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McLaren axed as England coach
Following last night's 3-2 defeat to Croatia the contract of England head coach Steve McClaren has been terminated with immediate effect by the Football Association.
Indie trio: Appeal decision
Twenty-eight days after they were sentenced to jail, the three former Independent Insurance directors have yet to file an appeal, Post has learnt.
Taylor to step down as Montpelier CEO in June 08
Bermudian reinsurer Montpelier Re has announced that it has extended its chairman and chief executive Anthony Taylor’s contract for 2 years from 1st January 2008, but that he will step down as chief executive from June 30th off that year to take up a…
Brit CEO heralds
Brit this morning reported that gross premiums written by the group in respect of ongoing business for the 9 months to 30 September 2007 totalled £1.02bn (30 September 2006: £978.3m), an increase of 4.3%. Premium growth, when adjusted for exchange rate…
Groupama kicks off 2008 graduate scheme
Groupama Insurances has launched its 2008 graduate recruitment programme, with plans to hire at leas...
Insurers fail to reach graduates' top ten
Pricewaterhouse Coopers achieved the number one spot as the best place to apply for work in financia...
Employees remain affected by workplace discrimination
Workplace discrimination remains an issue for a majority of UK employees, research from Unum has fou...
Pupils to run virtual insurer
Secondary school pupils in Glasgow will have the chance to run their own virtual insurance companies...
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers Whether studying for Chartered ...
Pick of the Week
Post Magazine editor Jonathan Swift provides a run down of the major news in this week's issue of Pos...
Appointment at Crutes
Crutes has appointed Sue Howes as partner. Based in the firm's Stockton on Tees office, she acts for...
Share crash for Swiss Re
Swiss Re's shares hit a 12-month low earlier this week after it reported a CHF1.2bn (£524m) loss as ...
Week's top five Post stories
The top five most popular articles on Post Online this week were: 1. FSA closes down Manchester bro...
Jelf joins health arms
Jelf has integrated Jelf Corporate Healthcare, SPS Wellbeing and Healthwise into one trading busines...
NU invites 300 to club
Norwich Union has invited 300 brokers to become members of 110, an exclusive club for brokers that h...
Pro Aktive targets £50m after TIB stake
Yorkshire-based Pro Aktive Risk Group has targeted £50m in revenue after completing a deal to take a...
What the papers said this week
Daily Telegraph Lloyd's of London is bracing itself for hundreds of claims from company directors...
Appointment at The Insurance Partnership
The Insurance Partnership has recruited Paul Sleight, as a new associate director. Mr Sleight has mo...
Allianz outlines plan to raise rates in 2008
Allianz has confirmed that it intends to put up commercial rates from the beginning of 2008 by aroun...
Quake costs estimated
Catastrophe risk modelling company Air Worldwide has estimated the insured losses for the earthquake...
ATE rogue trader banned by FSA
Legal expenses broker M Young Legal Associates was shut down last week after a two-year investigatio...
Absolute wins contract
Following a six-month pilot, KGM Insurance has signed a three-year contract with Absolute CM to prov...
Penny black's insurance week
Tis the season for some of Penny's favourite rumours to start doing the round again, including the o...
NU pledges broker support as it sheds 30 directors
Norwich Union Insurance has stated it remains committed to the intermediary market despite removing ...