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CII admits "caution" in 2009 after 7% jump in revenue
The Chartered Insurance Institute has reported a 7% growth in revenue to £30.3m (2007: £28.4m) and a 2% rise in membership to over 93 000 members in 2008. Operating surplus was £0.8m (2007: £0.6m) and the net surplus, after investment returns and…
Catlin unveils results of rights issue
Catlin Group has announced that under the terms of a 2 for 5 rights issue announced on 12 February 2009, valid acceptances have been received in respect of 98.68 per cent of the total number of new common shares offered to shareholders.
Abbey hails FSB deal as it sees profits jump 13%
Abbey Protection has announced a 13% growth in pre-tax profits to £8.3m on revenue up 11% to £30.3m in 2008.
Comic Relief campaign receives boost from the industry
Insurers and brokers across the country redoubled their efforts to raise money for this year's Comic...
Jelf awarded two stars from IIC for customer service
Jelf Group has been awarded two-star Investor in Customers status for its client service culture. Th...
Insurers buck the trend in 'dangerous decade'
Organisations across the insurance sector are bucking the national trend by preparing for disruption...
Platinum for Thatcham
Thatcham has received the platinum award for accumulating the highest number of 'skill miles' in the...
AMII makes changes
The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries has made a number of changes to its executive co...
Appointment at Weightmans
The head of Weightmans' London office and five more partners from its insurance division have joined...
Willis offers staff options
Aon and Marsh have claimed they have no current plans to replicate their major rival Willis' decisio...
Keeping it inside
Legal update: internal investigations
AICS to drop repairers
AI Claims Solutions is to cut a number of repairers from its network, in a drive to improve standard...
Care reform proposals
Greenwoods Solicitors have outlined proposals for reform of the provision and funding of long-term c...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has made two new appointments to its market relationship management team. Tracy Harrington h...
Aon calls for help from government
Aon has called on the government to do more to help the credit insurance industry by acting to help ...
Appointment at Whittington Group
Whittington Group has appointed Charlie Burgess as a member of the senior executive team to suppor...
Crack taskforce to battle uninsured drivers
Insurance industry trade bodies have taken a step forward in tackling uninsured drivers by joining f...
Appointment at Beazley
Beazley Group has promoted Patrick Hartigan to lead its reinsurance division with effect from 1 Au...
What the papers said this week
Scotsman Sir Fred Goodwin is still getting cheap RBS staff insurance to cover his fleet of moto...
Bluefin loses tribunal case
Bluefin Insurance Services has lost an employment tribunal against a former manager who accused the ...
Gas leak cancels CII dinner
The Chartered Insurance Institute's president's dinner had to be cancelled at the last minute follow...
Top 10 Post stories
The top 10 most popular stories on postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1. Willis boss Plumeri...
Double indemnity risk highlighted
Brokers that agree to double indemnity commission offers on insurers' home and contents books are at...
Most AIG employees return their bonuses
Three quarters of AIG's leading bonus recipients have returned their payments in full, following a b...