Insurer
Appointment at Marsh
Marsh has appointed Mark Wylie as head of operations for client and market services in Norwich and P...
Groupama doubles profits but struggles lie ahead says MD
French-owned insurer Groupama Insurances doubled its profits in 2005, from £21.1m in 2004 to £42.8m....
AC bags NU top team
Most of the senior members of Norwich Union's prize London property team are understood to have resi...
Appointment at RFIB Group
John Northridge has joined the board at RFIB Group as a non executive director. Northridge was chair...
Alarm bells ringing
Employers' Liability
Norwich Union sales up; COR down
Norwich Union Insurance delivered an operating profit of £970m (2004: £788m) last year, while its co...
Alway: "Market is ripe for consolidation"
Alex Alway, chief executive of the Jelf Group, has said small brokers are prime targets for consolid...
Allianz Cornhill urges customer focused approach during 2006
Results round-up
Groupama results show significant improvement
Results round-up
Berry Birch and Noble portfolio relaunched
The high net worth portfolio of Berry Birch and Noble has been relaunched as Private Insurance Portf...
Argent Insurance acquisition boosts Lark
Lark Group has acquired Sandhurst-based Argent Insurance Brokers in its latest acquisition. The deal...
Simon Machell becomes chief exec
Simon Machell, who became RAC managing director last year following Norwich Union's (NU) acquisition...
Norwich Union looking at premium rate increases
Results round-up
Aon plans to merge regional offices
Aon plans to merge a further seven of its regional offices into four in the second half of this year...
Mountains of paperwork turn young workers off insurance
Research has revealed that general insurance brokers and independent financial advisers are facing a...
'Give adjusters greater power to settle small claims' - broker
An experienced broker has called for more delegated authority to be appropriated to loss adjusters f...
Big brokers grow at expense of smaller rivals, says new review
UK top-tier intermediaries have seen significant expansion at the expense of medium-sized and smalle...
Consolidation may test the FSA's limits
It seems that Tony Cornell was tempting fate when his consultancy released its annual retail commerc...
Insurers hope smoking ban will lessen liability exposure
In a free vote, Parliament has given insurers a boost by banning smoking in public workplaces includ...
Insurers & Underwriters - Appointment at 80e
As part of an ongoing restructuring of after-the-event operations, legal expenses insurer 80e has an...
Brokers & Intermediaries - Appointment at Coop Gay & Cashman
US reinsurance broker Cooper Gay & Cashman, part of the Cooper Gay group, has announced the appointm...
'Desirable activities': a waste of time
The Prime Minister's legislative crusade to 'defend' school trips from a supposed threat in the courts is losing momentum - and a good thing too
Time to change
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News Review
February NU to reveal staff fate - Norwich Union (NU) told 1,800 personnel in its support services d...