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IFB ready to take fraud battle inside
The Insurance Fraud Bureau has confirmed an expansion of its remit is on the cards, following concer...
Willis extends CEO reign
Willis has extended the employment agreement with its chairman and chief executive Joseph Plumeri (p...
SBJ Group receives formal buy-out offer
Axa has made a formal offer to buy broking group SBJ, which it intends to run alongside its other in...
Giles seeks talks with Oval, Jelf and Heath
Giles chief executive Chris Giles has reiterated his desire to talk to the major consolidators and b...
Axa faces Biba's wrath after "bully boy tactics"
Axa has come under the scrutiny of the British Insurance Brokers' Association for a second time in s...
Northern Rock turns to brokers to sort D&O claims quagmire
Northern Rock has enlisted the help of brokers Lockton and Smart and Cook in a bid to resolve its co...
Appointment at JLT
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed Paul Welling as chairman of its real estate team. Mr Welling ha...
Tradex buys Westminster after Santam steps down
Tradex has acquired taxi specialist Westminster after its previous owner, Santam pulled out of the E...
Appointment at Towers Perrin
Professional services firm Towers Perrin has hired Paul McCarter as managing director of claims, and...
Earthquake claims set to cost insurers £30m
Insurers face claims of tens of millions of pounds after the biggest earthquake in a quarter of a ce...
Equity in SME branch push
Motor insurance specialist Equity is poised to open a raft of regional satellite underwriting office...
Hiscox weathers storm
Hiscox has reported profit before tax of £237.2m (2006: £201.1m) on gross written premium of £1.2bn ...
Appointment at ISS Damage Control
Disaster recovery specialist ISS Damage Control has appointed John Heaton as project manager in its ...
Top 10 web stories
The top 10 most popular stories on postonline.co.uk over the last week were: 1. Royal and Sun Allia...
Axa heralds Swiftcover contribution
Axa has admitted it endured a "tough" 2007 in the UK general insurance and health markets, driven by...
What the papers said this week
International Herald Tribune Warren Buffett has said he will no longer offer to guarantee $800bn (£...
Looking Back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Chaucer closes syndicate
Chaucer has reached an agreement with Heritage Managing Agency to close syndicate 1245 into Chaucer ...
Allianz pre-empts personal injury reforms
Allianz is to pilot changes to the way it processes low-value personal injury claims ahead of antici...
Kaupthing claims 'high level of interest' in PF business
Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander has put its premium finance subsidiary and entire asset finance di...
Appointment at RK Harrison
RK Harrison has appointed Owen Davies as a London market corporate broker. Mr Davies will be concent...
Appointment at Corpore
Corpore has expanded its client relationship team with two new appointments. Heather Gear joins as c...
Helphire shares hit as it signs insurer deals
Credit hire company Helphire says relationships with insurers have improved over the past five years...
Appointment at Claims People
Loss adjusting group Claims People has promoted Gordon Vater to the group's main board as an executi...