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Pauline Quayle.
Millennium compliance is easier said than done, especially for smaller brokers. The large insurers and software houses should also face up to their responsibilities.
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance.
Royal & SunAlliance Engineering has appointed Sara Wear (above) as the company's marketing manager. ...
Appointment at D Barnett.
Barnett, the recently expanded Bolton-based insurance broker, has appointed David Gibbs as a directo...
CGU bids to increase share of farm sector.
CGU Insurance is gearing up to increase its share in the farm insurance market to 20% by the year 20...
Home is where the work is.
Fed up with commuting into the office every day, more and more people are choosing to work from home. Tim Collison looks at the current market for homeworking insurance.
Seminar by the Arson Prevention Bureau.
Insurers and arson investigation agencies have been urged to co-operate more closely, to uncover a g...
House hunting.
The household insurance market is tougher than ever with many cut-price deals tempting customers into the direct arena. Simon Threadgold looks at the options open to brokers trying to get a foot in the door.
Misys future underestimated.
I was surprised to read Les McIntosh's views on the future of the UK insurance IT market (PB, Nov, p...
Appointment at Colonica Baltica.
Siobhan Gormley (above) has joined Colonica Baltica Insurance, where she is to become finance direct...
Appointment at Avon Insurance.
David Webb (above) has been appointed as Avon Insurance's development manager for the Birmingham are...
Construction merger.
Maidstone-based brokers McMurdo Webb and Potipher Douglas Partnership are merging to form McMurdo Po...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent Insurance has appointed Bob Middleton (above) as agency controller of its Edenbridge mar...
Consumer groups are lobbied on polarisation.
Clerical Medical is urging consumer groups to support its campaign for the maintenance of polarisati...
Ecclesiastical buys rival church insurer.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has bought the Ansvar Group of companies operating in the UK, Australia and...
Utley quits Privilege as it enters commercial sector.
Neil Utley has resigned as chief executive of direct writer Privilege Insurance. His departure comes...
AXA takeover on cards.
Guardian Royal Exchange has confirmed it is in talks with other companies regarding a possible sale ...
MiniBusPlus presents minibus to charity.
Liz Smith, who plays the mother-in-law from hell in BBC TV's sitcom 2 Point 4 Children, helped MiniB...
All change for IRISC.
Claims management provider IRISC has changed its name to the Claims Management Group after its takeo...
GRE shake-up promises more for shareholders.
Guardian Royal Exchange is to restructure its life business, in a bid to increase dividends to share...
Kiln fires up for merger.
Lloyd's group Kiln is merging part of its back office facilities with Berkshire Hathaway Internation...
Appointment at Barrington Lowndes Associates.
Stuart White (above) has been made chief executive of City-based insurance market headhunters Barrin...
Well done IBRC, but all is not over yet.
Congratulations must go to the Insurance Brokers Registration Council, namely Alan Gavaghan, Simon B...
Towergate takes its pick of Swire Blanch's schemes.
Towergate Underwriting Group has bought a majority stake in Swire Blanch's personal lines schemes. ...
Paddick goes on the road.
Andrew Paddick and the IIB have gone on the road to promote the institute's new life body: UK Financ...