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Crawford in African push
Crawford & Company is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Associate Agreement with Toplis & Harding in Tanzania.
Peninsula joins imarket with law and health advice
imarket brokers can now offer employment law and health and safety advice to clients thanks to help from Peninsula Business Services.
Allianz set to expand broker training course
Allianz Cornhill is set to expand the offerings of its Key Partner programme in 2007, offering a pac...
CII to have new look in 2007
Proposals to make the Chartered Insurance Institute more transparent, representative and inclusive h...
Ask the expert - Are professional qualifications the way to get ahead in insurance?
If your prime concern is earning a good salary and putting yourself in a position where you can enha...
Team outperforms in student investor competition
The 'FTSE 5 Returns', a team of four school students from Ralph Thoresby High School in Leeds, outpe...
Pick of the Week
Anthony Gould, editor in chief, Post, runs through this week’s major news including a major new arson...
Appointment at AMG
AMG has appointed Caroline Ruane as a freelance consultant to handle its PR and media relations. Ms ...
Insurer disappointed with drug trial inquiry
Chubb insurance has reacted with disappointment to the recommendations of a high-profile investigati...
Allianz prepares for trial
The House of Lords Appeals Committee has refused Allianz Cornhill leave to appeal in the Flora V Wak...
IUA welcomes US reform
Efforts to reform US collateral rules have been welcomed by the International Underwriting Associati...
Mooooving on up
Farm Web has announced that it has renewed its agricultural insurance partnership with NIG for a fur...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich has made changes to its group executive committee, with the appointments of Patrick O'Sulliva...
Hiscox raids its rivals for Manchester push in 2007
Hiscox is set to open its Manchester office on 2 January next year, hiring a host of staff from riva...
Insurance is out of alignment
The positioning of environmental insurance as a casualty problem is out of kilter with where the tak...
IFB to tackle arson alongside fire service
The fire service and the Insurance Fraud Bureau are planning a crack down on the multi-million-pound...
Budget fears losing its competitive advantage
Personal lines intermediary Budget fears that it could be losing a competitive advantage if there ar...
Liberty reveals fall
Liberty Syndicates has revealed its capacity for the 2007 underwriting year will be £725m, down from...
Appointment at Ascot Underwriting
Ascot Underwriting has appointed Richard Dearlove, the former head of the British Secret Intelligenc...
Environmental question time
delegates took the opportunity to quiz the environmental liability experts on a range of specific st...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's arm sure hurts this week, with all the Christmas cards she has been sending out. She is alwa...
Costly UK legal system weakens clean-up law
The law regarding cleaning up contaminated land may have to be looked at seriously, as local authori...
Environmental insurance aids in M&A deals
Environmental insurance has improved significantly in recent years and can be instrumental in closin...
Market leaders hold talks over potential merger
The prospect of a merger between the UK's two largest premium finance providers moved a step closer ...