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Appointment at Allianz Global Risks
Allianz Global Risks has appointed Nick Bush as its senior engineering underwriter. In his new role,...
Swiss Re Life & Health signs agreement
Swiss Re Life & Health has signed a 10-year business process outsourcing agreement with Computer Sci...
Crawford secures Axa panel place
Loss adjuster Crawford has won out following Axa's long-awaited announcement of the results of its l...
Properties managed by local authorities at increased risk from subsidence
Properties managed by local authorities are at increased risk from subsidence, according to Zurich M...
Legal move may spark others
Insurance law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has acquired the property insurance litigation practi...
Appointment at CDL
Former Peoples Choice chief executive David Pearce has joined CDL on a consultancy basis to help the...
Appointment at Catlin Underwriting Agencies
Catlin Underwriting Agencies, which manages Syndicate 2003 at Lloyd's and underwrites on behalf of t...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph MBNA, the US credit card giant, is the leading bidder to buy Premium Credit, fo...
Appointment at Navigant Consulting
Navigant Consulting (UK) has appointed Colin Smith and Gary Izatt to launch its compliance assessmen...
Appointment at St Paul
Bruno Schuoler has become special risks underwriter within the kidnap and ransom team at Cassidy Dav...
Appointment at The Revival Company
Fire and flood restoration specialist The Revival Company has recruited three new staff to coincide ...
Appointment at Homeowners
Friendly society Homeowners has made Chris Lazenby operations director. Mr Lazenby will lead the com...
Terror threat may affect aviation rates
Insurers appear likely to avoid exposure to claims arising from recent and expected future flight de...
Cox Insurance's broking division buys book of motor business
Cox Insurance's broking division has bought a book of rural/commercial motor business from Marsh's p...
Appointment at Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland Commercial Insurance, part of Halifax General Insurance, has made Peter Thompson he...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
Kate Penrose has joined intermediary-only insurer MMA as marketing strategy and planning manager. He...
Folgate acquires insurance portfolio of Markfield Group
Folgate has acquired the insurance portfolio of West Midlands-based Markfield Group, a subsidiary of...
Reinsurers hold back on third party caps
Reinsurers have not carried through with their threat to impose caps on motor third party liability ...
Global aviation sector suffered 17 total losses in 2003
The global aviation sector suffered 17 total losses in 2003, according to claims specialist Airclaim...
Sandy Leitch to leave Zurich next spring
Sandy Leitch, chief executive of Zurich's operations in the UK, Ireland, South Africa and the Asia P...
Insurers pass the buck over criticism
The Audatex advisory board has side-stepped accusations that the body repair estimating system provi...
Budget to recruit 200 for African office
Broking group Budget is opening a 200-seat contact centre in Cape Town to accommodate ambitious grow...
FSCS faces £60m in extra payouts
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme could face £60m in extra payouts relating to the collapse...
Arthur J Gallagher & Co acquires Connor Hale Kerslake
US broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Lloyd's broker Connor Hale Kerslake for an undisclose...