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Appointment at Aon
Aon has appointed John Cullen as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for the compan...
FSA stance not altered after Preston
The Financial Services Authority has maintained it will not get involved in intermediary wholesalin...
Autolease: broker division
Fleet management and funding specialist Lloyds TSG Autolease has launched a broker division to supp...
Taken for HSBC ride
HSBC Insurance Brokers has launched Spectrum Rider, a motorcycle product for brokers with no existi...
Giving cats the cream
Veterinary surgeries are frequented by pet-owners, particularly when the animals are young, so where better to target insurance packages, asks Jane Gilhespy.
Call for reform to EL system
The UK'S fault-based employer's liability system should be scrapped, according to Bill Callaghan, c...
Appointment at PoundGates
PoundGates has made David Robinson marine underwriter....
Appointment at Annan Insurance
Annan Insurance has appointed Don Metcalfe to the technical broking unit....
Russell Scanlan begins acquisition programme
Nottingham-based broker Russell Scanlan has acquired the general insurance business of local firm F...
What about ad hoc information?
Q: I run a small brokerage and have a packaged system from a major broker software vendor. I get some standard reports but how can I get ad hoc information from my system?
Exercising damage limitation
The public is increasingly disillusioned with the insurance industry, which must work collectively on improving its image rather than laying the blame on individual sectors.
Appointment at Euler Trader Indemnity
Fabrice Desnos has joined Euler Trade Indemnity as director of finance....
Rallying the industry troops
As the threat of war with Iraq continues apace, the insurance industry must guard against any decisions being hurriedly passed through Parliament.
IFS launches 'simple' broker qualification
The Institute of Financial Services has launched a new qualification for general insurance brokers....
Weysure obtained
Stuart Alexander has acquired Dorset-based broker Weysure, whose staff will relocate from Weymouth ...
Broker Network moving to one software solution
The Broker Network wants its brokers to operate on one software solution in future, according to ma...
NU plans to buy retired brokers' books of business
Norwich Union is researching a new scheme in which it would buy books of business from retiring bro...
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting Group
Stephen Crowe has joined Towergate Underwriting Group as group financial controller....
Appointment at Zenith Commercial
Nicholas Wright is the new regional sales and operations manager at Zenith Commercial....
Appointment at Cox
Cox has appointed Paul Dodds and Colin Charles as joint managing directors of its business-to-busin...
No EL value for money
Only 27% of respondents thought the current system of employer's liability compulsory insurance off...
Appointment at Smart & Cook
Richard Darbyshire has been appointed branch director of Smart & Cook's Harrogate operation and Nei...
insurE-com roadshows
The roadshow season continues, with insurE-com announcing a further 11 shows this spring. Each stop...
Appointment at CNA
Steve O'Gorman will head up marine cargo underwriting for Continental Europe at CNA, Tanja Jung bec...