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MMA targets select broker with pilot
MMA Insurance is establishing a specialist technical underwriting unit as a dedicated referral point...
Broker Direct and Zurich reach agreement
Broker Direct and Zurich have reached an agreement to provide shareholding brokers access to the ins...
Appointment at Private Health Partnership
James Jackson and Lisa Milnor have joined the Private Health Partnership board. Mr Jackson is operat...
Spitzer will not affect recruitment
Broker Marsh has insisted uncertainties caused by the allegations from New York Attorney General Eli...
Amicus accepts decision
Amicus has reluctantly accepted Norwich Union's decision to have 7000 jobs offshored by 2007. The fi...
Apil accuses union of scaremongering
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has accused teaching union NASUWT of "misguided scaremong...
Appointment at Partner Re
Partner Re has made several appointments in its life operations department. Francis Blumberg, has be...
HCC acquires stake in De Montfort
US-based HCC Insurance Holdings has acquired a 34% stake in the parent company of UK-based surety an...
Appointment at Ace Europe
Ace Europe has made Shaun Cooper computer network underwriter within its technical lines division. M...
Lloyd's Business Process Reform forums
A series of open forums is being launched by the Lloyd's Business Process Reform team to increase aw...
Risk Management Solutions announces launch
Risk Management Solutions has announced the launch of RiskLink and RiskBrowser 4.5, the latest versi...
Rehabilitation Working Party conference
The Rehabilitation Working Party will be hosting a one-day conference on the psychology of injury on...
Beazley buys US insurer
Lloyd's insurer Beazley has started the second phase of its expansion into the American insurance ma...
Folgate announces acquisition
The Folgate Partnership has announced its 38th acquisition: Pib Foster Insurance, based in Wimborne,...
Porter review adjourned
ER Shaw employee Stuart Porter's pre-trial review, in connection with charges of making and using a ...
Axa and Groupama in AA SME tie-up
Broking giant AA Insurance Services has entered the small and medium-sized commercial market, as exc...
Towergate plans links with trio of networks
Towergate this week revealed plans to link up with three further mortgage networks, following its de...
Long-term costs of long-term care
A recent Court of Appeal decision has delved into personal injury compensation, ruling that local authorities may have to assume main responsibility for the long-term accommodation and care needs of claimants. This is good news for insurers, says Geoff…
Study: SMEs suspicious of rises
Exclusive research from Norwich Union has revealed that a third of small and medium-sized enterprise...
US broker body predicts change
The insurance industry is unlikely to return to "business as usual" in the wake of New York Attorney...
Appointment at Comite Europeen des Assurances
The Comite Europeen des Assurances has appointed Olav Jones as chairman. He is head of insurance ris...
PO aims for 5% of home market
The Post Office is aiming to gain a 5% share of the home insurance market over the next five years, ...
Fraud us
Jamie Taylor provides an update on the proposed Fraud Bill
Appointment at Select and Protect
Select and Protect has made Bruce Reid managing director. He was previously employed by AIG as regio...