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FSA takes corrective action
The Financial Services Authority has taken corrective action against 130 firms, including a number o...
Allianz Cornhill Schemes secures business wins
Allianz Cornhill Schemes has secured two new business wins. The company, which provides insurance sc...
London Market moves closer to certainty
The London Market will finally have access to a guidebook on contract certainty this month. The Llo...
Aon looks to Malta to enhance captive share
Broking giant Aon has set its sights on Malta to boost its share of the captive market. Aon has pla...
Composites get solo FSA check-ups
Composite intermediaries will be spared a series of arduous compliance inspections, as they can expe...
Appointment at Royal and Sun Alliance
Royal and Sun Alliance has appointed Norwich Union's head of direct pricing, Nathan Williams, as und...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed Steve Whetter as claims director, based at the Cardiff service cent...
Appointment at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold has appointed James Pilgrim-Morris as special counsel in the firm...
Moderniser takes helm at Ecclesiastical
Steve Wood, the new general manager at Ecclesiastical Insurance's UK general insurance division, has...
Appointment at Aascent
Aascent has promoted Charles Lawrence to the position of new business development manager UK. Previo...
Appointment at CMGL
CMGL has appointed Andrew McNamee as client services manager. Mr McNamee will be responsible for the...
Events
19-20 September - Institute of Risk Management risk forum. Keele University, Tel: 020 7709 9808,...
AA in motor panel warning over changes
One of the UK's leading brokers has told insurers it will have to exclude them from its motor insura...
Travel insurance complaints rise again
'Cowboy' travel insurance providers are being driven out of the market following Financial Services ...
Stormy weather
Insurers and adjusters are counting the cost of the largest tropical storm to make landfall in the U...
Zurich delays SME model
Zurich has put back the implementation of the second stage of its small business model. The insurer...
Insure and Go add First Assist as assistance provider
Insure and Go has added First Assist as one of its travel insurance providers. The broker which uses...
Appointment at Universal Salvage
Universal Salvage is set to bid for more self-insured fleet business as part of a drive to boost its...
Illium and Great Lakes team up
Illium, the Lloyd's liability insurer, is expanding its capacity through a co-insurance arrangement ...
Rates crisis must be averted
Insurers must engage more with pharmaceutical firms to avert a rates crisis, it was claimed this wee...
Appointment at Connect Mi
Connect Mi has appointed Colin Towers as a director. Mr Towers has worked in several senior claims m...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical
Ecclesiastical has appointed Steve Wood as general manager of its UK general insurance division. Mr ...
NU targets new SME market for growth
Norwich Union has followed other insurers, entering micro-business healthcare. The NU medical insura...
Towergate Partnership to be formally created
The Towergate Partnership will be formally created at the end of October, after it received approval...