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Iprism snaps up MD from "jaws of competition"
Online underwriting agency Iprism has announced former AA Insurance head Kevin Sinclair will be its ...
Appointment at Aon
Ann Collins has joined the Aon Isle of Man board. She will be responsible for the day-to-day operati...
Cowling returns to broker
Heath Lambert has announced the re-appointment of Richard Cowling as chairman of the group's real es...
Loyal customers rewarded
Despite claims totalling more than £112m for last year's floods and storms, NFU Mutual has said it w...
PB magazine relaunch
Post's sister title Professional Broking, which provides business intelligence for broker managers, ...
Appointment at Aspen
Aspen Insurance Holdings has appointed Bernard de Haldevang to head its political risk insurance div...
Appointment at BGL Group
BGL Group has appointed two new directors and two associate directors. Denise Keating is group HR an...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Howden in med mal push
Independent Lloyd's broker Howden has announced it is building a new team in London to enhance its i...
Penny Black's insurance week
It would appear that Lloyd's and the London market may be in for a rocky 2008 if the superstitious u...
MP critical of industry's 'finicky' Buncefield response
The insurance industry has been heavily criticised for its handling of the Buncefield disaster by th...
APC looks to next level after Lloyd's deal
Commercial underwriting agency APC is targeting £30m premium income by 2010 after signing a "unique ...
Open GI to waive insurer fees
Towergate-owned software provider Open GI is understood to be offering insurers the opportunity to p...
What the papers said this week
Daily Telegraph Towergate Partnership is planning a £1bn refinancing of the business to help to f...
MDU partnership sealed
European reinsurer Scor has announced it has renewed its business relationship with the commercial a...
Poultry product launch
Liverpool-based broker Powell Insurance is adding voluntary slaughter cover to its range of products...
British Florist Association announces new insurance partnership
The British Florist Association has joined forces with Bridge Insurance Brokers to provide their existing FloriGuard insurance policy to its members.
CV Starr forms Bermuda and Lloyd’s sidecar
Starr Managing Agents (SMAL), part of specialty (re)insurer C.V. Starr, has announced a partnership with energy industry private equity firm First Reserve Corporation to form Lloyd's Syndicate 2243. The new syndicate will be part of Sideris Re, a new…
Former Gen Re Exec: Buffett knew about portfolio transfer deal
Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway, was informed of the no-risk loss portfolio transfer deal that prosecutors claim American International Group used to disguise the true nature of such loss reserves in 2000 and 2001, according to the interview…
Carmilani adds chairman to CEO and president roles
Bermuda-headquartered (re)insurer Allied World Assurance Company has announced that Scott Carmilani, its president and chief executive, has been appointed chairman of the board effective 1 January, 2008.
Scottish Re woes continue with de-listing threat
Troubled life reinsurer Scottish Re Group has announced that on 2 January, 2008 it was notified by the NYSE Regulator, that its share price had fallen a required thirty trading-day average closing stock price of over a dollar per ordinary share.
Online motor rates hardening for first time since 2005 claims report
Online comprehensive motor insurance premiums dipped slightly during quarter four in 2007, the first quarter to see a fall in the average price since 2005, according the latest motor insurance benchmark from Experian.
World riskiest for a decade says WEF report
Global think tank the World Economic Forum has released a report highlighting the need for new thinking and concerted action in a number of problem areas.
Oval reveals latest acquisition
Broking consolidator Oval has acquired Ipswich based broker AJ Cook – commonly known as Cooksheppardpinhey.