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Appointment at Merlin
John Watson has joined Merlin Claims as director of contractor services. He has considerable exper...
Appointment at Towergate
Jim McAuslan has been appointed as account executive at Towergate in Aberdeen to help drive busine...
QBE hopeful of finding SME "panacea"
QBE is hopeful that by the beginning of 2010, brokers will be able to place most of their SME commer...
Appointment at Plum Underwriting
Plum Underwriting has appointed David Hole as claims manager. He has 25 years' industry experience...
O'Connor joins Ascot
Mike O'Connor has left RK Harrison to head up the terrorism and political violence team at Ascot. Mr...
First Assist acclaims £10m travel contract
First Assist Insurance Service is to provide travel insurance products to One Underwriting in a deal...
Evolution D&O launch
Underwriting agency Evolution Underwriting has launched a directors' and officers' package product, ...
New business wins
Questgates has scooped 34 new business wins across six of its service divisions in the last quarter....
BIA 2009 shortlist
The shortlist for this year's British Insurance Awards is now live at www.insuranceawards.com. ...
EU moots financial watchdogs
A set of European regulatory reforms recommending a new system of European Financial Supervisors cou...
Appointment at HSBC
HSBC has appointed Simon Hotchin as head of the insurance solutions group within debt capital mark...
Rates still falling
Insurance rates in the UK continued to fall, but at a slower rate, across all major lines of busines...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has appointed Ian Barnes to its terrorism and political risks team. He has insurance ex...
Primary to create £220m GWP MGA
The UK-based underwriting subsidiaries of the Primary Group plan to merge, creating a new business w...
EC crackdown
The European Commissioner for Competition said there will be crackdown on insurance block exemption ...
Appointment at Deloitte
Deloitte has appointed Solvency II specialist Annette Olesen as an insurance partner. Ms Olesen ha...
Judgment invokes hindsight
A judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal last week could be used by claimants as "a weapon in t...
Towergate in systems deal
Towergate has streamlined its claims process by signing a deal with Guidewire Software that will see...
Rok campaign for VAT cut gathers pace
Rok is to appeal to insurers to back a campaign calling on the government to cut the VAT rate on bui...
Aon warns of recession terror threats
Aon Crisis Management has warned a "new generation of terrorists" could be forming as a result of th...
OSG scoops up claims contract for Crossrail
OSG Miller International has won the contract to administer the small claims scheme for the multi-bi...
What the papers said this week
Daily Express Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager as part of an insurance scam, according ...
Towergate targets HNW as capacity deal is signed
Towergate is targeting the high-net-worth market after securing underwriting capacity from Sterling ...