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Equity Red Star appoints new motor fleet underwriter
Equity Red Star has appointed Andrew Dodd as motor fleet class underwriter.
Gallagher buys Oxygen’s corporate risks team
Arthur J Gallagher International has bought Oxygen’s Leeds-based corporate risks team, Insurance Age's sister title Postonline has revealed.
Zurich launches new product through aggregator
Zurich has launched a new online motor insurance product, which will be available direct via the insurer’s website and through Confused.com.
R K Harrison takes on ex Marsh chief for HNW drive
R K Harrison has appointed Marcus Rennick, the former head of private clients at Marsh and HSBC, to support the growth of its UK high net worth business with a particular focus on the south east.
Insurance Age blog: Go compare
I don’t often get the chance to write about lovely Norn Iron (say Northern Ireland in the accent if you don’t get it), the place where I was born, grew up, and will very soon be heading back to for a typically hectic Christmas, therefore when I see an…
Powerplace director put on gardening leave
Powerplace and its sales and marketing director have parted company, Insurance Age can reveal.
Biba throws weight behind OFT motor investigation
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has added its support to the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) investigation into credit hire and vehicle repair.
Three new directors for MGAA
The Managing General Agents Association (MGAA) has appointed three new directors to its board.
Finances improving at Oval despite £3m loss
The Oval Group is still making a loss but has improved its position on last year, according to the latest set of results.
Marsh unveils Norwich leader
Marsh has appointed Keith Fenwick to lead the broker's Norwich office, its largest UK branch outside of London.
OFT launches third party repair and credit hire investigation
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into the provision of third party vehicle repairs and credit hire replacement vehicles in the UK motor market.
Patrick Smith not involved in Swinton share drama, says internal memo
Covea, the French insurer and ultimate parent of Swinton Group, has moved to distance chairman Patrick Smith from any wrongdoing associated with the sacking of the Swinton board.
Video: What the Papers Say, latest edition
This month, Insurance Age editor Martin Friel is joined by Jon Sellors, head of thought leadership at RSA and Insurance Age features editor, Emmanuel Kenning.
Entire Swinton executive board sacked
All of Swinton’s executive board has been fired with immediate effect by parent company Covea over concerns surrounding a performance-related share scheme.
Barton sees Jelf “bucking the trend”
Phil Barton, chief executive for insurance at Jelf, has described the broker’s 4.4% organic growth in insurance business to £44.8m as “no doubt bucking the trend” in the industry.
Jelf profits shoot up by more than 200%
Jelf has reported a 235% jump in profit, to £2.8m for the year ended September 2011, up from £0.9m for the year ended September 2010.
Insurers react to S&P downgrade warning
Axa, Aviva and Allianz have responded to the news that insurers could face a downgrade in their credit ratings by highlighting the link to the negative watch recently placed on Eurozone member countries.
RSA exits broker motorcycle market
RSA’s Personal Lines Broker has announced its decision to pull out of the UK motorcycle insurance market.
BAIS names new broker relationship team
Broker Assistance Insurance Services (BAIS) has made three appointments to form a new broker relationship team.
Scottish broker makes Edinburgh acquisition
Central Insurance has completed its second acquisition of the year with the purchase of Edinburgh-based Castle Cairn Insurance Brokers.
Brightside secures £100m capacity deal
Brightside Group has confirmed that a new capacity deal with an unnamed re-insurer will deliver £100m of extra capacity to its Gibraltar-based underwriting firm Southern Rock Insurance Company.
Insurance Age blog: Those flip-flopping insurers
Insurers are a funny bunch. They always seem to be changing their minds about stuff. One day they love a particular line of business, the next they are getting out of it.
Those flip-flopping insurers
Insurers are a funny bunch. They always seem to be changing their minds about stuff. One day they love a particular line of business, the next they are getting out of it. It's the same with individuals.