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Swiftcover founder's exit
Swiftcover founder Andrew Blowers has given notice of his intention to leave the firm in November. T...
Thistle nabs niche SME underwriter
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has bolstered its Thistle underwriting platform with the acquisition of a spe...
Post webinar is online
The recent Post webinar in conjunction with Esri UK, Geography and location: potential for the futur...
Appointment at BLP
Adam Bogdanor has joined Berwin Leighton Paisner as a partner. Mr Bogdanor has acted for some of t...
Appointment at Ascot
Ascot has appointed Mike O'Connor to lead its terrorism and political violence team. He has 14 yea...
FSA fine rise
The Financial Services Authority issued more than £27m in fines in 2008/09, including almost £7m to ...
Aon defends Man United sponsorship
Aon has defended its decision to sign a sponsorship deal with Manchester United - reportedly worth a...
Appointment at First Assist
First Assist has appointed Darren Jennings as its travel portfolio manager. Mr Jennings has joined...
Broking group backer reports loss
Venture capitalist BP Marsh has reported a consolidated loss after tax of £1.7m in 2008 (2007: profi...
First framework for NHS
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has put in place its first framework agreement with underwriter...
Appointment at Amlin
Amlin has appointed Iain Henstridge as leading class underwriter to head up the marine hull accoun...
Amlin in EUR350m buyout
Amlin has agreed to acquire Belgo-Dutch property and casualty insurer Fortis Corporate Insurance fro...
Swiftcover seeks to grow first buy
Swiftcover is set to grow its first acquisition "dramatically" over the next three years, according ...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has appointed David Skey as it looks to grow its share of reinsurance business in conti...
Tidd takes role at TLSS
Steve Tidd has returned to the insurance industry as a non-executive director of Total Loss Settleme...
What the papers said this week
The Times Three fraudsters who conned five directors at Aviva out of a combined £638,000 have bee...
Biba alerted to HSBC's £250k broker demand
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has been alerted after banking giant HSBC demanded one of...
QBE geographic risk system goes regional
QBE Europe's property division has rolled out its geographic risk system into the regional underwrit...
Heath Lambert hires four
Heath Lambert has strengthened its public sector team with the appointment of four specialists. Pete...
Soon-to-be-famous five
The British Insurance Awards finalists, judges and sponsors gathered at The Merchant Taylors' Hall i...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has recruited a number of new staff. Maria Kearney joins the environmental division fro...
Ecclesiastical to beef up schemes business
Ecclesiastical has set its sights on doubling its schemes business within three to five years. Tony...
McLaren-Stewart exits
John McLaren-Stewart has resigned as a board member of the British Insurance Brokers' Association. T...
Axa threatens to penalise claims farming brokers as debate rages
Rivals firms have backed Aviva in its push to purge the market of brokers subsiding loss-making busi...