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Appointment at MMA Insurance.
MMA Insurance has appointed two new field sales staff - Paul Cavanagh and Gary Tyler - to join its b...
Clive King, Managing director, CR King and Partners.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Joining the Willis Network 18 months ago. Q: What was y...
Towergate buys Stafford Knight
Towergate Underwriting Group has bought Lloyd's broker Stafford Knight. The acquisition will be Tower...
New start for Miles Smith.
Broker Miles Smith hopes to be trading again at Lloyd's by the end of the year with backing from a m...
Ariston is takeover number 14 for Layton.
Layton Blackham has made its 14th acquisition in three years with the purchase of Ariston Services, ...
Appointment at Groupama.
Phil Bristow has been appointed Groupama's regional underwriting controller, responsible for its und...
CE&B faces redundancies.
Cunningham Ellis & Buckle is making 125 staff redundant. The job losses will mainly be on the person...
Appointment at Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group has taken on Andy Royle as a senior account handler in the corporate risks divi...
Bland's two into one.
At the end of July, corporate broker Bland Bankart will be moving its personal lines and commercial ...
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.
Daphne Reese, Director of KB Insurance Brokers
Q What was your best decision or deal? Obtaining insurances for prostitute outreach workers, witho...
Towergate in DIC takeover.
Towergate Strovers has taken over the Dentists' Insurance Committee, the insurance arm of the Dentis...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Ian Anderson, a Manchester-based partner in the insurance litigation department of solicitors Hill D...
Appointment at Rarrigini & Rosso.
David Abbott has joined the insurance marketing and risk management group Rarrigini & Rosso as head ...
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.
Marsh wins LawNet PI contract
Marsh has secured a deal to place approximately £500m worth of solicitors' professional indemnity ins...
Appointment at RP Hodson Holdings.
Jim Duffy has been made operations director at RP Hodson Holdings. Mr Duffy joins RPH from Guardian ...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been promoted to the Thompson Heath & Bond board of directors. He joined THB in 1994...
Camberford rises to the challenge.
Richard Sheikh's aim is to take his company Camberford Law into the top 50 independent brokers. Shona Cronin finds out how he plans to do it.
Seasons change for Folgate.
Following a nine-month review of its household account, Folgate Insurance has enhanced its Seasons p...
Wessex bought by City firm.
Stuart Alexander has bought Bournemouth-based Wessex Insurance Brokers, taking its gross written pre...
Towergate acquisitions go on.
Towergate Underwriting Group has denied speculation that it is in discussions to acquire Cheltenham-...
Appointment at RE Hutt & Co.
Matthew Finch has been promoted to the newly-created post of business development director at RE Hut...
Intermediary to sell cut-price lingerie and eggs in M&S protest.
Lancaster-based intermediary Roland Gaskell has started an unconventional protest against large reta...