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Colraine to leave Willis as Millwater becomes COO
Willis group has announced a string of management changes.
Chaucer launches £75m Cat syndicate
Chaucer and ICAT Holdings launched a new Lloyd's syndicate 4242 with an underwriting capacity of US$148 million for 2007.
Towergate buys schemes specialist
Towergate Partnership has acquired RBPM General, a firm of brokers specialising in scheme and specialist insurance arrangements.
Miller review sees business sold to Giles
Following a strategic review of its UK retail business, Miller Insurance Services has decided to focus upon providing a range of specialist services to large and complex risk managed corporate entities based in the UK and Europe. As a result its retail…
Winners and Losers
Post's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
Majority of brokers fail to check job references
Brokers are failing to accurately check references provided by job applicants, according to a survey...
Bupa pushes for flu jabs
Private medical insurer Bupa has highlighted the lost productivity risk from flu, urging employers t...
Abbey sales rep scoops award for top service
Richard Clarke, of the home insurance sales team at Abbey National's telephone distribution site in ...
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post Magazine runs through this week’s major news including the hike ...
Underwriter in UK rugby bid
Unum Provident is preparing to underwrite a specialist insurance product for professional rugby play...
Appointment at Open GI
Open GI has made Sam Cutler a corporate account manager, responsible for the company's large broker ...
AA Insurance replaces rival
AA Insurance has this week replaced its main rival as the distributor of motor warranty and gap insu...
Towergate raises £250m
Towergate has raised a £250m war chest through a refinancing deal led by Loyds TSB and Halifax Bank ...
Rehabilitation disputes pilot to go ahead
A new scheme for resolving rehabilitation disputes is set to be piloted by the Bodily Injury Claims ...
Esure to end Indian ties
Esure is set to close its Indian offshore call centres by February 2007, with plans to recruit 150 e...
IFB assists in fraud arrests
A total of eight arrests have been made in the latest operation by the Insurance Fraud Bureau, carri...
Broker in drive to increase its health division
Broker Jelf is planning a major recruitment drive in a bid to expand its healthcare operations with ...
Broker launches online
Independent Lloyd's broker Holman's is launching a gap product to its network of 2000 brokers. All a...
Stress-testing for D&O
Directors' and officers' insurance wordings should be stress-tested to ensure they respond to changi...
Budget aims high with threefold income plan
Broking group Budget is aiming to more than triple its premium income to £1.25bn over the next four ...
Appointment at FMW
Vicky Moss has joined Essex-based FMW as a claims handler. She started her career in insurance three...
CIS to undertake anti-fraud review
The Co-operative Insurance Society is planning a full-scale review of its anti-fraud software in 200...
Underwriter wins tender
Assurant Solutions is aiming to dominate the payment protection insurance market after winning a ten...
Appointment at THB Risk Solutions
THB Risk Solutions has appointed Michelle Ruff as commercial manager for its non-motor range of prod...