
HSBC Bank recorded an increase in general insurance income in the UK of 11% - mainly through an incr...
Rise in fat cat PI firms puts strain on liability insurance.
I must take issue with David Clark (Biased viewpoint on Woolf Reforms ignores equality objective, PM...
Cox recruits Latter to front online trading.
Cox Insurance has seconded Liz Latter from Broker Network's Red Box Systems, as general manager for ...
Appeal courts remain silent over all but most unfair cost decisions.
Excelsior Commercial & Industrial Holdings v 1) Salisbury Hamer Aspden & Johnson 2) Betesh & Co (Court of Appeal - 12 June 2002).
Wise-up to back-up.
Do insurers and brokers always practise what they preach over the need for robust disaster recovery and IT back-up plans? Simon Threadgold investigates the industries own risk management strategies.
Belfry Golf Day goes with a swing.
Post Magazine's inaugural Golf Day, held at the Belfry in Birmingham, was not only blessed with good...