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Haddon to retire.
Ken Haddon, executive chairman and a founder member of the London Underwriting Centre, is to retire ...
HSE: eight-way split.
Law firm Hammond Suddards Edge, which earlier this month confirmed it had made eight partners redund...
NPIB acquires Anglia Insurance.
Norwich and Peterborough Insurance Brokers has acquired Cambridge-based firm Anglia Insurance. Angli...
GISC staff fears.
Uncertainty surrounds the future of staff at the General Insurance Standards Council, after the Fina...
FSA shortfall.
The regulation of travel agents, extended warranty sellers and third-party claims handlers has been ...
CGNU continues disposal of non-core businesses.
CGNU is to transfer 350 staff to the inspection, certification and consultancy organisation Bureau V...
Friends investment.
Friends Provident has acquired a shareholding of around 5% in insurance intermediary Berry Birch & N...
Lloyd's faces mould claims misery.
Lloyd's insurers are risking a "cascade of health and property claims" by offering mould cover in the...
Lloyd's hits the top.
Capacity at Lloyd's will be £12.3bn next year - its highest ever level and a rise of £1.3bn on its c...
THB: Murphy moves.
Thompson Heath and Bond board director Frank Murphy has been appointed chief operating officer. He j...
457 capacity upped.
Lloyd's managing agent Munich Re Underwriting has increased the capacity of its managed syndicate 45...
PM salary survey.
Enter Post Magazine's annual salary and workplace survey, sponsored by Axa Insurance, for the chance ...
Regulation U-turn.
The government has given up on the general insurance industry's experiment in self-regulation and is to pass responsibility to the Financial Services Authority. Anthony Gould looks at what this turnaround could mean for those involved.
Helphire Group board shake-up.
Accident management group Helphire has made several changes to its board that will take effect from ...
AA appointment.
AA Insurance Services has appointed Andrew Briscoe as its new managing director. He takes over from ...
Appointment at Fusion.
Fusion Insurance has recruited Neil Willetts as regional risk control manager for the Midlands area....
Appointment at Proactive Rehabilitation Services.
Proactive Rehabilitation Services, the injury case management and rehabilitation consultancy, has ma...
Appointment at Benfield Greig.
Independent reinsurance intermediary Benfield Greig has taken on Jakob Eugster at its Munich base. H...
Lloyd's to insist on GISC.
Lloyd's will continue to insist its UK brokers are regulated by the General Insurance Standards Coun...
RSA in IBM outsourcing deal.
Royal & Sun Alliance has outsourced the management and development of its UK information technology ...
Inreon deal leads to closure.
Reinsurance internet trading platforms Inreon and Reway have joined forces in a move that will see ...
Hunt is on for broad skill base.
The insurance industry has had its fair share of change this year. Marcella Cronin looks at the impact on recruitment trends.
The slow road to recovery.
As delayed reactions to the US terrorist attacks lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, Jane Wilding says many will turn to counsellors to get the help they need.
Up a legal gear.
Legislative change approached the legal sector at full throttle this year and several landmark rulings have helped to steer developments in pension mis-selling, regulation and corporate killing, but will these prove to have road-holding capabilities in…