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Kiln fires up for merger.
Lloyd's group Kiln is merging part of its back office facilities with Berkshire Hathaway Internation...
GRE shake-up promises more for shareholders.
Guardian Royal Exchange is to restructure its life business, in a bid to increase dividends to share...
All change for IRISC.
Claims management provider IRISC has changed its name to the Claims Management Group after its takeo...
MiniBusPlus presents minibus to charity.
Liz Smith, who plays the mother-in-law from hell in BBC TV's sitcom 2 Point 4 Children, helped MiniB...
AXA takeover on cards.
Guardian Royal Exchange has confirmed it is in talks with other companies regarding a possible sale ...
Utley quits Privilege as it enters commercial sector.
Neil Utley has resigned as chief executive of direct writer Privilege Insurance. His departure comes...
Appointment at Shoosmiths & Harrison.
Shoosmiths & Harrison solicitors has appointed Judith Dorkins to head up its specialist personal inj...
Appointment at Bacon & Woodrow.
John Oliver, former finance director at UK law firm Eversheds, has joined actuarial consulting compa...
Appointment at Pearl Assurance.
Duncan Hopper has been appointed to the newly created role of director of brand and communications w...
Appointment at ITT London & Edinburgh.
ITT L&E has made three appointments to its property owners account management team. Simon Bracewell ...
The polluter must pay.
The costs of cleaning up polluted land can be huge. However, says David Fanning, too few companies are aware of the need for environmental impairment insurance.
Terry Wellard.
The acquisition of ITT L&E by Norwich Union serves to demonstrate the stranglehold the major companies are developing.
Garry Heath.
In the past few weeks, we have heard several prophets of doom talking about Phase Two of the Pension...
Beazley caters for nasty surprises in restaurant food.
Lloyd's underwriters, Beazley, The Miller Insurance Group, and the Enterprise Consortium have launch...
Standard bearer.
The NewRo consortium has now put the flesh on the bones of its proposed regulatory body - the General Insurance Standards Council. Tim Collison spoke to consortium chairman Anthony Howland-Jackson about the way forward.
Hambro in deal with credit hire company.
Hambro Assistance is set to shake-up the legal expenses market with the launch a new uninsured loss ...
Aon acquires Suretravel.
Aon Risk Services has bought Suretravel, a leading broker and claims management company in the trave...
Ecclesiastical buys rival church insurer.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has bought the Ansvar Group of companies operating in the UK, Australia and...
Consumer groups are lobbied on polarisation.
Clerical Medical is urging consumer groups to support its campaign for the maintenance of polarisati...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Bob Middleton (above) as agency controller of its Edenbridge mar...
Construction merger.
Maidstone-based brokers McMurdo Webb and Potipher Douglas Partnership are merging to form McMurdo Po...
Appointment at Avon Insurance.
David Webb (above) has been appointed as Avon Insurance's development manager for the Birmingham are...
Appointment at Colonica Baltica.
Siobhan Gormley (above) has joined Colonica Baltica Insurance, where she is to become finance direct...
Misys future underestimated.
I was surprised to read Les McIntosh's views on the future of the UK insurance IT market (PB, Nov, p...