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Appointment at Rabobank International.
Maarten Hulshoff, chairman of the managing board of the NCM Group is to step down from his position,...
Bigger Dial Direct panel.
Dial Direct has increased its panel of motor insurers to eleven and signed agreements with a further...
Cornhill restructures to provide clearer business channels.
Cornhill Insurance is overhauling its corporate structure in a bid to provide clearer business chann...
Independent winners.
Three Independent Insurance employees won prizes at the 1999 National Sales Awards held at the Londo...
Flying high at Cox.
Cox Insurance has just recruited one of the industry's high-flyers, Neil Utley, as chief executive of its retail division. Tim Collison says that if his past performance is anything to go by, Cox had better hold on to its hat.
Survey finds 81% of brokers will make no euro preparations.
A staggering 81% of of brokers have not taken, nor intend to take, any action in response to the int...
Avon challenge.
Avon has launched a new reward programme aimed at its key supporting brokers. Sporting Challenge con...
Appointment at Pinsent Curtis.
Martin Membery (above) has been made a partner within the insurance group at Pinsent Curtis. Mr Memb...
Paul Asplin.
The newly formed General Insurance Standards Council could be best placed to look into the concerns surrounding the unscrupulous use of ULR to promote credit hire.
Club concept enhanced at Independent.
Independent Insurance has launched a range of new products and broker initiatives as part of its fou...
Appointment at Insurex Expo-Sure.
Russell Collier (above), has joined event and conference insurance specialists, Insurex Expo-Sure as...
Ombudsman broker members trickle in.
Since the Insurance Ombudsman opened its doors to brokers and intermediaries at the end of 1997, jus...
DAS enhances legal protection policy to cater for new laws.
DAS Legal Expenses has revamped its commercial legal protection policy to cater for new legislation....
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Rob Wakeham as regional manager, St Albans. He has been regional...
The trouble with mergers.
The current trend for mergers and acquisitions among UK companies, and the added risk that such activity attracts, has made D&O cover a very important consideration for many businesses, says Simon Threadgold.
Annual gross fire claims.
The cost of commercial fire claims continues to rise with losses costing business an average of £1.6...
New brand in motor.
Hill House Hammond has launched a new car insurance brand called Silverstone Insurance Services foll...
Increasing the pressure.
A sprinkler system is an effective safeguard against fire damage, but only if the water pressure is correct, says Richard Wyatt.
Hiscox boosts capacity for its terrorism cover.
Hiscox Insurance has made a greater commitment to the UK terrorism market by increasing capacity for...
Appointment at Towergate.
Towergate Underwriting Group has appointed Colin Birch as sales development director of Strovers. He...
Citibond upgrades its Young Traveller policy.
Citibond Travel Consultants, a division of Citybond Financial Planning, has upgraded its Young Trave...
Storms hit profits.
Last year's floods and storms have caused a sharp drop in CGU profits. Pre-tax profits of £768m b...
Ian Ritchie.
Brokers with financial services business are now being subjected to unfair and inconsistent treatment by the FSA.
Taking cover.
Coversure has made a success out of its franchising operation and now the company is looking to expand further, Mark Coverdale, its chairman, tells Tim Collison.