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Zurich warns of pressure in UK commercial
Zurich has reported general insurance gross written premiums and policy fees of US$27.3 bn, up 4% or 0.4% in local currencies, for the first nine months of 2007.
Legal expenses provider outlines £55m float plan
Abbey Protection today announced its intention to seek admission to trading of its shares on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Beazley starts share buyback
Lloyd's (re)insurer Beazley has announced that it has begun its previously announced share buyback programme to repurchase up to 5% of its issued share capital
Pick of the Week
Post Magazine editor Jonathan Swift provides a run down of the major news in this week's issue of Pos...
Investor bought out
Start-up reinsurer Lancashire has bought out one of its founding investors just weeks after announci...
No flood of diesel claims
The award of damages to a motorcyclist killed after slipping on a diesel spillage does not signal th...
Appointment at BMS Cat
BMS Cat has made Bernard Connolly technical director of its UK operations, responsible for technical...
Post search engine
Post Online has launched a new industry wide online search engine - www.postresearch.co.uk. This ver...
Bribe claim investigated
Aon has notified the Financial Services Authority that it is investigating whether it has complied w...
Aon sells travel book
Citybond Suretravel has acquired Aon's wholesale travel insurance book of business. The broker's man...
MIB boosted after uninsured clampdown
Figures released yesterday at the Association of British Insurers' motor conference signal an early ...
Giles beats competition to buy Welsh broker
Giles Insurance Brokers said it defeated four consolidator rivals for the first of two acquisitions ...
Capita to use plan B
Capita Legal Expenses said it will remain active in the market after completing a review in the wake...
Lockton appoints Urquhart
Lockton International has appointed Duncan Urquhart as managing director of its international constr...
AMG appoints new CEO to help management burden
Loss adjusting group AMG has appointed a new chief executive to help consolidate and grow the busine...
Crash launches £300k accident campaign
Crash Services, the accident management company based in Northern Ireland, has launched its £300,000...
Court for QBE and Temple
The row between QBE and Temple Legal Protection over which firm should manage a book of business wil...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has appointed Ian Josephs as electronic distribution manager to lead future developmen...
Appointment at Weightmans
Weightmans has appointed Ian Vicary as a partner. Mr Vicary joins as the firm's new head of corporat...
Penny Black's insurance week
While the senior management of the Broker Network has found the rumours surrounding its mystery take...
Social broker networking
Brokers should embrace online social trends, according to Doug Richard, founder and chairman of Libr...
Zurich appoints Beale
Global insurer Zurich has announced that former Converium chief executive Inga Beale will join the c...
Underwriting team boost
Iprism has appointed John Lawton as head of its new underwriting team. He joins from Home and Legacy...