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Alexander Forbes marine department to sponsor yacht race
Alexander Forbes' marine department has become a sponsor of the Global Challenge 2008/2009, the roun...
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman Thieves steal a mobile phone every 12 seconds in the UK, according to insurance compan...
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High Net Worth: Museums
RSA throws down discipline gauntlet
Royal and Sun Alliance UK chief executive Bridget McIntyre is so keen to maintain the insurer's comm...
Appointment at Liverpool Victoria
Liverpool Victoria has made Mike Rogers group chief executive. Formerly with Barclays Bank, he worke...
Appointment at KPMG
Andrew Smith, formerly chief financial and operational risk officer at Halifax Bank of Scotland, has...
IIF leads way on fraud
A new phase of the campaign to combat fraud in Ireland has been launched by the Irish Insurance Fede...
Equity hired by motor manufacturer Chevrolet
Equity has been hired by motor manufacturer Chevrolet in a three-year affinity deal to provide 'phon...
CMS Cameron McKenna is re-locating its office
City law firm CMS Cameron McKenna is re-locating its office from Fenchurch Street to larger premises...
Appointment at Centor Insurance and Risk Management
Robert Wilson, a former client manager at Aon, and Robert Thacker, a former Aon branch director, hav...
PICC licenses AIR’s cat modeling for earthquake risk in China
AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) has announced that PICC Property and Casualty Company (PICC) has licensed CLASIC/2 and CATRADER, AIR’s catastrophe risk management systems, to manage earthquake risk to residential, commercial, and industrial exposures in…
Oval restructures its divisions
Broking consolidator Oval has abolished its separate insurance broking and financial services operating boards, and appointed its first ever group managing director, who will be in charge of both divisions.
Alexander Forbes sponsors Global Challenge yacht race
Alexander Forbes’s Marine department has become a sponsor of the Global Challenge 2008/9, the gruelling round-the-world yacht race. The brainchild of former solo round-the-world yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth, the race involves 12 identical boats sailing…
Anti-fraud TV campaign launched by Irish insurers
The Irish Insurance Federation has launched a new phase in its insurance fraud campaign, with a TV advertising campaign and the roll out of new technology to enable insurers to check claimants’ insurance claims history.
Saga extends motor deal until 2010
Saga, the Folkestone-based provider of products and services to the over-50s, has extended an outsourcing contract with motor insurance claims management specialist WNS Assistance until the end of 2010.
Ace Europe launches new corporate service
Ace Europe today launched Ace businessclass premier, a new package of bespoke accident, health and travel insurance, services and risk consultancy, specifically for large corporate organisations.
HBOS GI loses its boss again
Halifax Bank of Scotland General Insurance has had to recruit its third general insurance boss in th...
Broker Network acquisition
Broker Network has acquired commercial insurance broker Adam and Gaskell. The broker was formed in 1...
Fortis hails pilot first
Fortis this week became the first insurer to publicly lend its support to blind-bidding dispute reso...
Helphire signs contract
Helphire has signed what it described as "a significant contract" for the provision of accident mana...
Beckett's plans for broker network
Former Country Mutual Insurance Brokers non-executive chairman Bob Beckett's plan to launch a broker...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Ian Mowforth has joined Cunningham Lindsey UK's complex liability team as an injury specialist. He w...
China and India in sight for Lloyd's push
Further to your article on my recent speech to the British Insurance Brokers' Association ('Lloyd's ...
Appointment at Lloyd's Markets
Lloyd's Markets has recruited Ian Faragher as chief operating officer of its Chinese onshore reinsur...