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Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be invited to an annual broker networking dinner last week in Oxfordshire wit...
FSA warns of crackdown over small firms' TCF
The regulator will contact all small general insurance firms in the next few years after it found so...
Expansion plans for Direct
Insurance services provider Direct Group says it is hoping to build on its recent £40m management bu...
Appointment at Kyle Insurance
Julie Swan has joined Kyle Insurance Brokers. Previously Ms Swan was part of the liability and contr...
FSA commission plans slammed as 'lunacy'
Three possible models for introducing commission disclosure have been laid out by the regulator, Pos...
Pandemic "overdue"
The insurance industry must take a leadership role to prevent the global economy going into meltdown...
Appointment at Polaris
Polaris has appointed Mark Cliff as chairman. Currently managing director, markets, at Axa, he will ...
Appointment at Phoenix Liability
Phoenix Liability Services has appointed Allan Casey as a senior adjuster, initially to be based at ...
Appointment at Novae
Novae Insurance has appointed Jonathan Morgan as unit head of its regional financial lines division ...
Brit appoints Grant
Brit will be looking to strengthen its personal lines and small business products by focusing on ele...
AI appoints vehicle head
AI Claims Solutions has appointed Andy Crinson as head of vehicle supply. Mr Crinson has worked in v...
Appointment at Amicus
Amicus Legal has recruited Andy Tomkins to the new position of general manager in its before-the-eve...
The indie trial sketch: from southwark crown court
With a verdict expected from the third week of October, The Independent Trial should stop just short...
Erinaceous profits fall
Erinaceous Insurance Services' profits fell £3.2m to £4.9m compared with the same period last year, ...
IFB hails progress while Axa woos MPs on fraud
Axa has called on the government to increase its commitment to tackling fraud, despite industry boss...
Appointment at Tokyo Marine
Chris Killourhy has joined Tokyo Marine's finance department in the London office as actuarial manag...
RSA outlines Latin American and Far East expansion plan
Royal and Sun Alliance has revealed plans to roll out its Global Risk Solutions proposition for larg...
New Aon regional heads
Aon in Birmingham has appointed Simon Baker as branch director and former Footman James commercial d...
NIRCA: contractors shortage was avoidable
Restrictive supply-chain strategies are causing delays to flood-damaged property repairs, according ...
Appointment at Arista
Arista Insurance has appointed Sian Rolfe, Andy Mayers and Richard Clarke to its underwriting team i...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz global corporate and specialty has appointed Gordon Steward as head of broker relations and ...
Giant to broaden product expansion horizons
Giant Insurance has held talks with a number of insurers as part of a product expansion, despite the...
NU marketing team faces heavy job losses
Norwich Union is to reduce its marketing team by 140 as part of a cost cutting exercise. The cuts w...
Giles mulls Heath swoop
Consolidator Giles is understood to be weighing up a move for Heath Lambert. Heath has rekindled ma...