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Appointment at The Broker Network.
The Broker Network has appointed Neil Worsnop as partnership director. He has spent the last 34 y...
Generali/INA deal agreed.
Generali's £7.64bn takeover of INA, Assitalia's parent, has been cleared by the European Commission,...
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess.
Publicity-seeking Simon Burgess, the managing director of GRIP who dreamed up alien abduction insura...
Appointment at Crawford.
Crawford has made Jonathan Clark director of strategic operations development for the UK, Europe and...
BIA 2000 - 28 June.
This month sees the initial call for entries for the first British Insurance Awards of the new centu...
Lloyd's to axe 1100 jobs.
Lloyd's is to axe 1100 jobs over the next three years as part of chief executive Nick Prettejohn's m...
Appointment at RL Davison.
Lloyd's broker RL Davison has appointed Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administration department. He...
Market support for BIBA.
The Broker Network and Coversure have joined the British Insurance Brokers' Association in the bigge...
Stuart Alexander purchase.
Stuart Alexander has acquired the UK non-marine business portfolio of Alston Gayler. Barry Cook, Als...
Thompson Rudd merger.
The Paul Thompson Insurance Group and the Malcolm Rudd Group have merged to form the Thompson Rudd G...
Broker rating goes online.
In response to the imminent deregulation of the Lloyd's market, an online information service has be...
Going forward together.
Martin Long, chief executive of Churchill Insurance, tells Tim Collison why he wanted to buy NIG and how the broker market company will figure in the group's expansion plans over the coming months.
Masterplan members get motor rate-matching.
Masterplan, Policy Master's marketing arm, is offering its members a rate-matching facility for priv...
Up to speed.
New insurers are being attracted to the bus and coach sector by the hardening rates. However, Steve Banner questions how many will be there to stay.
Willis Commercial Network is doing "extremely well".
Willis is forging ahead with its plan to sign up 60 brokers to its Commercial Network, which it laun...
Exclusive - Syndicate scraps its sales team and plans guarantee
Lloyd's motor syndicate Zenith has axed its sales department of two executives, and is also planning...
E-Commerce Watch.
Independent Insurance has revamped its website - www.independent-insurance.co.uk - to broaden its ap...
Exclusive - NatWest Insurance in cost-cutting drive.
NatWest Insurance Services is to be brought under the umbrella of NatWest's Retail Banking Division,...
Spotlight on health & safety.
Revisions to the health and safety regulations mean that insurers must encourage their customers to take a pro-active approach to managing and assessing related risks.
Experian acquisition right on CUE.
Experian has acquired the UK assets of US-based ChoicePoint Incorporated, which includes ChoicePoint...
Insurance: jobs on increase.
Employment levels in the insurance sector are expected to rise within the first quarter of 2000, wit...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson.
Hill Dickinson has appointed two senior business development directors. Tony Wilkinson joins the ...
Appointment at Thompson Heath & Bond.
Lloyd's broker Thompson Heath & Bond has made three new appointments. Derek Wood joins as motor f...
Working to rules.
The recent flurry of activity surrounding employment-related legislation means the need for commercial legal expenses cover has never been greater, says Steve Banner.