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What the papers said this week
Irish Independent Insurance company Quinn Direct will not have to pay back a EUR25 (£17) charge i...
Broker Gallagher joins race to capitalise on Chinese boom
Gallagher Global Risks has become the latest broker to respond to the flight of Lloyd's insurers to ...
Appointment at Zurich
Hugh Graham has been promoted to the newly created position of managing director, banking, and will ...
Appointment at Allianz
Neil Brettell has joined Allianz's personal lines division. In his new role as commercial director, ...
Sagicor to target SMEs following Lloyd's boost
Caribbean insurance giant Sagicor has said that it plans to raise the capacity of its recently acqui...
Your Health Plus lifeline
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has announced it is stepping in to help customers of Your...
Appointment at Markel
Markel International has appointed Peter Phillips to the position of managing director of its Singap...
Howden liability addition
Howden is looking to enhance its capabilities in general liability, with the appointment of Greg Fer...
Penny Black's insurance week
It seems election fever was more widespread than we thought last week. When Penny put in a call to J...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Jill Husbands as Bermuda head of office for its captive management operations. M...
Capita weighs up options as Towergate deal stalls
Capita Legal Expenses faces an uncertain future after Towergate finally called off its year long pur...
Equity snaps up Castle
Equity Insurance Group has purchased Norwich-based personal lines and commercial broker, Castle Insu...
EMR plans marketing push
EMR Europe is poised to begin marketing its claims and healthcare outsourcing packages to the insura...
RSA mulls appeal after losing car hire case
Royal and Sun Alliance is considering appealing against a court decision that could see a £610 dispu...
Inter Resolve claims launch
Inter Resolve has launched its Legacy Claims Scheme, a telephone mediation service to assist insurer...
Appointment at Clear Technology
Tim Crossley will join Clear Technology as the company's director of sales, Europe. He has more than...
Independent sketch: from southwark crown court
By the end of this week, the 11 jurors hearing the trial of Michael Bright, Philip Condon and Dennis...
Lloyds TSB relaunches Screen Trade in motor push
Lloyds TSB is poised to become the first bank to launch its own wholly owned aggregator site, using ...
Syndicate gains approval
Antares Syndicate 1274, backed by the newly formed Bermudian-based Antares Holdings, has obtained ap...
Arista regional manager
Arista Insurance has appointed Andy Saxon as regional underwriting manager at the company's Bristol ...
Appointment at Ace
Ace has promoted Wayne Harrington to environmental risk manager for UK and Ireland and appointed Iai...
Iberian Claims gets Spanish motor green light
UK-owned Iberian Claims Service has been granted green card status allowing it to act as a claims re...
RBSI defends fraud security
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has said some insurers are facing problems with online fraud, but t...
Future of fraud revealed
A report predicting future developments within insurance fraud has been published by law firm Keoghs...