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Forthcoming events
14 June: Annual Dinner The Claims Club's popular Annual Dinner is this year being held at The ...
Profitability in doubt as insurers reach cost-cutting limit
The future profitability of the UK general insurance market is in doubt after credit rating agency A...
Law firm pulls plug on defendant legal work
Law firm Silverbeck Rymer is pulling out of defendant work in favour of becoming a claimant-only bus...
Assurant in Irish PPI push
Assurant Solutions is entering the Irish insurance market with a range of payment protection product...
Appointment at Crawford and Company
Crawford and Company UK has appointed Graeme Fitzpatrick as head of general insurance. He is current...
Travelers snaps up agency
Travelers has purchased Galatea Underwriting Agencies - the specialist Lloyd's marine underwriting a...
Brokers question nature of transparency probe
Brokers have revealed their concern at the nature of some of the questions they are facing as part o...
Appointment at Arch
Arch Insurance Company (Europe) has appointed James Weatherstone as director of underwriting. Mr Wea...
SSP boss mulls cuts after £43.3m deal
Sirius' finance director Richard Bowser will leave the insurance software company when its acquisiti...
Higos swoops for neighbour
Higos Insurance Services has acquired Mike Deverell Insurance Services, also based in Somerset. Hou...
Flouting health and safety laws
Martin Bare used a tragic example to illustrate the 'culture of contempt' among those flouting healt...
Indie trial pushed back
The trial of the three former directors of Independent Insurance has been pushed back by two weeks a...
Penny Black's insurance week
Dedication, that's what you need, said the late Roy Castle. Penny was always a fan of this mantra, h...
Insurers out of Bill
Lord Sheikh is attempting to remove insurers from the equation over compensating UK victims of terro...
Jelf makes it 10 in 12 months
Jelf Group has added a potential £2m premium income and nine new staff through the acquisition of Su...
Chubb Europe considers redomiciling options
Chubb Europe is considering redomiciling to the UK, having weighed up a number of other regulatory o...
Appointment at Aviva
Aviva has unveiled its new group executive team, following the appointment of Andrew Moss as group c...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical
Tony Bloomer has been appointed as manager of Ecclesiastical Insurance's Birmingham regional underwr...
Appointment at RBS Finsure
Premium finance provider RBS Finsure has promoted Colin Chappell to the role of relationship consult...
Appointment at Arista
Arista has appointed Alan Bradbrook as motor trade underwriter following the launch of its new motor...
Commission updates warranty position
'Basis of the contract' clauses relating to warranties are a key concern to the Law Commission. Pet...
Munich Re buys Lloyd's broker
Reinsurance giant Munich Re has bought its long-term partner, Lloyd’s broker Bell and Clements, in a move to achieve bottom-line growth.
Allianz Commercial revamps motor trade policy
Following extensive customer research, Allianz Commercial has re-launched its motor trade product with a range of new and significantly improved features.
Pick of the week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Magazine outlines the major general insurance news stories from tomorrow's issue of Post including: insurance industry teams up with United Nations on sustainability; Supermarket giant looks for new general insurance…