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Footman plots expanded panel
Specialist broker Footman James has said it is looking to expand its current panel of five insurers,...
Appointment at Towergate
David Bulmer has recently joined the team at Towergate London Market as area development manager for...
Appointment at Towry Law
Rupert Mclean has joined Towry Law to set up and manage the specialist area of financial and investm...
Brit Insurance achieves contract certainty
Brit Insurance has achieved contract certainty on more than 75% of its 1 January 2006 outwards reins...
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has appointed Steve Barton as deputy managing director within its marine and aviation div...
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Lorraine Savill as vice president for the private equity and mergers and acquisi...
Broker in text insurance launch
Norfolk-based broker Adrian Flux has set up a text message service for car insurance, following in t...
Fraud trial to end out of court
Willis and its fellow defendants in the controversial Pender Insurance fraud trial are likely to rea...
North of the Border - Claims Spotlight - Scotland - an increasingly good place to die
A good place to start our Scottish claims column is by highlighting the curious differences between ...
Appointment at Garwyn
Garwyn has appointed Chris Gibson as manager of its disease and illness unit in Harrogate. He has be...
Claimant lawyer network gives support to industry
A new UK-wide claimant lawyer network has announced its support for the industry's compensation prop...
ISS mulls trade sale for UK restoration arm
Scandanavian facilities giant ISS is exploring the option of streamlining one of the UK's largest di...
JLT Risk Solutions expands energy business unit
JLT Risk Solutions has expanded its energy business unit by 50%. The broker said it had grown from 3...
Appointment at Misys
Misys has appointed Hameed Alkhersan to the role of account manager, to support brokers in north Lon...
Lloyd's pulls out of redundant Kinnect
Lloyd's may never attempt to build its own electronic infrastructure again, after finally pulling th...
Claims firms must buy PI, warns Hunt
Claims management companies must buy professional indemnity insurance or not be allowed to practice,...
Capita confident about Digilog
Capita is set to promote Digilog heavily this year, having started a pilot to use the voice stress a...
Caravan Guard on lookout for new acquisition
Specialist broker Caravan Guard is on the acquisition path, following a deal last year to take on Ro...
Appointment at Howden
Lloyd's broker Howden has made Andy Bragoli group broking director. Tim Coles, chief executive offic...
Appointment at Bupa
Lee Lovett has been appointed to the role of head of risk and product management, Bupa Group Risk. M...
Beale and Company to open in Bristol
Law firm Beale and Company is opening an office in Bristol that will be led by a new partner: profes...
Integrity Claims Management joins with Assert Personal Injury Advisers
Two Yorkshire-based companies providing claims services to the broking sector have merged. Uninsured...
Heath Lambert releases market report
Broker Heath Lambert has released its annual insurance report, “State of the Market 2006: a view of the insurance landscape”. The report provides an overview of the key markets Heath Lambert operates in, analysing trends from the past year and…
Business 'needs to wake up' to flu pandemic
British business is not prepared for the implications of an influenza pandemic, according to speakers at conference hosted by broker Aon. The conference was held to discuss the UK’s state of preparedness for a major pandemic following recent news of bird…