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Oxygen hires former Giles team for new Manchester office
Oxygen Insurance Brokers has hired five former employees of rival broker Giles to staff a new office in Manchester.
Rehab minister to head vocational push
Lord McKenzie, minister for health and work at the Departmment for Work and Pensions will tell the Post Rehabilitation First Forum on 14 May in London, how the government plans to put rehabilitation at the centre of future policy. Rehab is also expected…
NIG joins Keychoice panel
NIG has become the fifth insurer to join the commercial lines panel of Keychoice, a business network run by systems provider SSP.
Close Premium Finance acquires competitor
Close Premium Finance has acquired Amber Select, the premium finance company known as Amber Credit and previously owned by Skipton Building Society, effective from 26 March.
Fitch downgrades SCA and subsidiaries to below investment grade
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings of Security Capital Assurance Ltd. (SCA) and its financial guarantee insurance subsidiaries, XL Capital Assurance (XLCA), XL Capital Assurance UK (XLCA-UK) and XL Financial…
S&P: outlook touch and go for reinsurers
Ratings agency Standard and Poors has maintained its stable outlook for the reinsurance sector in 2008, but has warned it will be looking ever more closely at demand trends and pricing and reserve adequacy as the softening market progresses.
RMS unveils commercial fire risk model
Risk Mangement Solutions has today unveiled to the market what it claims is the first commercial fire risk probability model.
MOJ reform deadline - latest
The Ministry of Justice looks set to further delay the release of the much anticpated reform paper on personal injury claims. The MOJ told Post today that the reforms will be published by the end of March “or as soon as possible afterwards” indicating…
FSA admits failings over Northern Rock
The Financial Services Authority has admitted a series of failings in its supervision of Northern Rock.
Care advice offered in health insurance deal
CS Healthcare has joined forces with care advisory firm Grace Consulting to offer customers advice on caring for sick and elderly relatives as part of their insurance package.
Cardif Pinnacle launch PPI motor finance range
Cardif Pinnacle (part of BNP Paribas group) has launched a new range of PPI products for the Motor Industry.
Watson joins Crawford from Cunningham Lindsey
Kirsten Watson has joined loss adjuster Crawford's key account management team based in the Midlands.
New chair elected for Brokers' Committee
Aon deputy chairman Jonathan Palmer-Brown has been elected chairman of the London Market Insurance Brokers’ Committee.
Lloyds wins call centre award
David Sexton of the Lloyds TSB Insurance call centre in Ipswich has won the Direct Excellence contac...
Insure and Go scoops 'fastest growing' gong
Insure and Go has won the top award at a ceremony celebrating the UK's fastest growing businesses, w...
Focus on output not input to counter a long-hours culture
When there are deadlines to meet we all have to put in a few extra hours at work, but research by th...
Graduate fast-tracker Tresham is top achiever
The Birmingham Insurance Institute has named health insurer BHSF employee Mike Tresham as winner of ...
PB Week: Spring leaves insurance employees all touchy-feely
The weather may have been awful over the Easter weekend, but that’s not stopped the PR machines at various insurance companies from rolling out some emotional, fluffy press releases this week, writes Charlie Thomas, reporter, Professional Broking.
Pick of the Week
Post reporter Alwynne Gwilt and supplements and online editor Stephanie Denton provide a run down of ...
Appointment at Europ Assistance
Europ Assistance has enlisted Mike Daniels as business development manager in its home and family di...
QBE chooses gang of four
QBE has unveiled its new rehabilitation panel for major injuries this week. The company has appoint...
Ace battles hackers
Ace Europe has launched an e-commerce and internet insurance product aimed at protecting UK business...
Appointment at Teceris
Teceris has added six new associates: John Armstrong, manager of Teceris Midlands; chartered quantit...
Marine total loss spikes
Ship total losses have dramatically increased, according to figures released by the International Un...