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Brit founder exits Gallagher
Non-executive director Neil Eckert steps down from his role.
Turnover decrease for Swinton
Fall in turnover and operating profit for the broker as it says competitive market and cost savings behind the figures.
Richard Shannon, client money and IBA chief, departs Towergate
Shannon to be replaced by Nigel Dearsley from Howden.
Century Underwriting launches property owners product
MGA also appoints Martin Hughes to lead its UK property division.
Brown pledges to build on Nathan's work at Towergate
Adrian Brown says he aims to grown the MGA and build on relationships.
Nathan seeks “fresh challenge” on leaving Towergate
Underwriting CEO set to hand over to Adrian Brown.
Clive Nathan to leave Towergate
Chief executive officer of underwriting at the consolidator to depart at the end of January 2016.
UK insurers paying out £77m daily, says ABI
Trade body's research shows insurers pay out more on claims daily than ever before.
Covéa promotes Coffey as broker personal lines director
Gary Yeates promoted to director of pricing and underwriting in personal lines.
Sutton Winson aims to grow trade credit by hiring Stuart Austen
Austen will lead trade credit division and joins from Euler Hermes.
Take-up of SME e-trading by brokers increasing
Applied Systems event heard there are still obstacles with mid-range brokers lagging behind.
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Applied adds mini-fleet to panel
Products from Axa and RSA have are now available on the Applied Systems commercial lines panel.
Academy Insurance rebrands acquisitions
Broker also reveals intention to buy in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
FCA appoints Georgina Philippou as COO
The regulator says its executive committee is now complete.
AA Insurance Service revenue drops 11%
Ebitda drops by 10.3% in the motoring services organisation’s insurance service division for the first half of this year.
Mike Lloyd moves to head AA's insurance division
Janet Connor moves to business transformation unit as management structure changes kick in.
Higos post-tax profit rockets 75% to £752,000 in 2014
Turnover grows by 12.7%
RSA's shares drop 20% as takeover deal with Zurich collapses
Stock market analysts downgrade their recommendations for RSA.
Legal & General staff vote to strike over 1700 possible job cuts
Insurer promises more information about possibly relocating staff to more "cost-effective" locations.
Compass adds 20 new members in six months
Network takes members from Willis and Broker Network.
Zurich withdraws RSA offer
Zurich has abandoned the takeover bid of RSA following a “deterioration in trading performance”.
Enterprise Bill gets tough on claims payment times
The Enterprise Bill proposing to penalise insurers for late payment of claims unless there is a good reason for a delay.
Granite Group signs up with Transactor software system
The group is understood to have made the switch after leaving SSP.