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Switching to benefits.
Recruitment and retention of skilled staff is becoming increasingly difficult, and employers are switching on to the idea of attracting workers with added extras. As a result, the employee benefits market is generating growing interest, says David…
Crutes website No 2.
North east law firm Crutes has launched a second generation website, www.crutes.co.uk, which has dir...
Appointment at SBJ Group.
Sandra Kemish has been recruited as divisional managing director at SBJ Benefit Consultants, which i...
Calls to clarify Ogden tables.
The Association of British Insurers and Forum of Insurance Lawyers have called for clarification ove...
BBVA expands.
Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) plans to expand into the Chilean insurance market nex...
Bupa will not split interests.
Bupa has denied reports it could be forced to split up its insurance and hospital businesses as a pr...
New global risk for Crawford.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has opened a UK Global Risk Administration office, to handle the ad...
Assessing loss adjusting panel reviews.
The results of a number of major loss adjusting panel reviews are shortly to be announced, the resul...
Appointment at Opus Holdings.
Simon Ellen has been appointed to the board of Opus Holdings. Mr Ellen is a senior figure in the fin...
A hit with customers.
The mindset of insurers has to change, said Andrew Duncan of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. "Insurers must...
Two firms unite.
Lombard, the Canadian general insurer, is to set up a joint general insurance venture with Icici, on...
TiG InFront after takeover.
IT provider The Innovation Group (TiG) is set to acquire systems provider Geniq Systems, and a 26% s...
Trucking buyout.
RHA Insurance Services, the lorry insurance specialist, is separating from its parent company Aon Ri...
Legal ambitions for Claims Direct.
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct has launched a new funding product for solicitors which it ...
Pension reforms.
Russia plans to reform its pension system to provide for an ageing population. It wants companies, a...
Syndicate 529 transfers to Omega Underwriting Agents
Lloyd's managing agent Omega Underwriting Agents is to manage property and marine excess of loss syn...
Affinity for pensions.
Legal and General has won the contract to design and supply stakeholder pensions for the 300,000 pro...
Brokers and insurers optimistic but brokers reduce IT spend.
General insurers and brokers are are more optimistic about business than they were three months ago,...
Sherwood sole services provider.
In a deal worth £8m, Sherwood International will become the sole provider of outsourced services to ...
Win a car wind up.
Sinead Shortall has won Broker Direct's 'win a car competition' through Manchester-based brokers F W...
Appointment at Davies Lavery.
Helen Tilley has been elected the newest partner to join Davies Lavery's City office. Her claims han...
Appointment at Caplin.
Caplin has recruited Sarah Whelan as sales executive. Ms Whelan has 10 years' experience in sales an...
Tyser expansion.
Lloyd's broker Tyser & Co has expanded its reinsurance special projects division to include an accid...
Take it e@sy.
From e-commerce to e-profit, a Post Magazine conference run in conjunction with Compaq, was the insurance industry's e-commerce event of the year. Over 150 top people from insurers, brokers, loss adjusters and IT providers packed into the conference to…