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AA appoints new broker head
Clare Salmon, recently appointed managing director of AA Financial Services, has promoted Neale Phillips to head up its broking arm, AA Insurance.
Folgate recruits Charringtons property team for new specialty lines underwriting agency
Folgate have announced that former Charringtons director Adrian Thone and his schemes team of eight have joined Folgate’s newly formed underwriting business, Folgate Underwriting Management Specialty (FUMSL). Thone will become managing director of the…
Bennetts given thumbs up from British Motorcyclists Federation
Motorcycle specialist broker Bennetts, has been selected by the British Motorcyclists Federation as its preferred broker, in a three year deal which will be effective from 1 January 2004.
CBG acquires healthcare specialist
AIM-listed CBG (Community Broking Group) has this week completed the acquisition of Wilmslow based MVA Healthcare for an undisclosed sum.
The Folgate Partnership acquires Markfield Group
Folgate has made its 32nd acquisition by taking over the insurance portfolio of Markfield Group, a subsidiary of business and construction services company Carillion.
Appointment at La Playa
Paula Hawthorne has joined Cambridge-based insurance broker La Playa as account executive, working o...
Layton Blackham shares
The Layton Blackham Group has structured its investment from global insurer Axa. Axa UK now holds a ...
Folgate adds extension to underwriting facility
The Folgate Partnership has launched an underwriting facility, Folgate Underwriting Management Speci...
Network Extra backing
Network Extra, Camberford Law's broker network, has won backing from Axa, Allianz Cornhill, Evergree...
Jelf PMI acquisition
The Jelf Group has acquired Cardiff-based private medical insurance specialist Pontin & Stein. The a...
Appointment at Aon
Philip Gore-Randall has joined as chief executive of Aon Risk Services UK and will become a member o...
Appointment at The Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has made Phil Barton group commercial director. Barton was initially brought in as a ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert Insurance Services has made Paul Hickman operations director at its Wakefield site. He...
Bollington Group makes move into Alsager
Macclesfield broker the Bollington Group has acquired Alsager-based Capey and Co. Capey and Co will...
All the right moves
Being successful in the broking market is down to tactics - knowing when to dive straight in for the tackle and when to play the long ball. Nicolle Farthing says there is plenty of chances for the eager broker
Acturis system signs new members
Take-up with the Acturis Broker Platform has gained momentum following a number of high-profile wins...
Overheard was Intrigued to hear
Overheard was intrigued to hear that Chris Blackham once had a brief foray into life beyond insuranc...
Tactical moves
Layton Blackham
Three years in the life of an editor
January is named after Janus, the two-headed Roman god who looked both forwards and backwards. This ...
Link gets Gibraltar-based backing
Link Underwriting Agency is now backed by Link Insurance, a Gibraltar-based insurance company. The L...
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Appointments
Intermediaries Stuart Alexander has taken on two insurance experts as part of plans to boost expert...
Folgate readies web claims system for launch in March
Folgate is working with e-comms specialist edgeIPK to develop a fully web-based claims-handling capa...