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Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny understands that many in the City have green fingers, but was nonetheless surprised to learn t...
Landfill site worries.
Babies born near landfill sites for hazardous waste are at higher risk of being underweight at birth...
Appointment at Carmichaels.
Brian Baker, chartered adjuster and chartered surveyor, has joined Carmichaels' head office at Maids...
Cotesworth future on hold.
The decision by managing agency Cotesworth & Company to temporarily suspend underwriting, announced ...
Brit: EPIC stake.
Brit Insurance Holdings is to take a 37% stake, at a cost of £20m, in the Isle of Man-based Equity P...
Brand new head for Axa UK.
The incoming group chief executive of Axa UK Dennis Holt said this week he believed the insurer had d...
Fixed-rate PI cover.
Broker Aon and insurer QBE are offering a fixed-rate, 24-month option for solicitors' professional i...
Appointment at The Leisure Consortium.
Helen Axon has joined the Leisure Consortium as claims manager. She will handle the more complex lia...
Willis site sets sail.
Willis has launched a new web-site catering for yacht and pleasure craft insurance. The site www.wil...
RSA looks out for innovations.
Royal & Sun Alliance has denied that the setting up of a new strategy and innovation group that will...
Ex-Indie boss in St Paul IT push.
St Paul is set to roll out a series of online and risk management initiatives, following the high-pr...
Satis legal cover.
Satis Services has introduced a new scheme to provide legal representation and insurance for legal c...
Zurich takes a holiday.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Mike Feldwick has become head of risk services and support at credit insurer Euler Trade Indemnity. ...
SVB heading for £33m loss
Managing agency SVB Syndicates, part of SVB Holdings will next week detail a deterioration in its fo...
Tribunals on trial.
The long-awaited review of the tribunal process by Sir Andrew Leggatt recommends widespread reform o...
Pinnacle goes direct.
Creditor and warranty provider Pinnacle Insurance has announced its entry into the direct personal l...
Asylum seeker cover for Homelet.
Groupama will offer cover to landlords, who accept asylum seekers and are insured by tenancy scheme ...
Lloyd's shakes off negative view.
Lloyd's has welcomed ratings agency AM Best's decision to reaffirm its A rating and remove the negati...
Insurer set to pay West Ham Football Club.
The Football Association's insurer, through broker SBJ Stephenson, is set to pay West Ham Football C...
Appointment at General Insurance Standards Council.
Tony Tudor has become head of enforcement at the General Insurance Standards Council. He has been a ...
Have you ever bought insurance over the internet?
In a new regular column, Post Magazine's panel of industry experts are asked to give their view on a...
A WISe net move.
The WISe Trusted Trading system will be hosted by bis-internet.co.uk from 25 August, following the de...
Appointment at Trenwick International.
London-based Trenwick International has promoted Paul Tester to the position of executive vice presi...