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Marsh looks to Scottish law firm for real estate head
Candice Sammeroff who has 10 years' experience in the legal sector, joins Marsh from MacRoberts Solicitors in Glasgow.
Roundtable: Mobile Technology - Applying a mobile strategy
Ever since the launch of Apple's Iphone, the march of mobile technology, smart phones and applications has been relentless. So what opportunities and challenges do these developments present for the general insurance industry? Ant Gould reports.
View from the top: The tipping point
In his best-selling book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell says that ideas and behaviours spread like viruses, and that intervention (or a nudge) at just the right point — the tipping point — results in a cascade of change.
Liberty raids Marsh for Hogg to lead strategic assets arm
The arm aims to develop and underwrite a range of specialist risks including intellectual property, reputational risks, cyber insurances and non-material damage business interruption.
Marsh to take $600m hit on Kroll disposal
The Financial Times reports The Carlyle Group, Apax Partners and General Atlantic have all entered bids by the deadline for first expressions of interest in late February.
Phil Angus to lead Marsh’s Northern financial and professional business
Marsh has appointed Phil Angus to the newly created role of leader of its financial and professional national business for the Northern region.
Ex-Willis Network broker joins Marsh alternative
A founding member of the Willis Commercial Network has become one of the first brokers to sign up to Marsh's commercial network.
Biba welcomes NY broker commission stance
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has welcomed the decision by US insurance officials to allow three major brokers to resume accepting contingent commission, bringing legislation more in line with the UK.
Guy Carpenter COO to leave company- sources
Another senior member of Guy Carpenter's executive committee has resigned from the broker, Reinsurance has learned.
Energy insurance costs expected to fall by up to 20%
Despite an increase in the size and scale of new energy infrastructure projects, national oil companies and other energy and chemical concerns are experiencing fewer and less-severe major losses than in previous years, according to Marsh.
Rims “dismayed” at contingent commissions decision
The Risk and Management Society has expressed its dismay at the New York Insurance Department and Attorney General’s decision to allow brokers Aon, Willis and Marsh to accept contingent commissions.
Marsh to provide EMEA Construction Consulting Practice
Marsh has launched a specialist construction consulting practice to provide dispute resolution, risk advisory, and audit services to the construction and engineering industries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Willis, Aon and Marsh reach agreement with NY insurance superintendent
The new agreement specifically recognizes that brokers met its obligations under the 2005 AOD over the last half decade, and ends many of the requirements imposed by the agreement.
Belgium train crash firm broked locally
The company which owned the two trains involved in a head-on collision on Monday at Halle, south-west of Brussels, is understood to have placed its insurance with a local broker.
Marsh sees trade credit rates increase up to 50% across Europe
Increases in financial institutions' insurance ranged from more than 40% to 50% in Turkey, to 10% in Switzerland and South Africa. In the UK and Ireland, increases ranged from 10% to 30%.
Marsh and Guy Carpenter earnings up
Rising revenues at (re)insurance brokers Marsh and Guy Carpenter reported increased fourth quarter revenues - although owner company MMC reported more mixed results.
Torus adds two brokers to start San Francisco business
Insurer Torus said that it is opening an office in San Francisco.
D&O expert joins Marsh from Chartis
Marsh has appointed Eleni Petros as a senior vice president in its financial and professional practice.
Heath Lambert in race to be HSBC replacement
Heath Lambert has emerged as a frontrunner to replace HSBC Insurance Brokers as the UK representative of Assurex Global, Post has learnt.
Miller in FTSE 250 drive
Independent broker Miller has hired the former chief executive of Aon Global UK, Ken MacDonald, to spearhead its expansion in the corporate risk sector.
Marsh raids Zurich for new energy claims boss
Insurance broker Marsh has appointed Martin Clark as the UK leader of its energy claims team from Zurich Financial Services.
MMC makes another US purchase
Marsh's US mid-market subsidiary Marsh & McLennan Agency said it has bought US broker Haake Companies for an undisclosed sum.
OFT considers Marsh and HSBC deal
The Office of Fair Trading has issued an invitation to interested third parties to comment on Marsh's planned takeover of HSBC Insurance Brokers.
London market throws off "macho" resistance tag
The London market is on track to manage the "vast majority" of its claims electronically by 2011 despite persistent resistance to change within the sector, London Market Group chairman Barnabas Hurst-Bannister has claimed.