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Appointment at HCML
HCML has promoted Lynsey Shaw to rehabilitation manager at the firm's Croydon office. As a former oc...
Lancashire premiums up 40%
Lancashire has announced it is carrying out a £50m share buy-back to help boost its price after unve...
Appointment at Venture Preference
Venture Preference has made four senior appointments. Ian Story, finance director at Smart and Cook,...
XL defiant as rival poaches underwriter
XL has shrugged off speculation that it could lose more of its Dublin-based casualty division's empl...
MPs harangue Lords' pleural plaques ruling
MPs have continued their opposition to the House of Lords' judgement on pleural plaques, calling for...
RBS appoints director
RBS Insurance has said it will be looking to strengthen its motor team this month after appointing a...
Appointment at Assurant
Angie Burgess and Tony Parkes are the new business development managers at Assurant. Ms Burgess will...
B2BI adds trade product
Broker 2 Broker Insurance, the comparative online commercial specialist, has added Groupama's optima...
Worst marine year leads to 10% rise
A group of leading mutual marine insurers has labelled the 2006/7 year as its worst since 1992 and h...
Flatman joins Markel
Markel International has appointed Neil Flatman, former QBE head of European and international prope...
Tokio Marine wins Biba travel scheme
Tokio Marine has defeated 11 rivals to underwrite a British Insurance Brokers' Association "flagship...
Crawford relocates office
Crawford and Company is relocating, within Cardiff, to a new office from 1 November 2007. The new la...
Appointment at Celerant
Celerant Consulting has made three appointments to its financial services team: Paul Macklam, senior...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Chris Houston as a senior consultant in its property risk consultation team. Mr ...
Appointment at Greenwoods
Mike Suddards is to head the Greenwoods Solicitors office in Manchester. He joins as a partner after...
Taskforce to help brokers target Islamic insurance
Plans were unveiled this week for a new initiative that it is hoped will help UK brokers tap into th...
Penny Black's insurance week
They are a sophisticated bunch those reinsurers, Penny thought. While domestic insurers congregate i...
Willis hires strategic head
Broker Willis has appointed Ian Gale as the strategic leader for its Ipswich office, which the compa...
Snappy partners
Allianz Schemes has entered into a partnership with online retailer Amazon to provide customers with...
Appointment at PWS Holdings
Ian Webb has been appointed president of PWS Holdings' Bogota office in Colombia. Mr Webb has more t...
Oval makes healthcare push
Oval has formed a healthcare division through the acquisition of Bristol and Lancashire-based broker...
US/UK legal merger
US law firm Edwards Angell Palmer and Dodge, and Kendall Freeman of London, have officially announce...
Government to expand EA flood defence remit
The government has indicated it will expand the Environment Agency's responsibilities after its "les...
Act change applauded
UK Fraud prevention service CIFAS has welcomed the new provisions made within the Fraud Act, which w...