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Appointment at Henderson Insurance Brokers
Henderson Insurance Brokers has strengthened its Leeds and Hull offices with five appointments. Lind...
Gap growing in insurers' fight against fraud
New research shows insurance frontrunners are extending their lead in the race to beat fraud, accord...
Appointment at Gallagher Global Risks
Gallagher Global Risks has appointed David Battman to the newly created role of director of internat...
SSP shuffles team
Broker software house SSP has shuffled its insurer partnerships team with several appointments to th...
Mairs could return
David Mairs, former chief executive and founder of Ashworth Mairs Group, pictured, could be on the v...
What the papers said this week
- Eastern England's coastal villages were told last week that a system of siren warnings and evacuat...
Appointment at Heritage Underwriting
Heritage Underwriting has made Nick Jones active underwriter of Syndicate 1200. Mr Jones joined the ...
Appointment at Aascent
Rae Parmenter has been made sales co-ordinator at Aascent. She has 20 years' experience and joins fr...
Equity acquires SMTK
Equity Insurance Group has acquired Grantham broker SMTK, its 15th purchase in nine months. The deal...
Syndicate 3334 launch
One of the smallest Lloyd's syndicates has been launched with a £7m capacity and what it claims is t...
Fortis household slice hits 24%
Fortis Insurance has reported an overall gross written premium of £335.7m for the first half of 2006...
Alexander Forbes stake
Alexander Forbes is on the brink of selling a stake in its international broking arm to the private ...
Slinger executive
The Community Broking Group has restructured its board with Robin Slinger, currently a non-executive...
Magazine/Brit winners
The winners of the Post Magazine/Brit Insurance cricket competition for tickets for this weekend's t...
RSA sees commercial slip
Royal and Sun Alliance has continued to increase its personal lines rates in 2006, while commercial ...
Dutch giant begins UK insurance push
Dutch financial services giant ING entered the UK insurance market this week. Its direct savings su...
Glacier Re capital
Swiss-based reinsurer Glacier Re has announced it has secured $30m (£15.8m) in new capital from its ...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has made Rob Farmer a before-the-event claims handler. His respons...
RSA courts Heath and Agency
Royal and Sun Alliance is seeking to significantly grow its brokered personal lines business by 2010...
Brokers procedures
Brokers will face increased tribunal claims if they do not reform their HR and employment procedures...
Aon move spurs rivals to criticise
Aon's broking rivals have taken a sideswipe at it for outsourcing its claims-handling process as par...
Appointment at Crawford and Company
Crawford and Company has made Andrew Cavan major loss team leader in its corporate and major inciden...
Industry fights back on reputation issue
The insurance industry has moved a step closer to finalising a standard protocol for dealing with do...
Aquilo in 20% savings boast
AIM-listed insurance claims specialist Aquilo this week launched its new building inspection and res...