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Tiner to stand down
John Tiner, the chief executive officer of the Financial Services Authority intends to step down in ...
Primary General launched
PBS Holdings has unveiled the re-branding of its merged underwriting business this week. As reveale...
Appointment at Robertson and Co
Robertson and Co, the surveillance and investigation specialists, has announced the recruitment of P...
Foley joins Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical has appointed Ronan Foley as country manager for Ireland, based in Dublin. Mr Foley j...
Appointment at Buckley Scott
Chris Stevens has joined Buckley Scott as head of liability. He was previously with Cunningham Linds...
No blank cheque for spree warns Axa CEO
Axa UK's purchase and prospective merger of commercial brokers Layton Blackham and Stuart Alexander ...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Aborted swoop costs £1m
Helphire has admitted that aborted acquisition talks with rival Drive Assist cost it £1m last year. ...
FSA flags misleading ads
The Financial Services Authority has threatened regulatory action against insurance firms using pote...
Fraud Focus: Identity crisis
With notably little fanfare, the Home Office made a low-key announcement in December that it had scr...
Catlin staff retention ploy
Catlin has moved to retain its key underwriters by offering them bonuses based on the number of year...
Indie audit tribunal is expected by year-end
KPMG will face serious penalties if allegations that it failed to correctly audit Independent Insura...
Appointment at M4
M4 has appointed Kim Barnes as commercial underwriter. Ms Barnes has nearly 20 years' industry exper...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph Tesco has started selling medical insurance provided by Axa PPP healthcare. T...
Appointment at Beazley
Beazley has appointed Peter Jenkins and Marc Werblow to its underwriting team. Mr Jenkins brings a w...
Appointment at BMS
BMS has announced the appointment of Wayne Pyrtle as senior vice president. Mr Pyrtle has been in th...
IGI issues web products
IGI has joined the panel of new online commercial insurance portal, Broker 2 Broker, to provide a su...
RSA boss asks to meet minister over flood cuts
Royal and Sun Alliance's chief executive Bridget McIntyre is set to meet the minister for climate ch...
Alliance and Leicester motor market U-turn
Banking giant Alliance and Leicester has re-entered the motor market with a new partner, just a year...
Davies Liability NI move
Investigation and claims handling specialist Davies Liability has entered the Northern Ireland marke...
Appointment at Clausen Miller
Clausen Miller has recruited senior solicitor Celso de Azevedo to enhance its South American reinsur...
Mendelowitz leaves BLG
Reinsurance lawyer Michael Mendelowitz is leaving Barlow Lyde and Gilbert to head rival Norton Rose'...
MPs given hope over fraud priority
Organised fraud has taken a step closer to becoming a key performance indicator for the Police, Post...
Penny Black's insurance week
It would appear that recent talk of people leaving Catlin in the wake of its acquisition of Wellingt...