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Zurich boss defects to RSA
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group has appointed Timothy Mitchell to its group executive committ...
Needham made a partner
Accountant CLB Littlejohn Frazer has promoted John Needham to partner, bringing the number of partne...
Primary will widen its insurance panel
Primary General chairman Jonathan Davey has confirmed that he expects it to work with new insurers d...
Appointment at Association of Average Adjusters
Richard Cornah, chairman of Richards Hogg Lindley, has been elected chairman of the Association of A...
Appointment at Ultimate Risk Solutions
Ultimate Risk Solutions has appointed Chuck Thayer as managing director, North America. Mr Thayer ha...
F1 hero Hamilton's win bonuses insured
The surprise success of rookie Lewis Hamilton has had London's contingency market buzzing all week a...
David W King in FSA ban
The Financial Services Authority has banned David William King from managing, controlling or having ...
Transparency troubles
Broker remuneration and transparency still concerns risk managers, according to an interactive surve...
Former Axa boss joins Broker Network to start new arm
The former boss of Axa's commercial direct arm has joined Broker Network with the aim of setting up ...
Miles Smith highlights pitfalls of QBE asbestos policy
Broker Miles Smith has hit out at QBE's asbestos policy wording in a document sent to its sub-broker...
Claims Direct to relaunch
The Claims Direct brand is set for a multi-million-pound relaunch. The business was bought in 2003 b...
Transfer agency expands
Insurance call transfer agency Call Connection has signed five new customers - Avis Insurance, Footm...
Arista hires new heads
Commercial lines underwriting operation Arista has this week appointed Gregor Elrick as head of prop...
Cobra vows independence as it readies float
Cobra has confirmed it will shortly acquire three new brokers as the consolidator readies its float ...
Appointment at Aegis
Aegis London has appointed David Croom-Johnson as active underwriter of Syndicate 1225. Mr Croom-Joh...
Insurers near breakthrough in battle against whiplash fraud
Thatcham expects to produce "court admissible" whiplash research to help insurers fend off fraudulen...
Pubs and bars warned
UK pubs and wine bars need to be careful that they do not over-serve drunk customers, as the increas...
Appointment at Miller
Miller has announced that Greg Collins has been appointed as a board director of Miller Insurance Se...
Allianz and Fortis run pilots
Allianz Insurance and Fortis have agreed to pilot the Inter Resolve Bodily Injury Claims Scheme. Th...
UIB man to race at Le Mans
Broker UIB is sponsoring one of its staff, Keith Lakem, in his quest to complete the Le Mans 24-Hour...
Appointment at Kynixa
Julie Holmes has been appointed operations manager at rehabilitation services provider, Kynixa, with...
Hit and run case unlikely to open claims floodgates
A high court decision allowing a hit and run victim to claim compensation 14 years after the inciden...
Zurich in Park Home deal
Zurich has become the sole underwriter to East Sussex-based Park Home Insurance Services, signing a ...
ASL appoints director
Helen Watts has been appointed a director of specialist financial risk and professional indemnity lo...