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Government actions to tackle flooding ..
Government actions to tackle flooding must result in people being better protected and informed abou...
New software platform designed
A new software platform has been designed to support insurers with market and regulatory reformation...
David Rasche named Business Leader of the Year
SSP executive chairman David Rasche has been named Business Leader of the Year at the Yorkshire Post...
Open days offered by Groupama
In a move designed to develop closer working relationships with its regional broker partners, Groupa...
Canopius Managing Agents launches Canopius Underwriting
Canopius Managing Agents has launched a service company, Canopius Underwriting. Canopius, through it...
IIB voices strong opposition
The Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) has voiced strong opposition to unlimited compensation awar...
Coface is to launch financial rating service
Credit management company Coface is to launch a financial rating service. It comes as draft regulati...
December
The Chartered Insurance Institute hired a new director of general insurance to replace Peter Knowles...
New career-building website launched
A new career-building website, abintegro.com, has been launched featuring a 'three-dimensional CV', ...
Hiscox conducts study of small business insurance purchase
Hiscox has conducted a study on small business insurance purchases that revealed that only 16% of sm...
SSP to work with PPI
SSP is to work with payment protection insurance (PPI) provider MMS to enhance its distribution capa...
Property claims for escaped water tripled
Statistics compiled by Lockton's Real Estate & Construction division revealed that property claims a...
Kwik-Fit insurance expands
Kwik Fit Insurance is expanding into commercial lines with own-brand small and medium-sized enterpri...
Risk perspectives - As business exits, the thieves enter
Ted Kenrick, technical and risk solutions manager, Norwich Union Risk Services
Small broker focus - Keep in touch to stay in control
The recession cycle rolls out in three stages. In the first, there is a tendency to hope for the bes...
Zurich Insurance Ireland to change its name
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that Zurich Insurance Ireland, the group's Ireland-bas...
Biba strikes deal to avoid need for mandatory commission disclosure
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has staved off the threat of mandatory commission ...
Online HR advice forum for employers launched
A new website has been launched offering free human resources and workplace personnel advice to help...
TMKS launched
R J Kiln & Co and Tokio Marine have launched the Tokio Marine Kiln Syndicate (TMKS). Syndicate 1880,...
A monthly look at who is moving where ..
BROKERS Stuart Lawson has been appointed head of Aon Trade Credit (ATC) where he will be responsibl...
Struggling SMEs face growing threat of crime against them
As many small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) struggle to survive the current economic instabilit...
Insurers told Madoff fallout may cost them dear
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has warned that Bernard Madoff's alleged £32bn fraud could potentially ...
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
Equity Red Star opens office in Leeds
Expanding its regional fleet and special risks business in Northern England, Equity Red Star has ope...