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Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed Paul White as head of liability team for the Americas. Mr White has 30 years' expe...
Ecclesiastical Brum move
Ecclesiastical is moving its Birmingham underwriting office to new premises and is planning refurbis...
RSA lays blame at Primary as underwriting deal sours
Royal and Sun Alliance had been trying to extricate itself from its deal with Primary General and Ru...
Sunk cargo ship litigation to begin
Insurers and underwriters are readying for litigation with the owners of the MSC Napoli in a bid to ...
Part 14 warning to insurers
Insurers must be cautious when admitting liability in pre-proceedings of claims following a new amen...
Appointment at Budget
Budget has appointed David Matthewman as IT Director. Mr Matthewman joins from Norwich and Peterboro...
Groupama joins Castle
Groupama Insurances has joined the home insurance panel of Castle Cover, the over-50s broker that la...
Appointment at Zurich
Arun Sinha has joined Zurich as group chief marketing and communications officer. Mr Sinha has serve...
Councils unite to threaten Zurich market supremacy
Zurich Municipal's monopoly of the market for district councils could be under threat, with a number...
Appointment at Mondial
Nick Crawford has been appointed as BMW outbound manager at Mondial UK. Mr Crawford's previous emplo...
Hill Dickinson moves team
Law firm Hill Dickinson is moving key members of its fraud and policy team to its Manchester practic...
Appointment at Kaupthing Singer And Friedlander
Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander has appointed Greg Patton as assistant director of marketing. Mr Pa...
JLT gears up for online growth after acquisition
JLT's £6.6m acquisition of Pavilion Insurance Network will provide the company with a bolt-on intern...
Arag chosen as provider
Broker2Broker has chosen Arag Legal Insurance to provide a range of commercial legal expenses produc...
Appointment at Towergate
David Perry is the new sales director for Towergate's retail broking division. Mr Perry was formerly...
Lloyd's widens focus after £3.62bn profit
Lloyd's has admitted frustration at failure to win more European business, despite reporting record ...
Appointment at Aegis
Aegis London has appointed Phil Lawson as non-marine property underwriter to underwrite primarily bi...
NU warns businesses about acetylene
Businesses should be aware of the hazards of working with acetylene and the importance of risk management when using such a flammable gas, Norwich Union has warned.
This is the week that was
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post Magazine runs through this week’s major news including: Axe hangs over jobs as NU changes household strategy; US insurer to buy UK commercial specialist; Royal & Sun Alliance lays blame at feed of Primary as…
SCOR improves 2006 performance, unveils “dynamic lift”
French reinsurer Scor has more than doubled net income after tax to €306m in 2006, running a non-life combined ratio of 96.4% on net written premiums that grew 16% to €2.6bn.
Brokers get FSCS levy break
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has set its initial levy for 2007/08 at £94.5m, including costs of compensation and management. This is £10m lower than the indicative levy announced when FSCS published its plan and budget in January.
IAG appoints Utley as UK CEO in broker integration move
Equity Insurance Groups' chief executive Neil Utley has been appointed group CEO of Insurance Australia Group's UK operations. He assumes overall management of Equity Insurance Group and Hastings Direct.
Biba rolls out crisis control scheme
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has rolled out a Crisis Control scheme to its members, which it claims will allow brokers to provide added value to commercial property accounts.
Paaleads.com launches into general insurance market
Leads distributor, paaleads.com, today announces its launch into the general insurance market.