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Portfolio of Berry Birch and Noble relaunched
The high net worth portfolio of Berry Birch and Noble has formally relaunched as Private Insurance P...
Fortis Insurance recruits head of motor claims
Fortis Insurance has recruited Richard Harris as head of motor claims. Fortis Insurance claims direc...
British Gas launches into GI market
Halifax Bank of Scotland has started a major push into the affinity and intermediated household insu...
Appointment at Impact Underwriting
Katherine Newberry has been appointed by Impact Underwriting as accident and health underwriter. Ms ...
Brokers face cull over MID
A report claiming almost one-third of brokers could still fail to meet the Motor Insurance Database'...
Swinton motor book overtaken
High-street broking giant Swinton has seen a dramatic growth in its non-motor policies, exceeding th...
THB efficiency drive no 'knee-jerk' move
Broker THB has begun a three-year organisational shake-up with the roll-out of its online North Amer...
First Assist moves to final stage of separation plan
First Assist is moving to the final stage of its separation plan by replacing Royal and Sun Alliance...
RSA produces anti-subsidence guide
Royal and Sun Alliance is warning against the risks of planting the wrong species of tree in the wrong place and has produced a guide to safer planting in a bid to control subsidence risks.
Zurich Municipal in private school push
Zurich Municipal, the UK’s leading provider of insurance and risk management to the public services, has today announced the appointment of Tom Shewry to the newly created role of head of education.
NU extends athletics sponsorship with £50m deal
Norwich Union and UK Athletics announced today that the insurer is to extend its commitment to athletics until the end of 2012 in what is the largest UK sports sponsorship deal outside football, worth nearly £50 million to the sport over the next six…
Commercial Express joins up with caterers' association
Commercial Express, the specialist underwriting agency, has launched a tailored product for mobile and static caterers, in conjunction with NCASS, the nationwide caterers association.
Esure loses ground on Direct Line and NU, claims new report
Direct Line has strengthened its position as the leading UK motor insurance provider, according to new research, Consumer Intelligence. However, brokers including Hastings and Swinton showed great improvements on 2005.
Alexander Forbes expands specialist sports team
Broker Alexander Forbes has appointed Colin Goddard to its expanding specialist sports team.
G6 agrees electronic transfer
The G6 group of Lloyd’s managing agents has today agreed to a new process using Acord data standards which will ultimately allow the electronic transfer of risk-related data and documents between group members and four leading brokers in the Lloyd’s…
Colemont appoints property and casualty director
Colemont Insurance Brokers has appointed Richard Warburton as a director in the company’s Property and Casualty division.
Hurricane strength index published
Carvill's readvisory group, a reinsurance intermediary, has today published a paper detailing a new index to measure hurricane damage. The Hurricane Damage Potential Index gives a more accurate measure of a hurricane’s potential to cause damage than…
Willis opens new France office
Willis Group Holdings has announced that its Inspace division has been strengthened by the opening of a new office in France, Willis Aerospace Consulting.
Training Foundation and FSSC drop prices
The Training Foundation has joined forces with the Financial Services Skills Council in an exclusive arrangement designed to increase the number of applicants seeking FSSC Recognised Trainer status by making the recognition process more affordable.
French media says Stone Point in frame for Axa Re purchase
French business daily Les Echos has said that it believes specialist (re)insurance private equity group Stone Point Capital is close to doing a deal to buy the active units of French reinsurer Axa Re from its parent, global insurer, Axa.
Link and Zenith complete Rubicon acquisition
Link and Zenith, the European businesses of Caribbean financial services company, Guardian Holdings, today announced that the Group has acquired the assets of Rubicon Insurance Solutions Limited’s (RISL) Maidstone operations from the Administrator.
Fortis recruits new claims boss
Fortis Insurance has recruited Richard Harris as head of motor claims.
Apil: insurers turning legal system into 'hired guns'
Insurers are dragging the legal system back to the 'bad old days of hired guns', the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers' incoming president will warn this week.
Coface gives 300 brokers accreditation
Coface UK, a leading provider of credit solutions for business, has successfully accredited nearly 300 specialist brokers from 50 companies across the UK to sell its Cashflow Trader product and introduce the Coface UK Finance Trader product on its behalf.