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Island feels the heat
GAB Robins Channel Islands has been appointed by Norwich Union in connection with a fire that almost...
Broker Opus aims to increase revenue
Broker Opus is aiming to increase its revenue to £25m through several acquisitions. Opus currently h...
Penny Black's insurance week
Any illusion that business is anything other than war by another name was last week shattered - appr...
New predictable costs regime for RTA cases goes live this week
The new predictable costs regime for road traffic accident cases under £10,000 went live this week. ...
PlusOne Services develops business model
PlusOne Services, the administrative arm of underwriting agent Select & Protect and Hiscox Connect, ...
The Claims Event, 25 November
The Claims Event, in association with the Post Magazine Claims Club and supported by IBM, will addre...
Number of seriouslyy injured on UK roads has fallen
The number of people seriously injured on the UK's roads fell by 3% last year, according to new figu...
Zurich: end to personal lines cuts
Zurich Financial Services' staff rationalisation programme will not affect any more personal lines e...
Folgate to launch network contender
Folgate is due to go head to head with Mike Williams' and Bob Becketts' network start-up Total Broke...
Layton Blackham network to go live in December
Layton Blackham's proposed broker network could launch with as little as two out of the proposed 12 ...
Lloyd's set to reap rewards from global property buyer moves
Lloyd's could be one of the main beneficiaries if the warning contained in a new report on property ...
Stuart Harvey Insurance Brokers outsources call centre support
Stuart Harvey Insurance Brokers has outsourced call centre support for its Police Federation members...
Appointment at Marsh
Roger Egan has been appointed as president of broker Marsh. He joined Marsh in 1972 and headed the N...
Appointment at Helphire Group
Richard Arnott has been recruited as managing director of e-register, a subsidiary of the Helphire G...
Appointment at Carole Nash
Intermediary Carole Nash Insurance Consultants has recruited former Norwich Union motor schemes unde...
Fitch's RSA rating still negative after US court case
Rating agency Fitch has maintained its rating watch 'negative' on Royal & Sun Alliance's group entit...
Appointment at Aon Consulting
Ali Khan has joined Aon Consulting, the pensions, benefits and HR consulting firm, as head of its Ma...
Does IT have the answers?
Mandatory electronic reporting has been placed firmly on the regulatory agenda of the Financial Services Authority. But firms need not panic - Robert Gogel explains that additional compliance applications should not be required
EL next as CFA deal struck
Behind-the-scenes cross-industry talks addressing the high legal costs in employers' liability claim...
Gresham makes first of planned regional acquisitions
In the first stage of its plan to expand regionally through acquisitions, Gresham Insurance Brokers ...
Tories attacked over NHS plans
One of the country's leading private medical insurers has attacked the Conservative Party's plans to...
Insurers told to 'get their act together'
Insurers were told to "get their act together" by excluding pollution cover totally from general and...
New-look CFC to branch out
Lloyd's underwriting agency Click for Cover has changed its name to CFC and is branching out from it...
Directors lack grasp of business model
Current corporate governance priorities are right but only address about 10% of the issues that lead...