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Exclusive - McLaughlin quits NMT to start up Internet venture.
New Millennium Technologies director John McLaughlin has quit the company to start up a new Internet...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Helphire Group has appointed Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas (above) to head the new national sales...
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 Aon Risk Services.
David Metcalf, formerly group development director at Sedgwick, has been appointed to the board of d...
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 Iron Trades.
Paulina Wicks has been appointed manager, claims operations at Iron Trades' Middlesborough office. S...
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.
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.
CGU's Cornell to retire.
Tony Cornell, head of broker relations at CGU Insurance, will retire at the end of this month after ...
Argyll acquisition.
Argyll Insurance Group of Worthing has acquired Brighton-based insurance consultants, Sharpe and Par...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul has promoted Neil Clayton from regional development to deputy sales manager. Mr Clayton has ...
Exclusive - GroupamaGAN to close five offices.
Groupamagan is to close five offices as a result of the merger between GAN and Lombard. The closu...
Ian Ritchie.
Mergers are resulting in the industry losing valuable expertise, at a time when it is swamped with new legislation.
Willis lifts franchise 'smokescreen'.
Willis has gone live with its Commercial Network, its initiative aimed at securing small and medium ...
Woolf increasing costs.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that, far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the W...
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...
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...
MP opens new HQ.
Economy Minister Adam Ingram was on hand to open Hughes and Company's new £2m custom-built headquart...
Paddick to ask brokers to pay for new Net company.
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers, will soon be asking brokers ...
Folgate kicks off cover.
Folgate Insurance is to offer household, let property and commercial insurance products for Southamp...
CCS Global joins panel.
CCS Global Claims Consultants and Loss Adjusters have joined the panel of Loss Recovery Insurance's ...
Take good care of yourself.
The number of people buying critical illness cover is on the increase, with the standardisation of policy definitions greatly helping its public image, says Shona Cronin.
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
PCS has made a string of new appointments. Andy Hayden joins the company from Graham High Group as b...
E-commerce hots up.
If there are any brokers or intermediaries still wondering whether the Internet is a viable channel ...