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Flood is insurable, says Swiss Re
At a briefing today at the reinsurance meeting in Baden-Baden Swiss Re maintained that floods are ins...
Folgate deal hits Broker Alliance
The Broker Alliance was dealt a further blow this week, when it lost another member Willett & Ross ...
David Bingham of IPRS facilitating a workshop.
David Bingham of IPRS (standing) facilitates a workshop on the cost benefits of rehabilitation for s...
Revving up the ULR market
Although the uninsured loss recovery market is ticking over nicely, many potential customers are failing to buy it as they are still unaware of its benefits. It is time brokers moved up a gear and steered ULR into the fast lane, says David Haynes.
Facing up to the branding question
Virgin's decision to finally launch its own brand general insurance products, (PM, 10 October, p1) ...
Former Marsh heads join broker
Former European and UK heads of Marsh Affinity have joined Lloyd's broker Glenrand to run its new div...
Appointment at Spektra
Technology firm Spektra has taken on Susan Livingstone as its first marketing manager. She joins from...
Industry must get on its bike for the sake of its health
I feel there needs to be some sort of input into the recent cycling debate in the letters pages fro...
Swinton plans branded life cover
High-street broker Swinton is looking to launch its own brand of life insurance products and is to ...
Appointment at Deacon Insurance Services
Paul Sampson has joined property insurance specialist Deacon Insurance Services as technical manager....
Insurers must work with police to beat fraud
I read with interest the article relating to the former managing director of Sosnas Accident Repair...
Appointment at NIG
NIG has made some new appointments. Chris Reynolds is being promoted to special risks manager, warran...
Treasury sends out liability signals
The Treasury this week gave one of the clearest indications that it is concerned over the lack of e...
GAB set to cut adjusting team
Non-specialist loss adjusters are most likely to be at risk when GAB Robins announces job cuts in N...
Abacus counts its Brit losses
The future of Lloyd's managing agency Abacus Syndicates, 90% backed by members' agency CBS, has bee...
Appointment at Cox Insurance
Cox Insurance has appointed Graeme Sutton to the new role of head of group marketing. He joined Cox i...
Carole Nash seeks to recruit 70 more staff
Motorcycle broking specialist Carole Nash is looking to recruit 70 staff as the company gears up fo...
Opus Systems acquires software provider Tate Bramald.
Opus Systems, part of the Opus Trust Group, has acquired software provider Tate Bramald for an undis...
Appointment at Aon
David Mead has been appointed by Aon as group operations director. He joins the company from HSBC G...
Lloyd's afflicted by prima donnas
Lloyd's is suffering from a prima donna culture, which has hampered profitability and continues to de...
Allen & Overy due to start building new head office
Leading city law firm Allen & Overy is due to start building its new head office next to Spitalfields...
Barton confirms London start-up
Nigel Barton, the Faraday Underwriting chief executive who quit the Lloyd's insurer this week, said h...
Indian player set to double UK work
Indian business outsource provider ICICI OneSource, is aiming to double its insurer client list wit...
Soar-away successes?
As the dotcoms fell out of favour, many of the online brokers - previously expecting soaring sales - failed to get off the ground for long. However, some did manage to achieve lift off, as Lynn Rouse reports.