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UKI cuts nearly 100 staff
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance's subsidiary UKI Partnerships has made around 100 employees redunda...
FSA rethinks poison ARROW
Commercial law firm Beachcroft LLP (previously Beachcroft Wansbroughs) has completed work on behalf ...
"Value destruction" dogs Heath/JLT deal
Market analysts are watching the rumoured take over of Heath Lambert by Jardine Lloyd Thompson with ...
Appointment at Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes has made Simon Scholfield regional managing director in its North American property...
Professional Broking online poll and results
Is recruiting quality staff becoming harder? Yes 69.2% No 15.4% Unsure 15.4% July online poll qu...
Highway launches website
Motor insurer Highway has launched a broker-only website Highway Extra for its 2500 broker partners....
Appointment at PBS Holdings
PBS Holdings has appointed Simon Taylor to the newly-created role of marketing director. Taylor join...
Aon is set to go electronic
Aon UK has announced that it will move to an electronic trading capability during 2006 for its speci...
Web-based property insurance from BrandRisks
Software company Sirius has developed a website for niche sceme broker BrandRisks to provide residen...
Towergate restructures niche lines
Amanda Blanc, chief executive of the broking division at the Towergate Partnership, has begun to mak...
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama has promoted Cathie Bruce to the role of distribution and customer service director. Bruce ...
Appointment at SBJ
SBJ has appointed Andrew Harding as chairman and also as a director. Harding was formerly managing d...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Andrew Poppleton has joined the Allianz Cornhill personal lines household team as schemes manager. O...
Oxygen brings early rehab into EL and PL
Oxygen Insurance Managers - the agency operation of Oxygen, the London market insurance intermediary...
McIntyre: Job losses 'right for customers'
Insurer Royal and SunAlliance is set to axe 1000 jobs in the UK before June 2008. A spokesperson sai...
Appointment at Finsure
Finsure has made two appointments to its sales and development team. Michael Jones and Edward Carvel...
BCWA to grow through pic 'n' mix offering
Mutual health care provider BCWA is hoping to buck the trend in the stagnant individual private medi...
Appointment at the Wilson Organisation
The Wilson Organisation has appointed Donald Robertson and Richard Dilley to its independent insuran...
THB unveils office in Leamington Spa
THB Group's new offices will house 110 staff from THB Clowes, the regional broker, and THB Financial...
Appointment at the Cobra Network
The Cobra Network has appointed David Truman into a new role of business schemes and broker developm...
Layton Blackham GWP pushes £150m after acquisition to be Midlands hub
London-based financial firm Layton Blackham has acquired Worcester-based broker Cox Hepburn Insuranc...
HR Access launches in UK
HR Access, which helps automate in-house human resources processes, is launching in the UK. HR Acces...
Allianz Cornhill buys into HNW broking
Allianz Cornhill has completed the acquisition of a specialist mid-to-high net worth household broke...
Axa creates centre of excellence
Axa has created a new centre of excellence for the UK Support function within its Ipswich motor-clai...