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Travel boss banned over misleading FSA and auditors
Travel broker Insure and Go's former chief executive officer, James Richardson, has been banned by t...
Oval forms retail division
Oval has restructured its London broking operation, and formed a new retail broking team. The forme...
Appointment at Davies Lavery
Davies Lavery has appointed Janine Clark and Peter Blake as solicitors in its London accident and in...
The industry responds
The Pitt Review
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey International
Mike Wright has joined Cunningham Lindsey International's home foreign team. Mr Wright has worked as...
New year, new FSA rules
The Financial Services Authority has published its new Insurance Conduct of Business sourcebook, whi...
NU fraud boss out as firm fined £1.2m
Norwich Union's head of claims fraud Chris Hill will leave his role next month as part of the insure...
Sphere Drake four are banned by FSA
Four people at the centre of the 2003 Sphere Drake court case were last week banned by the regulator...
APC unveils let product
Commercial insurance underwriting agency APC Underwriting has launched a new residential let product...
JLT boss: new underwriting arm 'more than an MGA'
International broker JLT has become the latest to outline plans to develop a separate underwriting b...
Appointment at Aon
Bob Matthews has joined Aon Risk Control Consultants as a business development consultant. Mr Matthe...
Aon sheds two firms
Ace has agreed to acquire Aon underwriting subsidiary Combined Insurance for $2.4bn (£1.19m). Munich...
Ethics proposal for rehab case managers is drafted
The Case Management Society of the UK has joined forces with two other bodies to create a draft ethi...
AIG into car rental
Personal Lines News
Lloyd's China school gift
Lloyd's is to fund the building of a new primary school in Southern China. The facilities will benef...
Appointment at GAB Robins
GAB Robins has appointed Nigel Barham as the new head of its subsidence and building services divisi...
Aspen appoints head
Aspen Insurance Holdings has appointed Bernard de Haldevang as head of political risk insurance with...
Post pick of the week
Jonathan Swift, editor, Post Magazine outlines the major stories in this week's issue of Post including: Aviva delays decision on Pune transfer sparking speculation of an offshore u-turn; JLT boss Dominic Burke insists Thistle Underwriters is more than…
FSA proposes to extend the common platform to non-MiFID/CRD firms
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published proposals to extend certain chapters of its Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls Sourcebook (SYSC) - known as the common platform - to firms not subject to the Markets in Financial…
Company claims to have developed first UK groundwater flood map
Experian, the information services company, has launched the what it claims is first groundwater flood model to give insurers greater confidence in their underwriting process.
Marsh appoints new Scottish chair
Marsh has appointed its UK chief operating officer, John Nicholson, to be chairman of its Scottish operations, effective 1 January 2008.
Fitch: UK GI market stable
Fitch Ratings has said today that it is maintaining a stable outlook on the UK general insurance sector as insurers remain on the path of underwriting discipline in the face of more challenging market conditions.
Congress sends new 7-year TRIA extension to Bush
The US House of Representatives has sent a final compromise version of a 7-year extension to the US Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) state terrorism insurance backstop to the White House for presidential approval.
Bermuda government wins convincing election victory
Bermuda’s Progressive Labour Party (PLP) has won yesterday’s general election on the island.