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Appointment at Ace
Ace has hired Paul Jennings as its property and casualty manager. Jennings has over 20 years' underw...
Remote working - Slow progress for mobile working
Katherine Brandon argues that remote network access is increasingly accessible to brokers but that adoption levels are still low
Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society
Wesleyan Assurance Society has hired Andrew D'Arcy as its director of general insurance, reporting t...
Promotion at Keelan Westall
Keelan Westall has promoted Simon Clegg and Mark Costello from business developers to sales managers...
Appointment at Allianz Legal Protection
Allianz Legal Protection has appointed Ryan Smith as an underwriter working on after-the-event busin...
Promotion at Groupama Insurance
Groupama Insurances has made Phil Bird its claims director. Bird joined in 2004 from Axa, where he w...
Appointment at Oval
Oval has hired Marcus Simeoni as its head of the London Market casualty broking team. ...
Appointment at Countrywide
Countrywide has appointed Nick Haycock as its managing director. Haycock was European business devel...
Appointment at The Insurance Partnership
The Insurance Partnership has appointed William Elliott as its claims manager. Elliott joined The In...
Appointment at Chubb Insurance
Chubb Insurance has recruited James Dobson as a senior development underwriter for London. Dobson jo...
Appointment at Ansvar
Ansvar has has taken on Gary Gilmore as its national business manager for the north. Gilmore spent 1...
Appointment at Giles Insurance Brokers
Giles Insurance Brokers has appointed David Pinches as a commercial account executive. Pinches joins...
Appointment at Home and Legacy
Home & Legacy has taken on Mark Wooldridge as its sales director. Wooldridge, who has 20 years' fina...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has recruited Mark Chessher as its chief financial officer for Aon Limited and Aon Risk Services...
Appointment at Allianz Commercial
Allianz Commercial has recruited David Price as a project manager within its change management team....
Fortress creates new structure
Fortress Underwriting has revealed plans to enhance its brand by rolling out a new growth strategy, ...
August
The UK's first Sharia-compliant insurer announced plans to target tens of thousands of small Muslim-...
AON comletes takeover
Aon completed the takeover of Benfield for £3.50 per share in cash, in addition to assuming £91m of ...
MSL develops regional interests as part of a national growth push
MSL has revealed plans to expand its UK operation and further enhance services for brokers after str...
Provision by Defra welcomed
Alliance Corporate Risk Management, part of the Towergate Partnership, has welcomed the Department f...
Underwriting profits drop for RSA
UK underwriting profits for RSA dropped to £48m for the first half of 2008 (H1 2007: £51m) in what i...
Merger creates Harrisbalcombe
Harris Claims Group and Balcombe Group have merged to create Harrisbalcombe. Both companies said the...
RSA launch proposition
A new solicitor's proposition designed to help protect and grow their businesses has been launched b...
Introducing the top 50
Included in this month's issue is the first edition of Insurance Age's 2008 Top 50 Brokers in Person...