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Barclays unveils MD
Barclays has appointed Gary Duggan as managing director of UK consumer lending and insurance. Barcla...
Appointment at Ace
Ace Europe has announced changes to its continental European country management. Jeff Moghrabi has r...
Marsh loses defection case
Guy Carpenter has failed in its bid to sue three employees who defected from the company under US la...
Penny Black's insurance week
For five minutes or so this week, Penny was the invisible woman. Having been invited to join a press...
Appointment at Liberty
Sean Gilborson has joined the Bristol office of Liberty International Underwriters as regional under...
Oval buy sets stage for North-west growth
Oval will use its latest acquisition to target further companies in the North-west, after it bought ...
Independent trial: A sketch from southwark crown court
The trial lost its first juror this week, as the pressure of the ongoing hearing begins to take its toll on the parties involved. As Olivier C Laurent reports, the juror was sent home after Mr Justice Rivlin, the defence and prosecution all agreed that…
Support for new proposal
Commercial law firm Beachcroft has welcomed proposals made on Tuesday by the Law Commissions of Engl...
Appointment at Markerstudy
The Markerstudy group has appointed Peter Smith as schemes underwriting manager. As a former head of...
FSA advice for advisers
The FSA is offering free surgeries to financial advisers, mortgage intermediaries and general insura...
CCV trains its sights on £50m broker target
Cullum Capital Ventures' investment strategy will diversify this summer, with a deal five times larg...
Reforms are too cautious
Lloyd's has been too cautious with its latest reforms and should wield its stick further, the boss o...
Insurer loses settlement
Direct Line will foot the bill after a South-west legal firm obtained a settlement of more than £1m ...
Fortis seals travel cover deal
Fortis is planning to market stand-alone travel cover to up to 1.6 million Alliance and Leicester ac...
Appointment at Willis
Willis Energy has announced the recruitment of John Giblin and Gary Shmalenberger to its North Ameri...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Assurant completes mortgage intermediary buy out
Assurant Solutions will be focusing on organic growth after completing the acquisition of mortgage i...
Appointment at Sterling
David Sweeney has joined Sterling Insurance as director and head of the firm's personal lines divisi...
Equity buys Surrey broker
Equity Insurance Group has made its 17th regional purchase in the last 12 months by acquiring Cherts...
Shadow of fraud looms large on UK business
Nine out of 10 UK audit partners have witnessed some form of fraud at their audit clients over the p...
Director defects SSP as global strategy revealed
Software supplier SSP has issued a statement of intent to become a major global player, and is set t...
Cunningham flood HQ
The National Flood Forum has voiced its full support for Cunningham Lindsey's latest flood initiativ...
Allianz baulks at strip club scheme
Allianz has made a last minute decision to pull out of providing cover for a strip club insurance sc...
Tackling building dereliction
Norwich Union has welcomed the government's plans to tackle what it calls the 'deliberate derelictio...