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Biba: Arista opens door wider to online trading for independent brokers
Commercial lines underwriter Arista has announced on the first day of the British Insurance Brokers' Association 2008 conference that its doors are now open for the first time to a wider range of independent UK brokers looking to trade online.
Brit Insurance in £150m revolving credit facility deal with RBS
Brit Insurance Holdings PLC, the major UK-domiciled general insurance and reinsurance group, has agreed a five-year syndicated £150million Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) led by The Royal Bank of Scotland ("RBS") to help grow its business operations.
Axa Art renews with international art shows Art Basel and Art Basal Miami
Axa Art has renewed and extended its partnership relationship with the international art shows, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach. Under this expanded agreement, Axa Art will serve as associate sponsor, exclusive art insurance partner and official…
Glacier Insurance makes senior appointments
Glacier Insurance has appointed Eddie Harte as operations and finance manager and Pascal Gabathuler as risk manager. Both will be based in Glacier Insurance’s headquarters in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Brit Insurance to sponsor Sky Sports test cricket
Brit Insurance will be the broadcast sponsor of Sky Sports’ test match cricket coverage for the next two summers, including 2009’s hotly anticipated Ashes series.
BIBA calls for market solution for commission disclosure
At its annual conference in Glasgow, the British Insurance Brokers’ Association has called on the industry to support a market solution to resolve the Financial Services Authority’s issue on transparency, disclosure and conflicts of interest in the…
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
CII accredits broker clinic
Open GI product clinics and Countrywide broker Clinics have been accredited by the Chartered Insuran...
Darwin Rhodes gains £5m growth injection
Specialist insurance and financial services recruitment firm Darwin Rhodes has been given access to ...
Pick of the Week
Post online and supplements editor Stephanie Denton looks at the week's major general insurance news ...
McMahon joins Taylor
London-based loss adjuster Charles Taylor has appointed Joe McMahon as its new chairman. Mr McMahon ...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Disclosure: a 'necessary step'
Commission disclosure is both "desirable" and a "necessary step" according to Martin Hudson, UK chie...
Appointment at Accident Exchange
Accident Exchange has appointed Nick Williams to account director within the firm's insurance divisi...
Rights case settled early
A severely disabled child has lost an appeal after claiming his human rights were breached by the al...
Aon regional promotions
Aon has promoted Jane Kielty and Lisa Bartlett to the roles of branch director in Manchester and Bir...
Aviva delays offshore decision
Aviva has admitted it is still considering whether to transfer two offshore centres into its global ...
Mutual judgment leaves both claiming win
Both sides are claiming victory in a landmark High Court ruling centred on local authorities' right ...
RBS resigned to sale
Major shareholders of the Royal Bank of Scotland are said to be resigned to the sale of the bank's i...
Brokers get personal
Despite the alleged demise of personal lines brokers over the last decade, the sector is set for a c...
Telematics nets stolen cars
ALD Automotive's in-car telematics system has helped police recover £500,000 worth of stolen cars. M...
Towergate acquires again, but calls off Sterling talks
Towergate has agreed its first deal since calling off talks with private equity house Candover in Ap...
Kerry London opts for hires over expensive acquisitions
Kerry London has revealed it is in the market for new teams, after describing its acquisition target...
Appointment at RGL
Specialist forensic accounts and consultants RGL has promoted Justin Crick and Kevin Harding, based ...