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Marsh wins LawNet PI contract
Marsh has secured a deal to place approximately £500m worth of solicitors' professional indemnity ins...
Appointment at RP Hodson Holdings.
Jim Duffy has been made operations director at RP Hodson Holdings. Mr Duffy joins RPH from Guardian ...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been promoted to the Thompson Heath & Bond board of directors. He joined THB in 1994...
Camberford rises to the challenge.
Richard Sheikh's aim is to take his company Camberford Law into the top 50 independent brokers. Shona Cronin finds out how he plans to do it.
Seasons change for Folgate.
Following a nine-month review of its household account, Folgate Insurance has enhanced its Seasons p...
Wessex bought by City firm.
Stuart Alexander has bought Bournemouth-based Wessex Insurance Brokers, taking its gross written pre...
Towergate acquisitions go on.
Towergate Underwriting Group has denied speculation that it is in discussions to acquire Cheltenham-...
Appointment at RE Hutt & Co.
Matthew Finch has been promoted to the newly-created post of business development director at RE Hut...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...
Trinder - new venture in Assitalia's wake.
Richard Trinder, general insurance manager of Assitalia's Birmingham branch, is looking to retain a ...
Eastgate forced to seek £7m boost.
Eastgate has been forced to go to its shareholders for a cash injection of £7m because of the underp...
Folgate goes regional.
Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the Poole-based insurer's decision to specia...
Bland to retire from CII.
David Bland will retire as director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute on 9 December, his ...
Graham Gomm, Managing director, Graham Gomm Insurance Brokers.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Deciding 30 years ago to leave a safe job with an insuranc...
Motor and Household Premium Changes since July 1994.
Motor insurance premiums have risen steeply in the first three months of 2000, according to the AA's...
Camberford Law acquires EJ Welton
Insurance broker, Camberford Law has acquired EJ Welton and Company from the Willis Group, marking it...
Folgate opens Birmingham office
Folgate opens Birmingham office Folgate has opened its first regional office, following the ...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Stephen Hodson has joined NIG Skandia's marketing team as senior marketing executive. Prior to this,...
Folgate to focus on select brokers.
German-owned insurer, Folgate has launched its commercial division to a group of 40 preferred broker...
Sexist flyer.
Overheard was alarmed last month to receive a flyer for a new online motor insurance facility for wo...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group has made two recent appointments. Mike Cross (above) is the new managing direct...
BIBA helps credit success.
BIBA has put together a credit insurance scheme for its members, designed to help non-specialists pl...
Consumer protection.
The introduction of the Consumer Protection Act has not resulted in a wave of claims. However, manufacturers must adopt a sensible approach to labelling and providing instruct-ions, say Brendan McCarthy and Rebecca Spillane.
Towergate growth continues.
Towergate Underwriting Group has increased its total gross written premium to £115m with its 21st ac...