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Appointment at Centrepoint Recruitment.
Centrepoint Insurance Recruitment Consultants has appointed Richard Heathcote to its Reigate office....
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Martin Fiddimore has been made claims development manager for Iron Trades. He has been with the comp...
L&G Quantum leap.
Legal & General has also gone live with the Quantum treasury management system from Global Informati...
GAB goes south.
GAB Robins has opened two new associated representative offices in Ecuador and Venezuela following r...
Strike Club warns of spiralling claims.
The Strike Club has warned that threatened action at Felixstowe, Britain's largest container port, c...
Bee's stinging prediction.
There will be no such thing as retirement in the future without access to parallel pension schemes. ...
Exclusive - Willis to ditch the Corroon.
The Willis Corroon Group is set to reveal a new single brand name in June. From 14 June the world...
Gan jobs on the line.
French insurance giant Groupama Gan has confirmed jobs will go after approving the preliminary integ...
Appointment at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Commercial law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has appointed five new partners. They are Tim Bull, ...
Summer cyclists feel the heat.
As spring gives way to summer, the bicycle stealing season has moved into gear, with the third quart...
Winning words of FSA chief.
Francis Higney went to Birmingham last week where the Life Insurance Association was holding its annual conference. Once in their seats, delegates were presented with both upbeat forecasts and grim warnings.
More jobs go at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's of London has announced 11 further redundancies and the closure of four separate departments...
Creamer hopes to milk City for profits.
A Warrington broker has set up a London base in an attempt to cash in on growing demand for speciali...
New City of London pub.
Seek out the bear market at a new City of London pub, for drink prices at the insurance industry-bac...
A Stirling prize.
Hastings Direct managing director David Gundlach poses beside a Porsche at the Goodwood race circuit...
Shock at Davies' Serbia comments.
Howard Davies made an astonishing statement supporting Prime Minister Tony Blair's stance over aeria...
ARCS Lite portable estimating system.
Insurance engineers can now have data on up to 377 vehicles in the palm of their hand following the ...
Government accused of PMI failure by Bupa chief.
Delegates in Cork last week for the Insurance Institute of Ireland's annual conference heard that the industry is far from rosy. Jonathan Swift was there to hear why.
Euro/US alliance.
London law firm Hextall Erskine has joined French and US firms to form a multi-national insurance li...
£1.5bn tornado bill.
Insurers in the US are expected to pay out up to $1.5bn in property damage losses following the rece...
Sponsors upbeat as teams go down.
The link between insurance and the world of football grew stronger this week as Friends Provident an...
Appointment at Rowe & Maw.
The insurance and reinsurance group of Rowe & Maw law firm has appointed two new partners. Keith Lyo...
Made to measure.
Risk Management Solutions and Oliver, Wyman & Co have teamed up to provide an integrated set of meas...
Policy for the City.
IT company Policy Master last week opened a City office to serve its broker, insurer and independent...