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Appointment at Moorhouse
Commercial broker Moorhouse has appointed Tim Larden to the new role of sales and marketing director...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Axa demands police business crime focus
Axa Insurance has warned business crime is likely to get worse as the economic downturn continues, p...
Mergers failing to deliver
Almost two thirds of broker mergers have failed to meet objectives according to research commissione...
Legal firms merge
Turner & Debenhams and Ottaways Solicitors have merged. The merged firms will now be known as Debenh...
RKH to buy Bowood
Independent broking group RK Harrison is in advanced negotiations regarding the acquisition of Lloyd...
Penny Black's insurance week
By the end of last week, Penny had become a bit more Parisian, quipping French phrases and sporting ...
Wilson out, Lockett in at Insure and Go
Insure and Go founder Perry Wilson has stepped down as managing director of the business and will be...
Cunningham seals Axa deal
Axa Insurance has renewed its liability loss adjusting contract with Cunningham Lindsey for a furthe...
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...