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Employee accident threat
Escalating employers' liability insurance costs mean employee accidents are now the third biggest th...
Appointment at Associated Insurance
Experts Ken Davidson, Tim Dowlen, Richard Elliott and Geoffrey Lloyd have all become principals at A...
Appointment at La Playa
Paula Hawthorne has joined Cambridge-based insurance broker La Playa as account executive, working o...
Layton Blackham shares
The Layton Blackham Group has structured its investment from global insurer Axa. Axa UK now holds a ...
Folgate adds extension to underwriting facility
The Folgate Partnership has launched an underwriting facility, Folgate Underwriting Management Speci...
FSA urges legal checks
The Financial Services Authority is advising loss assessors and loss adjusters acting for members of...
Under-insurance issues
Secure Inventories has launched MyHomeInventory, which aims to help brokers tackle the problem of un...
IBM manages Zurich
IBM is set to manage all Zurich Financial Services employees' electronic workplace technology. IBM w...
HFIS website partnership
Landlord insurer Hamilton Fraser Insurance Solutions has launched a partnership with www.accomodatio...
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance
Royal & SunAlliance has made Sarah Charman senior personal accident underwriter and Anna Fentiman pe...
Provincial offers EL help
New broker Provincial Underwriting has launched to provide tailor-made liability and property insura...
Appointment at Anchorman Insurance
Darryl Probert is to head niche broker Anchorman Insurance Consultants' new Devon office. ...
NU set to tackle floods with new mapping device
Norwich Union will roll out highly accurate flood mapping technology this year, beginning with high-...
Vehicle decontamination
The Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs h...
FRS5 amendment could erase broker annual profits
Accountant and business adviser Mazars has warned that the amendment to Financial Reporting Standard...
Blanc plans shake-up
Amanda Blanc, newly appointed distribution and customer services director of Groupama Insurances, pl...
ABI welcomes DWP plan
The Association of British Insurers has given the government's national action plan to improve rehab...
Network Extra backing
Network Extra, Camberford Law's broker network, has won backing from Axa, Allianz Cornhill, Evergree...
Appointment at CNA Insurance
CNA has appointed Richard Spencer and Christine Igoe to its financial lines team in London. Glyn Eva...
Further Lloyd's loss
Lloyd's closed its 2001 underwriting year on 31 December 2003 with £3.5bn gross claims from the atta...
Tax breaks could cut training costs
Brokers could save nearly 50% of their training costs if new tax breaks come to fruition. The Treas...
Appointment at Fortis
Fortis Insurance has made Robert Smale claims director. He will be based in the Eastleigh office. ...
Jelf PMI acquisition
The Jelf Group has acquired Cardiff-based private medical insurance specialist Pontin & Stein. The a...
Appointment at Aon
Philip Gore-Randall has joined as chief executive of Aon Risk Services UK and will become a member o...