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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...
Duty of care can cut fleets' costs
Public sector fleets cannot afford to ignore their duty of care responsibilities from a cost, legal ...
Insurer luggage worry
Major difficulties have so far been avoided by travel insurers in the wake of last week's terrorist ...
Willis Commercial Network gains another member
The Willis Commercial Network is pleased to announce a 10th Member to its growing Scottish regional Network.
CCV acquires in Midlands
Following its first signing, Hertfordshire-based Moffatt Saunders in June of this year, acquisition vehicle Cullum Capital Ventures has completed the purchase of regional broker Richard V Wallis, which is based near Birmingham and controls £9m of…
Allianz buys Premierline
Allianz Cornhill has completed the purchase of Premierline, the direct seller of SME policies based in Lancaster.
Scottish Re moots outright sale as possible solution to liquidity problems
Troubled life reinsurer Scottish Re has highlighted the possibility of outright sale of the company, among other refinancing alternatives as a solution to a short-term liquidity position the firm described as “very tight”.
Hospital sector losing millions because of poor risk management
Hospitals are losing the chance to save hundreds of millions of pounds through a failure to sufficiently examine their risk management techniques, according to research by Marsh.