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FirstCity takes on SIF staff
Competition in the solicitors' professional indemnity market is hotting up, with Lloyd's broker First...
Groupama acquires health book from Iron Trades
Groupama Insurances has acquired insurer Trades healthcare business for an undisclosed sum. The deal,...
Sinser buys risk management group RIRG
The insurance management company Sinser Holding of Sweden has acquired its own risk operation, thro...
Highway Glass: now into house and garage
The emergency glass and lock replacement company Highway Glass has launched a national service for ...
Routledge suspended from Lloyd's
Former Octavian and Shead Motor Policies underwriter Peter Routledge has been found guilty of three c...
RapidInsure covers IT consultants
New start-up online insurer RapidInsure has gone live with a professional indemnity policy for techno...
CGU launches homebuyers portal
CGU has gone live with a home-moving portal, Asserta, which is designed to reduce the hassles of home...
CILA accepts seat on BDMA.
The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters has accepted a seat on the executive of the British Damage...
Lloyd's goes to the Limit.
Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington are to merge to form Ensign Underwriting. The deal will cre...
Appointment at RP Hodson Holdings.
Jim Duffy has been made operations director at RP Hodson Holdings. Mr Duffy joins RPH from Guardian ...
Too hot to handle?
Offering commercial clients risk management advice and solutions is becoming increasingly important. But how can small and medium-sized brokers with limited resources get involved? David Fanning investigates.
New insurance firm sets sail as CNA and Maritime merge.
CNA Insurance and Maritime Insurance Company, both part of the CNA group, are to merge to form a sin...
Survival of the fittest.
An insured with sound contingency plans will have a better chance of riding out the storm, should disaster strike. Formulating such a plan needs careful consideration, and maybe even outside help, says Martin Savage.
CGU Elite conference out.
CGU has scrapped this year's Elite conference and is replacing the bi-annual event with regional hos...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Peter Slade has been promoted to the Thompson Heath & Bond board of directors. He joined THB in 1994...
Housing benefits.
Lloyd's is well known for its motor policies, but less so for the angle it takes on household. Andrew Newman takes a look at two new initiatives.
Appointment at Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers.
Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers has appointed Jane Venning (left) as executive director of its profe...
Appointment at ACE Europe.
ACE Europe has appointed Greg Lunn as legal counsel for ACE Europe and ACE Global Markets. Prior to ...
Iron Trades faces staff cuts.
Staff at Iron Trades are bracing themselves for "hundreds of redundancies" following QBE's operation...
CSC begins Polaris electRa roll-out.
CSC HAS started its roll-out of Polaris-integrated software to its electRa user base. The software h...
Professional interest.
Professional status was again under the spotlight at last month's BIBA Conference in Edinburgh. However, temperatures rose as Simon Bolam opened proceedings with a diatribe on the contentious issue of pricing. Tim Collison reports.
Appointment at CSC.
CSC has appointed Phil Ashton (above) intermediary sales manager responsible for sales and account m...
Appointment at Independent.
Mark Stephenson, who joined Independent in 1995, has been appointed city sales manager with responsi...
Appointment at Smithson Mason.
Smithson Mason has promoted Neil Durrant and Garry Grace to its board of directors. Mr Durrant heads...