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Appointment at HSBC Insurance Brokers
Mark Currie has joined HSBC Insurance Brokers as assistant director and Nigel Fretwell has joined as...
Paperless broker in West Midlands
Halesowen-based Johnston Park McAndrew is aiming to become a paperless broker by early 2006. The dec...
Evidence of hardening market in 2006 gathers
Conviction is growing among insurer chief executives that 2006 will be a hard market despite over ha...
Appointments at Oval
Oval has recruited three senior specialists to its existing corporate insurance team in the Midlands...
FSA to review compulsory disclosure of commission
The Financial Services Authority is set to review whether it should amend its current policy of comm...
Misys set to exit insurance market after 26 years
Software giant Misys is set to exit the UK general insurance business after 26 years. Misys started ...
Appointment at Budget Group of Companies
The Budget Group of Companies has appointed David Thompson to the role of operations director for it...
Willis network adds to its ranks in Scotland
The Willis Commercial Network has recruited another Scottish member. Commercial & Agricultural Insur...
Appointment at Financial Services Practitioner Panel
Roy Leighton takes over as chairman of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel. He succeeds Jonath...
Perkins Slade reaches £50m GWP following acquisition
Perkins Slade has acquired fellow Birmingham-based broker Stanford & Wood, including cash and shares...
EC closes in on Member States that have not implemented IMD
The European Commission is promising tough action against EU Member States that have not implemented...
Appointment at Moorhouse Group
Simon Thomas has been appointed group commercial director at the Moorhouse Group. ...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance
Royal & SunAlliance has appointed Bernard Mageean as its new commercial underwriting director. ...
COBRA Holdings chooses Insurecom
Newly formed COBRA Holdings has chosen Insurecom's tamPlus commercial broker software as its preferr...
Sirius and Misys take automated Close
Close Premium Finance's Close system has been integrated with Misys' and Sirius' back-office systems...
Appointment at Silverbeck Rymer
Silverbeck Rymer has appointed Jon Haynes as its head of defendant operations and business developme...
Fortis motor down but GWP up overall
Fortis UK reported overall gross written premiums for the third quarter 2005 of £453m, an increase o...
Risk models for avian flu show huge costs
According to Standard & Poor's, the industry's worst-case models for avian flu - in the event that t...
Heath Lambert back on the acquisition trail
Heath Lambert has indicated it will re-enter the acquisition arena after a six-year absence. While n...
Appointment at Parkwood Sinclair
Parkwood Sinclair has appointed Malcolm Allen to the position of commercial claims handler. He joins...
Appointment at Novae Underwriting
Novae Underwriting has appointed John Holmes as regional underwriting manager - North. ...
Appointment at Chubb
Neil Myers has joined Chubb as its first country manager for Norway. ...
Appointment at Jelf Group
The Jelf Group has appointed Julia Samson as client services director within Jelf Insurance Brokers ...
Burgesses name change
Payment protection insurer Burgesses has changed its company name to British Insurance and will be k...