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Brokers offered training on recession-proof practice
Marlborough Training & Consultancy – a specialist provider of business and management skills training for insurance brokers – is holding a series of business management training days sponsored by Ignition NBS, to advise brokers on how to maintain growth…
Giles completes sixth Welsh acquisition
Giles Insurance Brokers has further strengthened its position in Wales with the completion of its sixth acquisition in the principality in 12 months.
Zurich ranks best in customer service
Zurich has taken first place in the new UK National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI-UK) for home and car insurance providers.
BIBA call to help protect flood-zone properties
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (Biba) has called on the government to work closely with the insurance industry to protect households and businesses across the UK from flooding.
Venture Preference acquires SME-specialist brokerage
Venture Preference (VP) has acquired Newspace Insurance Services as part of its continued growth effort.
Axa launches new motor product for low risk drivers
Axa Insurance has launched Axa Car, a new personal lines intermediary (PLI) motor product for the low risk driver market.
Appointment at Lockton
Lockton has appointed Richard O'Keefe as a property broker to work across the firm's retail and glob...
Appointment at Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has appointed Jonathan Powell as branch manager of its Bristol offic...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has recruited Eddie Wattenbach as UK and international professional indemnity underwriter. In h...
Appointment at IGI Group
IGI Group has appointed Fiona McNerlin and Jason Green to its legal expenses division as class under...
Appointment at Provident
Provident has taken on James Reader as managing director. Reader joined as head of finance in 2003, ...
Appointment at Allianz Engineering
Allianz Engineering has hired Jonathan Oldfield as regional business manager for its London region. ...
Appointment at Groupama
Groupama has hired Kevin Kiernan as motor underwriting director, joining from Axa, where he was head...
Appointment at Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has appointed Warren Dann as sales leader for its global risk solutions divis...
Telecom networks - Hanging on the wire
Telecom networks come in many guises and, with such choice, there should be little excuse for a potential customer to be left on hold, argues Katherine Brandon
Appointment at Cooper Gay
Cooper Gay has taken on Tim Batchelor and Phil Young as specialised mining practitioners. They arriv...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz has recruited Jenny Coe as senior human resources manager. Coe, who is a member of the Chart...
Appointment at Aon
Aon has taken on Pauline Colvin as chief risk officer. Colvin has previously been chief risk officer...
Appointment at Lloyd's
Lloyd's has welcomed the first group of candidates to be accepted on to its graduate programme. They...
Appointment at Equity Red Star
Equity Red Star has recruited Andrew Stanford as underwriting manager at its Birmingham regional off...
Appointment at Marshall Wooldridge
Marshall Wooldridge has hired Julia Wilding as an account executive. Wilding is also the president-e...
Appointment at Hiscox
Hiscox has given Michael Gould, the firm's group chief operating officer, the role of managing direc...
Appointment at Allianz Commercial
Allianz Commercial has appointed Eugene Friel as an account underwriter in the small business team a...
Appointment at Evolution Underwriting
Evolution Underwriting made Michael Pike a new business underwriter. He joined Evolution in 2007 as ...