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Omega reports 20% profit
Omega Underwriting has reported profit before tax up 20% to $24.5m (£13.8m) (H1 2007: $20.4m) on pre...
Appointment at Deacon
Bournemouth-based Deacon - part of Barbon Insurance Group - has recruited Michelle Barnby and Andy B...
Appointment at Oxygen
Graham Wood has joined Oxygen Re as business development and operations manager of Oxygen Insurance ...
Hardy to write Kyosai
Hardy Underwriting Bermuda has started underwriting a book of Japanese Kyosai - or mutual co-operati...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has recruited Nigel Salisbury as head of its real estate practice in the UK. He will be based ...
CILA looks to boost membership with charter rewrite
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' incoming president hopes that the introduction of its lon...
Appointment at Endurance Specialty Holdings
Endurance Specialty Holdings has hired Lauren Kent as senior underwriting manager and head of reinsu...
LV buoyant as ABC hits sales projection
LV's broker-facing subsidiary ABC has hit its annual motor target months ahead of schedule. Overall...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed Chris Tully to the role of director of personal lines within Jelf Insur...
Rise in machinery thefts
Farm machinery thefts in England rose 41% in 2007 in sharp contrast to trends across the rest of the...
Weightmans in PI push
Weightmans plans to launch a large loss and technical claims capability out of its London office. Th...
Uninsured driving call is "last piece in puzzle"
Insurer bodies have hailed the move by government to implement systems to detect uninsured motorists...
Appointment at Bollington
Commercial broker Bollington has appointed Chris Patterson as managing director of its wholesale ope...
Insurers target 65 suspects
A consortium of seven insurers has launched what is claimed to be the biggest ever civil fraud case ...
Insurers on September flood alert
Insurers face claims worth tens of millions of pounds after floods and severe storms hit parts of th...
Appointment at Dubai Insurance Company
Dubai Insurance Company has continued to build its partnership with international insurance speciali...
Southall Harries swoops after Oval covenant breach payout
Birmingham-based broker Southall Harries has made its first acquisition with the takeover of Holman'...
What the papers said this week
Times Clive Cowdery, the insurance entrepreneur, has recruited John Tiner, the former head of t...
Appointment at DAS
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance has appointed Paul Timmins as head of compliance and risk management. M...
AIG boss: industry no closer to agreeing disclosure solution
The UK boss of the world's largest insurer has admitted to being shocked by the arguments that have ...
Appointment at RFIB
Nick Foden-Pattinson has been recruited as managing director of alternative reinsurance products at ...
Indie hearing postponed
The confiscation hearing for the Independent Insurance trial has been postponed yet again until at l...
Cullum invests in Capital
Cullum Capital Ventures has announced an investment stake into Kent-based broker Capital and County....
Appointment at Lloyd's
Lloyd's has recruited a new chief executive officer for Lloyd's Reinsurance Company (China). Eric Ga...