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Ace awarded chartered status
Insurer's UK retail P&C operations granted accolade.
LV Broker takes on former Ageas pricing boss
Tim Rourke tasked with growing LV's ABC and Highway books.
Beaumonts makes Bradford broker acquisition
High net worth broker has targeted surpassing £50m in premium this year.
Turnover jumps at MCE as post-tax profit slides
Directors confident in facing challenging year ahead.
Allianz UK posts £1.93bn GWP
Broker household account grows while broker motor book struggles.
Aon at forefront of apprenticeship launch
Project also brings together the CII, the ABI and Biba.
Amlin UK records 2013 underwriting profit fall
Lloyd's insurer sees UK COR worsen to 99%.
S&P upgrades RSA to A
Ratings agency gives insurer a stable outlook.
Invicta expands into Essex with portfolio buy
Broker keen to make further acquisitions.
PowerPlace boosts business development team
E-trading specialist names Zurich's Victoria Hallet as broker account manager for the North East and West.
Fitch keeps RSA on negative watch
Rating agency warns that a failure to achieve a 97% COR and a suitable return on equity could lead to a downgrade.
NIG launches mini fleet e-trading product
Product has now gone live on TheHub, Insurance Age can reveal.
Deloitte: Q4 weather damage claims highest for a decade
Almost 200,000 claims were made during the quarter, more than double that of Q4 2012.
Miller combines property and casualty units
Broker also adds six new staff.
Aviva replaces CFO Regan with Stoddard
Insurer confirms that new recruit will assume role in May 2014.
Broker2Broker adds Thomas to team
New employee to focus on key accounts.
Biba welcomes suggestion of council tax band H being included in Flood Re
Insurance Age understands the government has been running the rule over including this tax band.
RSA's Brown: "more work to do" in UK business
RSA's UK motor account expected to reduce further through "targeted" approach.
Zurich reveals new insurance team for Scottish brokers
Revamp entails external hires and promotions from within.
Allianz Group achieves €10.1bn operating profit in 2013
Group sees total revenues rise to €110.8bn.
RSA UK and Western Europe COR worsens to 106.6%
Insurer's UK COR also deteriorated to 99.2%.
Staveley Head completes double hire
Staveley Head has recruited Jason Waldron and James McManus as part of its growth plans.
RSA posts £338m loss in "disappointing" 2013 results
RSA's Irish arm made a £220m underwriting loss, leading to poor overall performance.
AIG extends HNW policy wording
Provider confirms policy will now offer HNW clients up to £2,000 water leak detector payment.