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Premium Credit secures deal with Biba
Premium Credit has secured a further three-year deal with the British Insurance Brokers' Association...
Primary Broker Services adds to its Scottish team
Primary Broker Services has added to its Scottish underwriting team with the appointment of Roy Evan...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
The board of Heath Lambert Group has promoted Nigel Thomas to group finance director. Mr Thomas has ...
Claim Watch appoints Gary Brench
Claim Watch has appointed Gary Brench, formerly MMA Insurance's chief engineer, to support its work ...
Brit waiting on UK market to harden
Insurer Brit plans to consolidate its UK underwriting centres and put growth on pause, despite this ...
Farr hit by soft rates
Property services company Erinaceous Group, which owns broker Farr, reported modest organic growth d...
Interest leads to roll out
A consultancy of former general insurance claims managers is launching a reporting tool it claims ca...
Allianz shrugs off personal decline
Allianz Cornhill has put its poor performance in the personal lines market - when compared to its pe...
Chaucer Holdings reports pre-tax profit
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer Holdings reported a 2005 pre-tax profit of £11.9m, down from £33.0m in 2004,...
NU parent could be targeted if Pru bid fails
Norwich Union parent Aviva has drawn attention to its geographic weaknesses and could find itself a ...
Appointment at Marsh
Kathy Duggan has been made national operations leader within the corporate client practice at Marsh,...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has made two claims negotiator appointments to its claims team in London: Ian Jolly...
Internet brands bid for insurance space
The entry of internet affinity brands into the personal lines market is spearheading structural chan...
Appointment at Quest Partnership
Mark Gately has become managing associate partner at Quest Partnership. Mr Gately has headed the fir...
The FSA will speed up process of authorising new insurers
The Financial Services Authority has said it will speed up the process of authorising new insurers i...
What the papers said this week
The Sunday Times Millionaire businessman Johan Eliasch has bought a 400,000-acre plot in the heart ...
Appointment at Cooper Gay and Cashman
Cooper Gay and Cashman (Minneapolis) and Cooper Gay Group (London) has appointed Teresa Finkes as a ...
The Biba will launch UK-wide disaster recovery solution
The British Insurance Brokers' Association will launch a UK-wide disaster recovery solution for brok...
Tupe changes could bring difficulties
Insurers changing their service providers could be forced to retain the previous provider's workforc...
Gary Hyndman - 3 May 1982 - 20 March 2006
It is with great regret that we have to report that Gary Hyndman, reporter on Insurance Age, passed ...
Royal and Sun Alliance hires Ian Thompson
Royal and Sun Alliance has hired Ian Thompson to the role of head of motor operations, claims servic...
Appointment at Kynixa
Kynixa has made Louise Joyce and Debbie Holm case managers in its Leeds office. Ms Joyce joins from ...
JLT boss leaves in shake-up
Paul Maynard, a director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Risk Solutions, has become the first high-profile...
Legal and General sees profits fall
Legal and General saw its general insurance combined ratio drop seven points to 101% in 2005, as its...