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Appointment at Drewe Insurance.
Andy Tedstone has joined Drewe Insurance as marine manager. He joins from RA Carter Insurance where ...
Tribunal ruling on RSA redundancies delayed.
The manufacturing Science and Finance Union's attempt to seek compensation for 5000 staff made redun...
Torrance on the move.
Cornhill has confirmed that former ITT London & Edinburgh managing director Andrew Torrance will tak...
Appointment at Euclidian.
Euclidian has appointed Andrew J Willoughby as an executive director of Euclidian. Mr Willoughby, wh...
MCS acquires York Computer Systems.
Marlow-based software house MCS has bought York Computer systems for an undisclosed sum. Under th...
Norwich Union revamps its small fleet product.
Norwich Union has revamped its small fleet product, 11.55, and renamed it Minifleet. The policy has ...
AXA tackles Y2K problem.
AXA Insurance has launched a millennium "bug-busting" package to help brokers and intermediaries pre...
CGU Training Academy.
CGU Insurance has launched a three-fold training initiative for brokers. The first initiative is ...
Cultivating business
As farmers diversify into new areas of business, their insurance needs become greater and even more complex. Barry Gardner examines the wide range of farming risks.
Shead underwriters set to quit.
Shead Motor Policies underwriter Derek Wiley and his deputy Andrew Haynes are quitting their jobs fo...
Appointment at Colonia Baltica.
Cliff Arnold has retired after 40 years in the London insurance market. He was Colonia Baltica's ...
Appointment at Abbey Legal Protection.
Abbey Legal Protection has appointed Jonathan Boyd-Wallis as a senior underwriter. Mr Boyd-Wallis jo...
GISC is still weighing up industry concerns.
The General Insurance Standards Council is still analysing the various concerns raised by the insura...
Amicus and RE Brown provide dispute cover.
Amicus Legal has put together a legal expenses policy designed specifically for businesses. The poli...
BIIBA and IIB fight it out, again.
The British Insurance and Investment Brokers Association is defiant in its aim to merge with the Ins...
Appointment at Zurich Municipal.
Zurich Municipal has appointed Guy Munnoch as its assistant general manager for claims. He is curren...
Ex-GAN chiefs in motor deal.
Three former GAN board members have joined forces to buy private motor specialist Rossborough Insura...
Appointment at Singer & Friedlander.
Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance has appointed Tony Worthy to managing director. He was previo...
Service culls over half of its agencies.
Service Motor Policies at Lloyd's has slashed its agency base by over half and is seeking to shrink ...
Taking cover.
Coversure has made a success out of its franchising operation and now the company is looking to expand further, Mark Coverdale, its chairman, tells Tim Collison.
Ian Ritchie.
Brokers with financial services business are now being subjected to unfair and inconsistent treatment by the FSA.
Club concept enhanced at Independent.
Independent Insurance has launched a range of new products and broker initiatives as part of its fou...
Paul Asplin.
The newly formed General Insurance Standards Council could be best placed to look into the concerns surrounding the unscrupulous use of ULR to promote credit hire.
Appointment at Pinsent Curtis.
Martin Membery (above) has been made a partner within the insurance group at Pinsent Curtis. Mr Memb...