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Beale succeeds Brandt at GE Insurance
Inga Beale, leader of GE Insurance Solutions' continental European operations, has been appointed president and chairman of the board of management at the Munich-based legal entity GE Frankona Rückversicherungs.
Carole Nash swoops for new finance officer
Intermediary Carole Nash Insurance Consultants has appointed Allister Hill as chief financial officer.
Speed of handling claims a concern for insurance market
Concerns over the speed of handling claims is a far bigger issue than previously thought, according to a survey by TrustAssured, part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Axa will replace lost market volume
Axa UK has predicted that it will replace the personal lines volume it lost through the sale of Axa ...
Injury claims fast tracked by Axa
Axa has this week given its backing to a fast-track scheme to speed up personal injury claims, despi...
NU profits from Abbey shake-up
Norwich Union has taken complete control of the underwriting of one of the largest household insuran...
Appointment at Motor Trade Solutions
Liliana Dowdall and Mike Barnett have joined Motor Trade Solutions. Ms Dowdall and Mr Barnett have m...
Nationwide aims for top ten place
Nationwide Building Society has launched a £2m advertising campaign in a bid to break into the UK's ...
Alan Strange of Europ Assistance is the lucky winner
Alan Strange, business director - legal at Europ Assistance has been announced as the lucky winner o...
Broker aims for one million policies mark
Over-50s insurance intermediary, the Retirement Insurance Advisory Service, has set itself ambitious...
Appointment at Helphire
Helphire Group has appointed Stephanie Goeting as managing director, operations, following the retir...
Staff cuts hit Ireland
Irish insurers are blaming legislative changes and court reform for their decisions to cut workforce...
Markel International appoints claims manager
Markel International has appointed Tony Curtin as claims manager for specialty, property and casualt...
Hurricane losses will not push rates up
The current predicted level of losses from the 2004 hurricane season may not be enough to reverse the current trend of declining insurance rates in the UK, according to Aon.
RSA confirms 1200 jobs to go to India
Royal & Sun Alliance has today confirmed plans to transfer 1200 jobs to INdia over the next two years, as predicted by Post Magazine last week (RSA tipped to join offshore elite, PM 7 October). The insurer's shares rose on the news standing at 77 pence…
Catlin loses £28m in hurricane claims
Bermuda-based Catlin Group has predicted a $50m (£28m) loss in its net income as a result of claims following the hurricane season.
MIA wins Investors in People status
The Motor Investigation Agency has been awarded Investors In People status at a ceremony in Liverpoo...
UK rehab course accredited
RTW Plus, in association with Middlesex University, has launched what it claims is the "first accred...
Highway cancels renewals practice
Motor insurer Highway has told its network of brokers that it is to automatically lapse policies unless brokers make contact within the month before policy renewal is due.
Appointment at Aascent
Aascent has made Philip Dalgity account executive for Northern Ireland. Mr Dalgity was previously wi...
Fraud hotline for corporate whistleblowers
Two former employees of failed accountancy firm Arthur Andersen have launched a subscription-based w...
Repeated escapes of 'Red' the lurcher
The repeated escapes of 'Red' the lurcher from his cage at Battersea Dogs' Home has prompted the cha...
Appointment at Blyth Valley
Needham-Market-based insurance broker Blyth Valley has made two new appointments to its in-house IT ...
EU gender rights set to toughen up
Gender discrimination - an issue that some thought had gone away - has shot to prominence again. On ...