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Appointment at Jelf Group
Jelf Group has made Matthew Burman an independent financial consultant to support the business drive...
Medical negligence claims increase
Medical negligence claims for more than £1m have increased by almost fourfold in the past 10 years, ...
Appointment at Fusion
Brian Garner has become operations manager at Fusion Insurance. Mr Garner joins from Markel Internat...
Appointment at UKI Partnerships
UKI Partnerships has made Rhea Simnett research manager to its market intelligence team. Prior to th...
Appointment at Glencairn
Glencairn has made a string of appointments. Steve Hearn has become chairman and chief executive. He...
Appointment at JR Clare Underwriting Agencies
JR Clare Underwriting Agencies has appointed David Phillips and Danny Rose as senior UK commercial p...
Insurers reject MID update
Insurers have abandoned plans for real-time updating of the Motor Insurance Database on cost grounds...
EC to issue insurance update in May
The European Commission will publish a green paper in May outlining its thoughts on the future of th...
Beazley doubles profits
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Lloyd's fund faces huge cuts
Lloyd's Central Fund will be slashed by more than a quarter, to £575m, after a settlement with reins...
Munich Re puts profitability first
London Market News
Hiscox chief hits out at lucky "idiots"
London Market News
Unison urges caution over personal injury threshold
Plans to raise the small-claims threshold for personal injury could drive those injured at work into...
Reading crash will not raise MIB levy
Motor insurers' annual levy to the Motor Insurance Bureau is unlikely to be changed, despite claims ...
Capita signs liability claims deal
Capita Insurance Services has signed a £40m deal with Chester Street Insurance Holdings to administe...
Appointment at Mondial
Martin Lyons has joined Mondial as the new general manager for its Ireland division. He joins from C...
Healthsure launches website
Cash plan provider Healthsure has launched a new website to provide brokers with access to online qu...
Catlin reaffirms its reserves
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has insisted that it is adequately reserved to handle future severe weather e...
Gay steps down
Broker Cooper Gay has announced that David Gay, who founded the company with Derek Cooper in 1965, s...
Insurers launch appeal against pleural plaques judgement
Norwich Union and Zurich have lodged an appeal against the pleural plaques judgement made last month...
Chain reaction
Loss assessors are often left out of the claims process, with each link in the chain pulling against each other. Chris Ray argues this helps no one, least of all the consumer
What the papers said this week
- Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Chancellor, has written to the Advertising Standards ...
Appointment at Freeclaim-IDC
Ashington-based litigation funder Freeclaim-IDC has appointed solicitor Louise Gudgin to head up its...
Insure-com overhauls four divisions for growth
Insure-com has announced details of an expansion initiative, following a recent management changeove...