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Appointment at RK Harrison
RK Harrison has recruited Joanna Miller as marketing manager in its Chester office. Ms Miller joins ...
Key concerns facing industry
The need to cut costs and address skills shortages were cited as the two main drivers for outsourcin...
Gordon McFarland outlines key issues in managing supply chain
Gordon McFarland, partner, Accenture, said the key issue in managing the supply chain is ensuring th...
Allianz Cornhill completes market data analysis project
Allianz Cornhill has completed a market data analysis project for its Cornhill Direct operation, wit...
Allianz denies Trafalgar to close
Allianz Cornhill has denied it is seeking to wind-up its underwriting subsidiary Trafalgar, despite ...
Asda signs deal with Allianz Cornhill
Superstore giant Asda has signed a major affinity deal with a second UK general insurer, Allianz Cor...
Brand extension
Zarin Patel, head of revenue management, BBC TV Licensing, outlined how the BBC had expanded its bra...
Food industry in line for better rates
Next month should see the food industry move a step closer to preferential property insurance rates ...
Appointment at Loss Recovery Group
Frazer Dewey, former distribution manager of the AIG Private Client Group, has been appointed as the...
No jobs safe, warns Amicus
Offshoring to India took centre-stage at last week's Post Magazine management briefing on outsourcing, as Anthony Gould reports
Irish firm in Gibraltar move
Irish wholesale underwriting agency ARB has become the latest company to set up in Gibraltar with th...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance
Fusion Insurance has recruited Stuart Rouse as finance director to be based in London. He is a chart...
What the papers said this week
THE TIMES Royal & Sun Alliance is looking to raise as much as £600m from the sale of its closed lif...
Appointment at Ascot Underwriting
Lloyd's managing agent Ascot Underwriting, whose Syndicate 1414 is backed by AIG, has appointed Torq...
Scheme to cap outsourcing
The trend of insurers outsourcing jobs overseas is unlikely to accelerate due to moves outlined in t...
Appointment at Keelan Westall
Bordon-based Keelan Westall has promoted David Gayton to sales and agency manager. He joined the com...
Picture perfect
Insurer Hiscox is sponsoring the Quentin Blake Gallery of Illustration Exhibition, which is being he...
Gender: insurers fight ban
John Greenway MP has called on insurers to get behind the Association of British Insurers and lobby ...
Tribune may be hit with police action
The collapse of Edinburgh-based underwriting agency Tribune Risk & Insurance Services has left a tra...
GISC takes out intervention order
The Enforcement Committee of the General Insurance Standards Council has taken out an intervention o...
Broker network merger mooted
Irish intermediary network Source Brokers and UK-based Midland Broker Alliance have signed a referra...
Windsor reports increase in pre-tax profit
Listed broker Windsor has reported a 21% increase in pre-tax profit to £4.04m for the 12 months ende...
The St Paul restructures professional indemnity team
The St Paul has restructured its UK professional indemnity team and rebranded it as St Paul Professi...
Zurich to outsource IT staff to IBM
Zurich Financial Services is transferring 164 IT staff to IBM as part of a global outsourcing deal a...