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FOS draft rules published.
The Financial Services Authority has published the draft rules for the new Financial Ombudsman Servi...
Towergate in DIC takeover.
Towergate Strovers has taken over the Dentists' Insurance Committee, the insurance arm of the Dentis...
Daphne Reese, Director of KB Insurance Brokers
Q What was your best decision or deal? Obtaining insurances for prostitute outreach workers, witho...
IIB signs up brokers for new Internet venture Insureright.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers claims to have signed up 5% of the personal lines broker market f...
Health check for brokers.
Allianz Cornhill has begun offering its preferred brokers a free business health check that it said ...
Appointment at Sampo Industrial Insurance.
Peter Rogers has been appointed engineering manger at Sampo Industrial Insurance, where he has been ...
Appointment at Finsure Premium Finance.
David Mann, Craig Leathley and Adam Baker have joined Finsure Premium Finance as sales executives. M...
At your service.
There is a large untapped pool of HNW business out there and many insurers are trying to find new ways to attract potential customers. Personal service and tailored policies are the most useful tools to achieve this, says Veronica Cowan.
Devitt decamps and grows.
Devitt Insurance Services is moving its operation and 125 employees from Stratford in east London to...
Office politics.
Despite the recent anti-capitalist City-centre demonstrations, the office sector still attracts a lot of interest and remains a profitable sector for insurers, says Simon Threadgold.
Appointment at Insurance Database Services.
Graham Johnston, special projects manager at Axa Insurance in Ipswich, was elected the chairman of I...
A star in cyberspace.
Leslie Smith, chairman and MD of Medibroker, talks to Tim Collison about the run-away success that his company has experienced as the first of a new generation of cyberbrokers.
White van man covered.
Smaller brokers are one of the targets for HML Marketing's new Hyper Vanline policy for high-risk dr...
Appointment at Rarrigini & Rosso.
David Abbott has joined the insurance marketing and risk management group Rarrigini & Rosso as head ...
Appointment at Midland Risk Management.
Philip Jones has been promoted to associate partner at Midland Risk Management of Birmingham. He joi...
Groupama acquires health book from Iron Trades
Groupama Insurances has acquired insurer Trades healthcare business for an undisclosed sum. The deal,...
Zurich to cover doctors.
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that it is to underwrite professional indemnity insura...
Crowe swoops on bus and coach operators with Fleet Legal.
Crowe Insurance is targeting fleet operators with the launch of a litigation policy called Fleet Leg...
Revamp for MiniBusPlus.
MiniBusPlus has been relaunch-ed as MBP Insurance and has reassessed its underwriting approach. The ...
Appointment at Kyle Insurance.
Kyle Insurance has recruited Pat Porter as accounts supervisor at its new head office in Ballymena. ...
Shetcliffe launches consultancy.
Former general manager at Iron Trades John Shetcliffe has gone live with a new Watford-based consult...
E-Commerce Watch.
Weathernet has gone online with its insurance validation services that provide the industry with ins...
Appointment at Ocaso SA.
Ocaso SA, the Spanish insurance company, has recruited Ray Nichols as business producer. Mr Nichols ...
Appointment at RJ Kiln & Co.
The board of RJ Kiln & Co has appointed Edward Creasy as director of underwriting. He joined the com...