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Princess Anne urges insurers to back Victim Support
Princess Anne, at a dinner hosted by RBS Insurance in London last week, urged insurers to back Victi...
Doctors' indemnity spat drags on
The Medical Defence Union has stepped up its campaign to have all doctors covered by an insurance-ba...
Appointment at Cassidy Davis
Cassidy Davis Syndicate 5820 at Lloyd's has made Stuart Newcombe senior personal accident underwrite...
Cooper Gay and Seacurus launch Crew Seacure
Intermediaries Cooper Gay and Seacurus have launched Crew Seacure, a new marine kidnap for ransom in...
Appointment at Coface
Coface UK has appointed Andrew Strong as senior commercial manager, credit insurance. He will head u...
Appointment at Highway
Alan Hickman has been promoted at Highway. Mr Hickman joined the company from Axa in 2001. After wor...
Appointment at Huntswood
Huntswood has appointed Dan Thomas as sales director. Mr Thomas will be responsible for supporting t...
Appointment at Financial Services Authority
The Financial Services Authority has appointed David Hall as the chairman of the board of the Financ...
SSP confirms heads of its four new divisions
Software house SSP this week confirmed who would head up its four new divisions. Intermediary servic...
Appointment at LCL Group
LCL Group has appointed Andrew Crouchman as group reinsurance director. Mr Crouchman joins from the ...
Broker launches new direct arm
Somerset-based broker Higos Insurance Services will make a push into the direct market later this ye...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mirror A drunk mum crashed a car carrying seven children after downing a pint of wine at a pa...
Appointment at GE Fleet Services
Steve Courtney has become business sales leader for GE commercial finance. Mr Courtney joins from Ll...
Crawford shake-up sees UK boss take wider role
Loss adjuster Crawford and Company has reorganised its global business infrastructure just weeks aft...
Settlement service launched
Claim Tracker, the start-up information technology service provider, has launched a 36-hour claims s...
IUA and Lloyd's approve of plan
The insurance sector has welcomed proposals to scrap a central approvals system for those working in...
FMG deal collapses as Vega moves on
Primary Group subsidiary Vega has pulled the plug on the deal to buy broker FM Green, according to s...
Appointment at Smart and Cook
Smart and Cook has made two account executive appointments. Don Gunning, formerly of HSBC, joins the...
RSA signs second supply chain deal
Royal and Sun Alliance has signed its second major household supply chain agreement with Co-operativ...
CMGL launches new business unit
CMGL has launched a new business unit specialising in the prevention, detection and investigation of...
Allianz positive over appeal
Allianz Cornhill is confident of winning the fight against last month's judgement linking a claims s...
Allianz boss admits there is no plan B
A leading insurance boss has claimed the commercial market has not changed since the Second World Wa...
Appointment at Misys
The Misys Countrywide network has recruited James Ball as countrywide fleet sales technician on its ...
Penny Black's insurance week
There are precious few celebrities in the industry, so imagine Penny's surprise when the name of one...