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Ex-OHRA team establish health insurance provider.
A health insurance provider has been set up by a team of ex-OHRA employees, headed by Hazel Berrill....
Motor rates must continue to rise.
Motor insurers must continue to push through rate increases if the market is to make a return to pro...
Appointment at Provident Insurance.
Jarrod Oliver had been recruited as marketing manager of Provident Insurance plc. Mr Oliver joined t...
Churchill creates 275 jobs.
Churchill has announced plans to create 275 jobs at a new, dedicated claims unit in Ipswich. The ins...
Size does matter.
Chris Blackham explains to Diane Smyth how he successfully steered Layton Blackham to its present status, and where he intends to go from here.
Solicitors welcome bullying judgement
Solicitors Vizards Oldham has welcomed yesterday's decision in the case Bradford-Smart v West Sussex ...
QBE ditches Iron Trades' retail division
QBE has confirmed it is to close Iron Trades' retail division. The Australian giant claims it has b...
Budget buys branches from Churchill
Churchill has sold the five branches of Anglia Countrywide known as Anglia Motor Insurance Services t...
Berkeley Alexander seeks non-GISC firms
Lewes-based underwriting agency Berkeley Alexander is actively seeking business from brokers and inde...
Job cuts expected at Eastgate
Capita is likely to make redundancies at newly-acquired Eastgate Group, its managing director Paul Pi...
Eastgate confirms sale to Capita
The Capita Group has acquired the remaining 74% issued share capital of Eastgate Group, as predicted ...
Aon buys art broker
Broker giant Aon Risk Services has acquired Needham Jobson & Co, increasing its presence in the fine ...
CGNU quits London market
CGNU has completed its withdrawal from the London market, with the sale of Marlborough Underwriting A...
Storms to cost millions not billions
Britain's worst storms for 10 years will cost insurers millions of pounds, but should fall short of t...
Chubb is the chosen one
The Listed Property Owners' Club has chosen Chubb Masterpiece and GHBC brokers as its preferred insur...
BUPA names new chairman
Bryan Sanderson will take over as BUPA's chairman at the company's annual general meeting, 2001. Mr...
Unum expands broker support
Unum, the income protection insurer, is to open a new administrative centre in Bristol. The company...
Zurich drives forward safety message
A survey, commissioned by Zurich Insurance, has found 50% of men have admitted to driving when they a...
Post Magazine scoops ABI media award
Professional Broking sister title Post Magazine was voted the Best Trade Publication on General Insur...
Direct health product offered to brokers
Western Provident Association has made its xshealth product available to brokers for the first time, ...
Groupama hopes to take the credit
Groupama Commercial Insurances is launching its trade credit insurance package to commercial brokers....
NIG holds Birmingham broker conference
Insurer NIG is holding its ninth "Building a Stronger Broker Channel" conference on 27 October. The...
Brockbank takes parent's name
Lloyd's insurer Brockbank Syndicate Management has changed its name to XL Brockbank. The new name inc...
Oaktree branches out with commercial lines
Oaktree Insurance Solutions, created when Oaktree Financial Services bought the financial arm of the ...