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New division for Towry.
The insurance broking arm of Towry Law has announced the launch of a new specialist division advisin...
Appointment at CNA (Europe).
CNA (Europe) has appointed Dax Gulmohamed as underwriter of directors and officers liability. He was...
Appointment at Alliance Insurance Management.
Alliance Insurance Management has appointed Peter Firmo to head up its new health management divisio...
Marcus Hearn relaunch.
Marcus Hearn has relaunched a new version of its scheduled airline failure, following the 11 Septemb...
The Swinton Group pays #27m for Colonnade.
The Swinton Group has bought Colonnade Insurance Brokers for #27m. Swinton is paying former owner...
InsurE-com wins UK TAM rights.
InsurE-com has won exclusive distribution, support and development rights to the TAM system in the U...
Appointment at Das Group.
Das Group has promoted Patrick Veysey from assistant general manager, finance to finance director. H...
Rubicon sets its sights on making further acquisitions.
Insurance services provider Rubicon aims to make at least three more acquisitions this year, accordi...
Online competition ... Win a Sony portable flat screen TV.
This month's prize is a portable Sony flat screen colour TV, offering a 14 inch screen, a sleep time...
Chilton encourages e-commerce embrace.
Brokers must embrace e-commerce and use it to radically rethink their core strategies, according to ...
Appointment at Crawford.
Sarah Civil has been made managing director of the corporate and major incident team at Crawford, wi...
LHR Insurance aims to expand with more books of business.
LHR Insurance Brokers is set to buy its fifth book of business in two years. The commercial insur...
Appointment at FMW Risk Services.
FMW Risk Services has made Philip Radley a senior account executive. He specialises in the arrangem...
Appointment at Finsure.
Wynn Roberts has become managing director for NIG's subsidiary company Finsure. He will be responsib...
Appointment at Wilby.
Halifax-based insurance broker Wilby has made a string of appointments. Vincent Claxton, Jayne Moss ...
From our daily news service ... Marsh HNW clients offered Invaluable
Marsh has introduced a recovery service for missing items for high net worth clients called Invaluab...
Getting out of a costly run-off PI agreement.
Q: I sold my brokerage three years ago with a stipulation in the sales contract that I would take out run-off professional indemnity cover for seven years. This is proving costly. Can I get out of the contract?
Markerstudy Group aims for a place in the taxi market.
Wholesale broker and underwriting agency the Markerstudy Group has launched a scheme for taxis and p...
Industry faces #4bn bill after House of Lords asbestos ruling.
The House of Lords' recent decision to overturn the verdicts in Fairchild, Fox and Matthews means ma...
Appointment at Rubicon.
Wendy Frampton has joined Rubicon as head of corporate marketing. Ms Frampton was previously a direc...
PwC makes final offer to ex-Indie brokers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is making its final offer to ex-Independent Insurance brokers. The provisi...
FSA regulation likely for travel agents and lawyers.
Travel agents and lawyers are likely to be regulated by the Financial Services Authority, according ...
SHW: PI quotations site.
Sterling Hamilton Wright has launched a professional indemnity quotations site. Underwritten at Lloy...
Hard times in a hard market.
The insurance industry is experiencing hard markets, putting premiums out of the reach of our most needy clients and putting the industry's social conscience under scrutiny.