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CCV completes 10th acquisition
Cullum Capital Ventures has completed its 10th acquisition. With £6m gross written premium, Milburn ...
Lloyd's paperless ambition
Upgrades in the electronic processing system at Lloyd's could mark the final nail in coffin for pape...
Appointment at Oak Underwriting
Oak Underwriting has made Matthew Ward business development manager. Ward joins from Aon where he wa...
Blackham/NU tie up shows Axa is not elite
Chris Blackham, set to be chairman of the Axa-owndedLayton Blackham and Stuart Alexander, has consol...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill has made Neil Clutterbuck its director of engineering. Clutterbuck joined the compa...
Open GI launches Tradesman via imarket
The latest product on Open GI's commercial trading platform to be integrated with imarket is Tradesm...
Head-hunter introduces young pups to vets
London-based insurance head-hunters Mansion House is hand-picking 30 youngsters to benefit from a tr...
SMEs playing with fire
Research commissioned by the British Insurance Brokers' Association has revealed that millions of UK...
Thomas Cook regulation move not linked to enquiry
Thomas Cook has applied for Financial Services Authority regulation, in a move that commentators bel...
Appointment at Software Solutions Partners
Software Solutions Partners has appointed Jim Robinson and John Wilson into senior account managemen...
Appointment at Prescott Jones
Prescott Jones has appointed Rhys Hughes as an account manager. Hughes has more than 10 years' exper...
Sirius/MMA tie-up
Intermediary-only insurer MMA Insurance has announced plans to develop and launch five full-cycle el...
Quotes via text
Insurance software house CDL has launched the UK's first SMS aggregator service, via textcheck, the ...
Ablett takes consultancy role
Tim Ablett, former chief executive of FirstAssist, has been appointed by financial services consulta...
Belfast-based Higgins buys Laing
Higgins Insurance and Investments has acquired Laing Markey Lyness. Gavin Higgins, chief executive o...
Norwich Union GI profits hit £1bn
Norwich Union has reported a 10% increase to £1.075bn in operating profit for 2006 for general insur...
LFC expands Southern footprint
Essex-based LFC Insurance Brokers has expanded into the south of England with the purchase of Bright...
Thomas, Carroll takes Willis team
Welsh broker the Thomas, Carroll Group has announced its expansion into health and safety and employ...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances
Groupama Insurances has promoted Jason Bridgman to the role of e-commerce manager (bespoke operation...
Groupama boosted by Clinicare acquisition
Before the announcement of the full results in March, Groupama has released a statement regarding ac...
Towergate buys broker in Beckett Bury battle
Following the defection of nine employees from former Country Mutual Insurance Brokers in Bury St Ed...
Open GI checks in
Open GI's automated quote checking facility is live across all business lines following the addition...
Welsh broker set to expand its commercial lines horizon
Welsh broker ProtectaGroup has enhanced its growth plans for its commercial insurance division, with...
Financial services arm
Lifestyle Financial Services, The Insurance Partnership and East Yorkshire Financial Services (EYFS)...