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Five acquisitions for HHH.
Hill House Hammond has acquired five high-street brokers: Derek Eastwood (Insurance Brokers), Avonda...
Anthony Kidd adopts a leisurely travel pace.
Anthony Kidd Agencies has launched a leisure travel product for brokers, including free travel for c...
Norwich Union kicks off product spree.
Norwich Union has launched two new products and promises there is more to come. The insurer-giant...
Eye on the ball.
With 136 years of experience between them, the directors of Marcus Hearn & Co have been spotting niches and exploiting those opportunities since the 1960s, as Alex Broad finds out.
All change please?
All is not as it was in the protection and indemnity market, with hefty premium increases the order of the day, as Alex Broad reports.
Appointment at Claimsplus.
Claimsplus has appointed Gary Vickery as head of supply management. Mr Vickery will take responsibil...
Appointment at Rossborough Healthcare International.
Rossborough Healthcare International, based in the Channel Islands, has announced the appointment of...
Coggans joins Network.
The Broker Network has signed up a new member, Edinburgh-based Coggans Wood & Company. Alan Nisbe...
Appointment at Monument.
Phillip Richardson has become director of business development at Monument Insurance Brokers. Previo...
Zurich adds personal touch to its new high net worth range.
Zurich is piloting a range of personal lines products for the high net worth market. Zurich Priva...
Smart: Scottish expansion.
The Smart and Cook Group has grown its subsidiary Smart and Cook (Scotland) by acquiring Lanarkshire...
Appointment at CNA.
CNA has appointed Warren Jones to its financial team in London. He will specialise in underwriting p...
Getting it all out of your system.
Brokers should look at systems as investments rather than necessary evils says Diane Smyth, who points out that success lies in finding the one best suited to your particular style of business.
Online learning service offered by the CII.
The Chartered Insurance Institute has launched an online learning service called ed. The system h...
Appointment at Road Runner.
Road Runner has made Jeff Walker sales and administration manager. Mr Walker brings several years of...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Investment adviser Stewart Lloyd has joined the financial services division of The Bollington Group ...
Rudely interrupted.
Insurers are becoming less flexible in business interruption, with underwriters now often refusing to provide cover unless there is a business continuity plan in place. Simon Threadgold explains.
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made a string of recruitments. Philip Farrar and Simon Daldry (left) both join as directors ...
Appointment at Americas Insurance Company.
Jon Francis has become senior vice president of Americas Insurance Company and its subsidiary Americ...
Appointment at Davies Lavery.
Davies Lavery has promoted Stephen Dewar and John Cousins to partner level. They were previously sen...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has made Kirsty Shenton head of marketing. She joins from Anderson where she was mark...
Appointment at Donns.
Melanie Vaughan has become a law costs draftsman at Donns. She will be responsible for the preparati...
Bureau Organisation launches online directory for brokers.
Independent intermediaries can now advertise in an online directory at www.theinsurancechannel.net. ...
D&O from Bermuda insurer.
Brokers can access a new directors and officers policy from brand-new Bermuda insurer Allied World A...