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Beazley to focus on risks
Beazley Group has established a new political and contingency division to focus on emerging markets....
Xbroker expands products
Moorhouse has added three new products to its online broker quotation platform Xbroker The new priva...
Axa combats non-disclosure
Axa Protection is challenging non-disclosure clauses in the protection market with a new non-contest...
Appointment at Assurant Solutions Intermediary
Assurant Solutions Intermediary has appointed James Muller as its chief operating officer. In this n...
Appointment at Lockton
Lockton Re's London team has recruited Adam Sayers as head of US reinsurance and director Mark Trump...
Appointment at Blyth Valley
Blyth Valley has recruited three new people into its Ipswich-based team. Cheri Clough, previously fr...
RBSI household boss defects to Saga after six months
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has lost its household boss to Saga Insurance less than six months ...
Aviva flood update
Aviva has given an update on its 2007 weather-related losses as it released its long savings figures...
Appointment at Concordia
Shun Chong has been appointed finance director of Concordia Consultancy. He has 10 years' experience...
Marsh Q4 profit drop
Marsh and McLennan Group has reported a sharp drop it in profit for the fourth quarter of 2007 to $8...
Big insurers worst at hitting medical payment deadlines
Treating customers fairly and insurer relationships with medical reporting organisations were discussed at the first claims Club meeting of 2008, as Jonathan Swift writes
Zurich's politics play
Zurich's emerging markets unit has announced it is boosting its political risk capacity to $125m (£6...
Post Claims Club - Advisory Board 2008
Chair: Anthony Gould, group editor in chief, Incisive Media Board: Steve Agutter, regional claims m...
ESR enters administration
Troubled Lloyd's broker ESR has gone into administration following a fraud investigation into its tr...
Allianz wins WPS contract
Allianz Commercial has been appointed as sole supplier for WPS Insurance Brokers' book of small busi...
Oxygen open Glasgow base
Oxygen Insurance Brokers' UK corporate risks practice has opened a new office in Glasgow. The existi...
Lockton makes SME pledge despite sale
Lockton has insisted it remains committed to the small to medium-sized enterprise market, despite Cu...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was impressed to hear a broker boss speak about a fellow intermediary boss' appearance last we...
Airmic satisfied with EU stance
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has said it is satisfied with the EU Commission's sta...
Towergate purchases broker
Towergate has continued its expansive growth strategy with the acquisition of £8m gross written prem...
Lloyd's' election results
Lord Levene has been re-appointed as Lloyd's chairman by its council and franchise board. Chaucer ch...
Australian giant looking for deals despite snub
Australian broking giant Oamps is hoping to significantly increase its presence in the UK market thr...
Meeting allows managers to debate topical issues
The packed Claims Club meeting allowed claims managers to debate a range of topical issues. The next...
Omega in takeover talks
Omega Insurance, has confirmed it is "in discussions with a number of parties who have expressed an ...