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Appointment at Devitt.
Devitt has announced a new team for its motor cycle insurance call centre at Romford. James Bridge w...
Online competition ... Win an Ericsson R380s smartphone.
Is your mobile phone a smartphone? If not, you should enter this month's online competition as we ar...
Bennetts: 30 job losses.
Listed home and motor intermediary Bennetts Insurance is to move into several new lines of business,...
Brown steps down from Markel top slot.
Reg Brown, managing director of Markel Syndicate Management, has announced his retirement. He is due...
Marsh's SME plans are very 'brave'.
I enjoyed reading your interview with Joe Grogan in November's PB (p24), as it gave me a profound se...
Max Taylor to join Aon.
Max Taylor, the outgoing chairman of Lloyd's, is to join broker Aon from 2 January, as full-time dep...
Appointment at Groupama.
Maureen Rolf has joined Groupama as corporate development underwriter for the north-east regions. Ms...
Redress the IIB balance.
There has been a lot of comment on the bias regarding the recent survey of brokers carried out by th...
Technical merits.
Jackson's Insurance Services has embraced the opportunities which the internet has to offer. Diane Smyth finds out how the founder of the company plans to develop and expand upon its five existing websites.
On the safe side.
Insurers insist that if premiums in the construction plant industry are to stop rising then the issue of security must be taken more seriously. Steve Banner explains.
FMW offer road to recovery
Chelmsford brokers FMW Risk Services is to offer its mid-range commercial clients loss recovery insur...
Vic Thompson - Chairman, Thompson Heath & Bond.
Q: What was your best decision or deal? Persuading David Ulph (deputy chairman) to join THB. Q:...
Party season in full swing.
The party season was in full swing last month, and was kicked off with the Institute of Insurance Br...
Prompt expands with Tifco.
Premium finance company Prompt has acquired Tifco for £2.4m. The deal gives Prompt an extra £1m in n...
Appointment at Special Risk Services.
Special Risk Services has recruited Tatiana Desjobert and Mary O'Neill as legal professionals. Ms De...
Clinicare prepares massive cull of its underperformers.
Medical insurance provider Clinicare is looking to cull many of its unprofitable agencies. Derry And...
Rapidinsure: redundancies.
Online intermediary Rapidinsure has made most of its 17-strong team redundant, and stopped taking on...
From our daily news service ... RFIB to undergo management buy out.
The former management and senior staff of Robert Fleming Insurance Brokers have reached an agreement...
Milnes House sells up.
Wakefield-based broker Milnes House Securities has been forced to sell up to the TL Dallas Group, af...
Appointment at Willis Group.
Mario Vitale has joined Willis Group as executive vice president. Mr Vitale will be responsible for ...
ACE takes Cigna to court over P&C sale.
ACE is taking legal action against CIGNA Corporation for breach of contract, following its $3.45bn a...
Appointment at the Bollington Group.
Anne Cranny has been made senior personal lines account handler at the Bollington Group. Ms Cranny w...
Former CGU director helps NFU Mutual push into broker market.
NFU Mutual is looking to increase its presence in the broker market, and has appointed CGU's former ...
AIM and Beckett battle it out.
The Beckett Group marketing director Bernard Steward-Deane has described the wrangle with Alliance I...