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Navigators & General Insurance chartered France 2
Navigators & General Insurance chartered France 2, an 80ft International America's Cup class yacht, ...
AM Best: industry falls to historic low
The financial strength of UK general insurers is significantly below historic levels, according to r...
Snowball concern for UK over FSA plans
Patrick Snowball, group executive director of Aviva, has spoken out against the Financial Services A...
Clearing up FSA goodwill
The story on Financial Services Authority rules in the September PB Electronic stated that goodwill ...
Appointment at CNA
John Watson has been made UK regional distribution manager. Watson will work with other CNA branch m...
Appointment at HSBC
HSBC Insurance Brokers has made Ian Reaney new head of broking for the Midlands and Wales region. Re...
Appointment at Goshawk Insurance Holdings
Russell Brooke has joined Goshawk Re, Goshawk's wholly-owned reinsurance business in Bermuda, as chi...
Appointment at Thomas, Carroll Group
Thomas, Carroll Group has recruited Nigel Davies as non-executive director. Formerly financial direc...
FSA regulation
The government has laid a Parliamentary Order stating that the Financial Services Authority will be ...
TBS launches with roadshows
Total Broker Solutions is launching this month in a UK-wide series of roadshows. Travelling from Bi...
Sectornet installs new disaster recovery scheme
Sectornet, formerly known as MCS, has launched two new products for commercial brokers. Its disaste...
Angel FAS places online arts risks
High net worth brokers can now place fine art risks online. Angel Fine Art and Specie, a division o...
Appointment at Alan Boswell
Lesley McKee has joined Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers as account executive. She will be based in th...
The Treasury issues consultation paper
The Treasury has issued a consultation paper seeking views on who should deal with consumer complain...
Broker training set for funding boost
Millions of pounds of funding could be made available to brokers for training at the highest level a...
Applegate review as Galbraith goes
Ken Applegate, intermediary business services director of Norwich Union (NU), who replaced Eric Galb...
The FUA launches household product 'Connoisseur'
The Folgate Underwriting Agency (FUA) has launched a mid net worth household product 'Connoisseur' t...
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INTERMEDIARIES Trowbridge-based Jelf Insurance Brokers (Wessex) has appointed Stuart Gregory as its...
IIB set to enter premium finance sector for brokers with over £1m requirement a year
The Institute of Insurance Brokers plans to launch into the premium finance sector, following a tria...
Capita Consulting forges new partnership
Capita Consulting - the management consultancy arm of Capita Group - has forged a new partnership wi...
Brokers face banks threat
Brokers are increasingly vulnerable from small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers taking th...
Insurance broker Martin and Pethard acquires family firm
Redditch insurance broker Martin and Pethard has made its third acquisition of the year - family fir...
Thornside launches new Petwise website
Thornside, the specialist pet healthcare insurance underwriting agent which is part of the BDML Hold...
Brokers express serious concerns
Brokers have expressed serious concerns over the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) plans to use t...