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Mind the skills gap
The Leitch Report exposed some glaring problems with skills shortage in the UK, as Norrie Erwin reports
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post provides a run down of the major news stories in this week’s i...
Fund dispute settlement
Broker Benfield and Aon this week announced that they had reached a conclusion with Lloyd's in relat...
Appointment at JDC Consultants
JDC Consultants has made two appointments to its team. Michael Kelly has joined as manager, special ...
Independent trial: sketch from Southwark crown court
The trial of Independent Insurance's three former directors has seen the prosecution call its first witnesses, with former assistant general manager Stuart Pettet spending four days at the stand. Former assistant general manager for the regions Michael…
Arc offers tax protection
Arc Legal Assistance has launched its first tax protection scheme for the National Landlord Associat...
Oval in South-east push
Oval has acquired its first South-east broker in the hope of expanding its presence in the region. ...
Insurer worries rise over new stand-off
Tensions could be set to rise between credit hire firms and insurers, with a return to the legal sta...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has named Susan Stokes and Tom Sexton as co-leaders of its new dedicated renewable energy team...
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...