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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...
Glemham Underwriting has relocated
Professional indemnity and commercial lines managing general agents, Glemham Underwriting has reloca...
Willis denies using staff appraisal system to force exit of employees
Willis has denied reports that it is using its appraisal system to manage staff out of the business ...
Allianz pushes web legal cover
Allianz Commercial has launched a new online legal protection service available to all Allianz small...
No-claims discounts
Findings commissioned by Sainsbury's Home Insurance have revealed that while almost all car insuranc...
London brokers break ranks to set up their own independent representative trade organisation
London Market brokers have voted unanimously to form a new, independent organisation to be called th...
Biba places accessibility at head of industry's agenda
The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) is aiming to make insurance more accessible in the...
Heath Lambert hire steps up its focus on high-net-worth business
Heath Lambert has made another addition to its growing regional high-net-worth (HNW) operation with ...
SMS messaging 'can help brokers save on costs'
SMS messaging could help brokers save on costs and enhance customer relations, according to telephon...
Third Force in £1.3bn boost
A review of the Third Force of the insurance industry by Insurance Age in a supplement this month ha...
Mark Underford's new role
Mark Underford, assistant technical manager at Groupama Insurances, has been appointed as the new ch...
Appointment at AEGIS London
AEGIS London has hired Paula Restrepo as casualty underwriter. Restrepo will underwrite a liability ...
Digital marketing - Analyse this
Katherine Brandon examines the tools available for tracking digital marketing campaigns
Appointment at Ansvar
Ansvar has recruited Marcus Booth as its new underwriting manager. Booth joined RSA in 1985 after gr...
Appointment at Travelers UK
Travelers UK has appointed Karen Bigwood as marketing manager. A key project for Bigwood in her new ...
Appointment at Heath Lambert Group
Heath Lambert Group has recruited Bob Palmer, previously of Oval, as account executive. ...
Appointment at Tysers
Tysers has recruited two senior executives, Richard Bowdidge as divisional director and Kingsley Mil...
Appointment at Moorhouse
Moorhouse has appointed Joe Sultana to its board as operations director. Prior to joining, Sultana w...
Appointment at Open GI
Open GI has promoted Jason Wheelhouse to national sales manager. Wheelhouse was corporate account ma...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has made two appointments within its business development team. Claire Ephgrave has be...
Appointment at Robertson Taylor
Robertson Taylor, a subsidiary of Lloyd's broker Oxygen, has recruited Victoria France as managing d...