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Schemes to cut EL costs.
Improved access to return-to-work schemes for victims of workplace accidents could cut the cost of co...
Appointment at Loss Recovery Group.
Loss Recovery Group has appointed Natasha Boyne and Emma Rose to its regional sales support team. Bo...
Appointment at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.
The insurance and reinsurance group at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has employed Jane Scott. She joins f...
CETA recommendations.
Insurance network Central Electronic Trading Agency has laid down a number of recommendations for bro...
Appointment at Ace European Group.
Ray Keogh has been appointed business development manager for Ace European Group. Keogh, who has bee...
BIBA to finalise new IT forum.
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is meeting this month to decide the format of its new Inf...
Appointment at BWP.
BWP has appointed Peter Newson as a board director and extended the role of board director Charles W...
iwant: qualified leads.
New website iwant.com aims to provide qualified leads for the insurance industry. The one-stop-porta...
Thank you to readers for their support.
Overheard would like to thank readers for their support over the men-only golfing trip from which PB...
Appointment at Gale & Phillipson.
Yorkshire-based Gale & Phillipson has appointed two new executives: Linda Davy joins the company in ...
Regulation for the sake of it.
The Financial Services Authority's muddled proposals fail to see the bigger industry picture or learn from the mistakes of the retail financial services market.
Hooker leaves NU post ahead of schedule
David Hooker, technical claims director at Norwich Union, is to step down from his post as a result...
SFIF programme boost.
A Broker Partnership programme designed to help members boost their income has been established by Si...
MMA adds pre-travel screening to policies.
MMA Insurance has updated its single and annual travel policies and added a new pre-travel screening ...
Appointment at HSB Haughton Engineering Insurance Services.
HSB Haughton Engineering Insurance Services has appointed three new development executives. Don Coll...
FSA deadline must be met.
Brokers must submit applications to the Financial Services Authority by mid-July 2004 to be authori...
In defence of PB editor's 'mistake'.
I disagree with Richard Packman (PB July, p13) and his accusation that editor Diane Smyth is "a squa...
Appointment at Fusion Insurance.
Fusion Insurance has made Graeme Sutton marketing manager. Sutton joined Fusion from Cox Insurance w...
OASys Commercial on trial to Misys brokers.
Misys is due to pilot new software OASys Commercial, which will enable brokers to transmit risk info...
BM Agency Services offers quotation engine to members.
A new product quotation engine, atomIQ, has been made available to the 600 members of BM Agency Serv...
Laying the foundations.
Affinities can still be a profitable source of business, despite harder market conditions. John Meredith says getting off to a good start is key to sowing the seeds of success.
Appointment at insurE-com.
insurE-com has appointed Iain Brogden as insurer account manager. He previously worked at Quote & Bu...
Another string to the bow.
Spurred on by encouraging revenue results, Barry Smith, chief executive of Fortis, plans to reduce the proportion of personal motor on the company's books and build on lines including household and travel. Diane Smyth reports.
Appointment at HIBL.
HIBL has made several new appointments to its Kirmington office: Gavin Rourke has become new busines...