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Appointment at Willis Group Holdings
Willis Group Holdings has made Doug Smith non-executive deputy chairman of its mergers and acquisiti...
Galbraith attacks EU on competition review
Eric Galbraith, chief executive of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, has launched a scathi...
IMD offenders may face European Court of Justice penalty payments
The European Commission has referred France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Malta to the Europ...
Blyth Valley launches web PI facility for accountants
Professional insurance specialist Blyth Valley has launched a web facility allowing self-employed an...
Appointment at Claim Experts
Claim Experts has appointed John Carpenter and Mike Nelson-Smith as directors. ...
Towergate moves in on biggest deal to date
Towergate has confirmed it is in exclusive negotiations to acquire NFU Mutual-owned Country Mutual I...
Appointment at Xchanging
Xchanging has appointed Mark Thompson as managing director of claims services. Thompson joins from P...
Axa and RSA sign new distribution deal
Insurers Axa and Royal & SunAlliance have announced a major distribution deal that will see them han...
Failure to sub-let office hampers Sirius
Despite a healthy 54% improvement in operating profit, software house Sirius, which provides systems...
Growing out of control
Not too long ago, risk management was generally considered to be a junior branch of the commercial insurance family, well below even 'underwriting' on the priority list, but it is having a growing impact on even the smallest firm, as Paul Lang writes
DAS upgrades facilities on Irish website
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance has upgraded and enhanced the facilities offered by its Irish website. ...
PBSH seals record delegated binding deal
PBS Holdings (PBSH) has announced a strategic partnership with two major insurers - a deal thought t...
ThoughtWorks unveils new package
IT consultancy ThoughtWorks has unveiled a new package designed to tackle waste and project failure ...
Cobra acquires Borland
Network Cobra has acquired Hammond Frey Marrington and Borland Financial Services. Borland is the 94...
Aon launches new quote facility
Aon has launched a new telephone and online quote facility for employees of its corporate clients an...
K Drewe selects Misys
K Drewe Insurance Brokers has selected Misys General Insurance as its systems supplier following a r...
ThatchGARD launches device to prevent fires
A device designed to prevent thatch fires has been launched by ThatchGARD. The system is the first o...
Broker forum fun
The Insurance Age Broker Forum has proved a great success, receiving many thousands of hits since it...
CFC rolls out 'al a carte' offering
CFC Underwriting, the Lloyd's speciality lines underwriter, has launched TechProtect Plus, an insura...
Age discrimination is legal blind spot
A survey by the employment law firm, Peninsula, has revealed that seven in 10 financial services fir...
Horses for courses
Insurance Age conducted a case study on broker Barnett & Barnett with particular focus on how it went about setting up its own risk management division and the role played by Neil Campling