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Allianz steps up recycled parts strategy
Allianz Cornhill is looking to expand its network of recycled parts distributors in a bid to realise...
Appointment at Provident
Provident Insurance has appointed Mike Smith to the position of director of sales. Mr Smith was prev...
May asbestos seminar
Lovells and Insolutions, Marsh's legacy research company, are planning a high-profile seminar design...
Catlin reinsurance bid
Catlin Group has declared it is one of the inaugural participants in Lloyd's new Chinese reinsurance...
Argenta boosts claims team
Argenta Syndicate Management has announced that David Williams is to join the company as head of cla...
Acumus system spend
Underwriter Acumus has announced a £500,000 systems investment aimed at ensuring contract certainty ...
Primary sets sights on sale of PMI arm
Primary Group is believed to have invited bids for its £30m international private medical insurance ...
Stable outlook for France
Moody's has maintained a stable outlook on the French non-life insurance industry in its latest repo...
Mastek heads to India
Mastek, the global software solutions and applications development specialist, has revealed plans to...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny is a keen watcher of the markets, and anyone that says there is no money in insurance is a mug...
Underwrite the future: Carbon offset
As part of Post's Underwrite the Future campaign, we asked Hardy Underwriting to explain why it has embraced carbon offsetting and how it went about it
This is the week that was
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post runs through this week’s major news stories from tomorrow's issue: UK insurers fearful over terror pool proposals; Primary sets sights on sale of subsidiary; Layton Blackham hands Norwich Union 40% to claim…
RSA bosses in share windfall
Royal and Sun Alliance has awarded group chief executive Andy Haste shares under the firm's incentive plan worth in excess of £1.1m. The news comes as the group awarded a string of board directors including UK chief executive Bridget Mcintyre with shares…
Sterling wins PPI and GAP contract with Fiat dealerships
Sterling Insurance Group has been selected by Fiat Auto Financial Services as the sole provider of its payment protection and guaranteed asset protection products across the Fiat and Alfa Romeo dealer network.
Sterling selected as provider of Payment Protection to Fiat
Sterling Insurance has launched with Fiat Auto Financial Services as the sole provider of their payment protection and Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) products across the Fiat and Alfa Romeo dealer network.
Axa reveals cost of recent broker buys
Axa has revealed that the final cost of Layton Blackham, Stuart Alexander and Swiftcover could reach £328.5m.
Iraq images and foiled attacks fuel demand for terrorism insurance
A combination of increased capacity, more predictable premium rates and innovative programme design is creating steady growth in the take up of stand-alone terrorism insurance, according to Aon’s latest ‘Stand-alone terrorism market update’.
RSA hires C&W for five year comms network contract
Royal and Sun Alliance has awarded Cable & Wireless a five-year multi-million pound contract for network outsource and a transformed hosted IP infrastructure.
Cooper Gay invests in Argentine operation
Cooper Gay has taken a shareholding in Reinsurance.com.ar, a reinsurance broker based in Miami and Buenos Aires. Guillermo Pastore, an experienced market practitioner with more than 20 years insurance and reinsurance experience, is CEO of the operation.
Arch Re sets up property Fac unit
Bermudian reinsurer Arch Re has announced the establishment of a new underwriting subsidiary, Arch Re Facultative Underwriters Inc.
Demand for stand-alone terrorism insurance continues to grow
A combination of increased capacity, more predictable premium rates and innovative programme design is creating steady growth in the take up of stand-alone terrorism insurance, according to Aon’s latest ‘Stand-alone terrorism market update’.
April's PB mid month bulletin
For an interview with Ashley Canning, managing director of Keelan Westall and all the latest news, see April's PB Electronic, Professional Broking's mid month bulletin, at: www.incisivemedia.com/probroking/electronic/April2007_bulletin.pdf
Bathurst made Argenta CEO
Lloyd's managing agent Argenta has made its second high profile appointment in a week, announcing Andrew Bathurst will be joining as chief executive officer.
Glencairn and Park London merge accounts
Glencairn and Park London today announced the completion of a transfer agreement under which the majority of Park London’s insurance and reinsurance accounts move to Glencairn.