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FSA post-implementation review
The Financial Services Authority this week set out further details of its post-implementation review...
Towergate signs up senior staff for new division
Towergate has signed several senior staff to operate its new sales and service division, which will ...
Appointment at Keoghs
Keoghs has promoted Allison Carr to junior equity partner. She specialises in defendant litigation f...
RSA cool on targets as it slashes jobs
Royal and Sun Alliance has rounded on criticism that it did not give any mid-term premium targets af...
What the papers said this week
The Independent - Rumours have circulated surrounding a bid for Aviva by Italian insurer Generali. ...
Lloyd's obsession may see job cuts
London market brokers could face a further raft of job cuts because of Lloyd's obsession with global...
Appointment at Insurex Expo-Sure
Tunbridge-Wells-based specialist event insurance provider Insurex Expo-Sure has appointed Mark Trevo...
Appointment at Trustmark
Trustmark, the government-backed scheme to help people find reputable firms for household repairs, m...
Appointment at PBS Holdings
PBS Holdings has made Simon Taylor marketing director. Mr Taylor joins from Monument UK following a ...
Appointment at Sciemus
Simon Clapham has been recruited by Sciemus as director of insurance. Mr Clapham will be responsible...
Appointment at Arc Legal Assistance
Arc Legal Assistance has recruited Kirsty Gardiner as claims adviser and Zara Mayhew as administrati...
Motor rates may rise
Motor rates will have to rise if the insurance market is to avoid heavy losses, according to actuari...
Cullum Capital Ventures announces broker purchase
Recently launched acquisition vehicle Cullum Capital Ventures has announced its first broker purchas...
Appointment at Zenith Services UK
Tim Kemp has been recruited by Zenith Services UK as head of its motorcycle division. Mr Kemp will o...
Motor database updating confirmed
The government has confirmed the move to seven-day updating of the motor insurance database will kic...
Appointment at Henderson Insurance Brokers
Henderson Insurance Brokers has promoted finance director Steve Farrow and development director Paul...
Axa in Post Office tie-up
The Post Office has thrown down the gauntlet to its competitors by launching a new "aggressively pri...
Periodical compensation payments one year on
An insurance solicitor has given a cool report on periodical compensation payments, one year after t...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Mike Thomas and Kay Clancy have joined Brit Insurance as head of strategy and architecture, and head...
Appointment at Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes has made Simon Scholfield regional managing director responsible for expanding its ...
Willis to rank insurers on service and support
Broker Willis is launching the Willis Quality Index, an initiative to benchmark insurance carriers from the perspective of servicing and supporting clients’ needs.
Texan bid-rigging probes claim senior AWAC scalp
In an SEC filing, soon-to-float Bermudian (re)insurer AWAC has revealed that it has been involved in investigations into bid-rigging and inappropriate use of contingent commissions in the State of Texas and that it indefinitely suspended its chief…
Starr sues AIG
A company controlled by Maurice ‘Hank’ Greenberg, the former chairman and chief executive of the American International Group, is suing AIG, seeking access to documents it said might show mishandling of a $1.64bn legal settlement.
Periodical compensation payment take-up limited
A leading practitioner has given a cool report on periodical compensation payments one year after their introduction.