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CCS Global joins panel.
CCS Global Claims Consultants and Loss Adjusters have joined the panel of Loss Recovery Insurance's ...
Folgate kicks off cover.
Folgate Insurance is to offer household, let property and commercial insurance products for Southamp...
MP opens new HQ.
Economy Minister Adam Ingram was on hand to open Hughes and Company's new £2m custom-built headquart...
Chubb turns on to telecoms with its new comprehensive product.
Chubb has made further investment in the telecommunications industry with the launch of a new one-st...
CGU's Tony Cornell retires.
Overheard was very sad to learn of the the retirement of CGU's Tony Cornell. All the trade press has...
Woolf increasing costs.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that, far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the W...
Willis lifts franchise 'smokescreen'.
Willis has gone live with its Commercial Network, its initiative aimed at securing small and medium ...
Ian Ritchie.
Mergers are resulting in the industry losing valuable expertise, at a time when it is swamped with new legislation.
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul has promoted Neil Clayton from regional development to deputy sales manager. Mr Clayton has ...
Argyll acquisition.
Argyll Insurance Group of Worthing has acquired Brighton-based insurance consultants, Sharpe and Par...
CGU's Cornell to retire.
Tony Cornell, head of broker relations at CGU Insurance, will retire at the end of this month after ...
On the buses.
Bus and coach insurers are managing to push through some significant rate increases. However, Steve Banner says this good news is offset by an increase in fraud and in claims costs.
Under construction.
Now that things are looking up for the construction industry insurers can afford to put rates up and make them stick, says Steve Banner.
Appointment at Iron Trades.
Paulina Wicks has been appointed manager, claims operations at Iron Trades' Middlesborough office. S...
AA enhances online quote facility.
AA Insurance is about to go live with full encrypted credit card payment on its Internet quote facil...
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
David Metcalf, formerly group development director at Sedgwick, has been appointed to the board of d...
Jobs go at Galaxy 7 after sale.
IGI Group has purchased Galaxy 7 Underwriting Agency in a bid to invest further in the amateur sport...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Helphire Group has appointed Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas (above) to head the new national sales...
Norwich Union sponsors Edinburgh Tattoo.
Last month, Norwich Union dipped into its coffers to provide sponsorship for the Edinburgh Tattoo fo...
Top of the reform.
As a past chairman of the Examiner's Committee, Reg Brown is well aware of the need for change at the CII. Tim Collison spoke to him about his plans for his year as president.
David Worsfold.
Direct writers will be the first regulatory target of the GISC. This clears up any nonsense about the council being devised by insurers as a means to control brokers.
Fat cats get the cream?
I am a sole-proprietor provincial insurance intermediary registered by the IBRC, when they existed, ...
Employers take the strain.
Following the recent successful pursuit of damages for both stress and RSI in the courts, David Fanning examines the impact on insurers.
All kitted out.
Insurers specialising in kit car cover are providing only a select group of brokers with direct access to underwriters. This benefits both the insurer and the customer, says Andrew Newman.