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Appointment at Pound Gates and Co.
Ipswich-based insurance broker Pound Gates and Company has made four new appointments as part of a r...
Scottish Equitable in restructure to boost position in market.
Scottish Equitable has restructured into three separate companies and has changed its name to Aegon ...
Award honours Harrison.
The Yorkshire and Northern region of BIIBA has created 'The Gordon Harrison Memorial Award' in honou...
Axe falls on 2000 Eagle Star agencies at Zurich Financial.
The UK commercial division of Zurich Financial Services - the company formed from the merger of the ...
Bug-tester.
Brokers and intermediaries are being offered a free disk that will enable them to test whether their...
The Max factor.
Outsourcing in insurance is booming at the moment and at the forefront of the growth is Eastgate. Shona Cronin spoke to Eastgate director Max Carruthers about the purchase of Hambro and his role in driving the company forward.
Edgar Hamilton helps brokers to take slice of travel cover sector.
Edgar Hamilton & Wellard has enhanced the cover on its Voyager policy in a bid to give intermediarie...
Scheme offers facilities.
Peter Lusted has launched Economic Scheme Underwriting, to provide scheme underwriting facilities an...
The incredible shrinking market.
The departure of Cloverleaf is the latest loss to the non-standard motor field, but those that remain foresee brighter times ahead. Andrew Newman reports.
ACE acts on health and safety regulations.
ACE Engineering Insurance has devised a risk management package to help clients comply with two new ...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Edward Close-Smith has been appointed managing director of the North American division of Thompson H...
Not concerned by MMC ruling.
The recent ruling by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission that discounted holidays must be made ava...
Pastures new.
The mood may be downbeat on the farm, but there are signs that rates in the farm and agriculture markets are starting to increase. David Fanning talks to the main insurers.
Appointment at AXA Insurance.
AXA Insurance has appointed Kirsty Chandler as its new corporate account manager. Ms Chandler spent ...
Appointment at Crowe.
Crowe Insurance Group Syndicate 963 has appointed Hamilton Harper as claims controller and Nikolai K...
Chartwell's Charity Plus policy a 'must for all UK charities'.
David Marshall & Others Syndicate 839, managed by Chartwell Managing Agents, has devised a new profe...
Towergate in L&E deal.
London & Edinburgh, recently acquired by Norwich Union, has been appointed underwriter for Towergate...
RSA loses clients over Y2K.
Royal & SunAlliance has been forced to pull out of the professional indemnity market for chartered a...
Broker splits in two.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson has announced that it is to split into two major operations. JLT Risk ...
Eastgate seeks £100m turnover increase after Hambro acquisition.
The Eastgate Group is set to double in size following its acquisition of Hambro Assistance from Lind...
City law firms merge.
National insurance law firm, Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave, and City-based practice Beachcroft Stanley...
Lombard tees off once more with Golf Secure.
Lombard General Insurance has relaunched Golf Secure, its product targeted at privately owned golf c...
Called to account.
Insurers providing professional indemnity for accountants are having to deal with the tough stance taken by the various chartered institutes on year 2000. Shona Cronin looks at what this means for the market.
Brockbank remedy for patent worries.
Lloyd's-based Brockbank Syndicate Management has launched a new intellectual property patent infring...