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Wigan and Utmost united
Broker Smart and Cook has joined forces with Premiership club Wigan Athletic to create a bespoke pac...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has recruited Adrian Willmott as sales leader for its southern UK business. Based in the Readi...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey's construction division has recruited three new senior construction adjusters to ...
Air travel bond warning
The Government's decision to reform the air travel bond scheme will "have a grave impact on business...
ABI sets March 2008 date
The review of flood defence spending should begin immediately and be completed no later than March 2...
Assets may be seized
The Independent Trial: The verdict
Arch to pull plug on Biba travel scheme involvement
Arch Europe will stop acting as underwriter on the British Insurance Brokers' Association holiday tr...
Prime Minister Brown welcomes Indie verdict
The fallout from the Independent trial reached the House of Commons this afternoon with Labour MP Barry Gardiner raising the issue during Prime Minister's Question Time.
California inferno destroys thousands of properties
Wildfires that have destroyed thousands of properties and claimed at least three lives are continuing to ravage southern California.
Post pick of the week with special Indie Trial report
Post editor Jonathan Swift rounds up this week’s major news in the general insurance industry including an outside broadcast from Southwark Crown Court as the three Independent Insurance directors are sentenced and taken down. Other stories include:…
Zurich personal lines boss joins RBSI
RBS Insurance has unveiled its new Director of home underwriting, Martin Hall.
Go Compare welcomes clampdown on "fronting"
Aggregator Go Compare has welcomed the financial ombudsman’s efforts to raise awareness of the practice known as "fronting".
Indie Trial sketch: Dennis Lomas
Dennis Lomas was, according to the judge “well in the know,” contrary to what his defence tried to prove for the past five months. And consequently he will have to serve half of a four-year sentence in prison. Olivier C Laurent reports .
Indie Trial sketch: Philip Condon
Philip Condon, found guilty of only one charge of conspiracy to defraud, received the shortest sentence today when the judge sent him to prison for three years, writes Olivier C Laurent .
Indie Trial sketch: Michael Bright
A stony-faced Michael Bright learnt today that he would spend the next three and a half years of his life behind bars. The former Independent Insurance chairman and managing director was sentenced to seven years for fraudulent trading, the judge telling…
Firstassist appoints operations manager
FirstAssist Services appointed Yvonne McCallum as operations manager, rehabilitation and sickness absence management.
MIB police helpline gains national roll out
The Motor Insurers Bureau police helpline has been rolled out nationally 4 months ahead of schedule.
Indie bosses get 14 years
Former Independent Insurance chairman and managing director Michael Bright was sentenced to seven years for fraudulent trading at Southwark Crown Court this morning.
Chaucer hails Marsh appointment coup
Chaucer Syndicates has appointed Andrew Voke as head of marine, with responsibility for the continued development of the marine division of Chaucer Syndicate 1084.
Global insurance giant begins new CEO hunt
XL Capital has announced that Brian M. O’Hara, president and CEO of XL, has informed the board of directors of his decision to retire as President and CEO in mid-2008.
Indie: a potted history
The Serious Fraud Office has published its version of the collapse of Independent Insurance following today's guilty verdicts against the three former directors. It follows below:
Indie trial: SFO statement
In an official statement issued this afternoon, the Serious Fraud Office outlined the verdict in the trial of the three former directors of Independent Insurance.
Indie trial on film
>In the wake of today's verdict at Southwark Crown Court in the trial of the three former directors of Independent Insurance here is a small film. Watch it now
Integro boosts London operation with Willis swoop
Integro has appointed Guy Bessis as managing principal with the firm’s newly established international insurance and reinsurance unit in London. he has been charged with developing business from Continental Europe and South Africa and developing Integro…