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City sees workers step up to success.
The prospects for insurance workers has never looked so good in London, but the story is not the same elsewhere. Edward Murray says mind the gap.
PIA raises excesses.
The Personal Investment Authority has increased the excesses it will permit on professional indemnit...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was most concerned last week when she came back to the office after a small excursion abroad t...
James Chapman snaps up Large.
Manchester-based insurance litigation specialist James Chapman & Co has poached Paul Large, former h...
Appointment at Barlett & Company.
Mike Briggs is a new director at Bartlett & Company. He has worked at the broker's Leeds office for ...
Disposal unit.
Norton Rose has acted for Blenheim on the disposal by its partnership of the remaining 49% sharehold...
Bradstock lacks energy.
Struggling broker Bradstock Group has sold its marine and energy reinsurance broking business to JLT...
Trading barriers.
Research released by Coface shows a lack of security and poor credit information as being the two ma...
ABI toughens up on fraud.
Speakers tackled a whole range of fraud-related subjects at PM's fraud conference last week. David Worsfold reports.
Appointment at Claims Plus.
Paul McAllister has been promoted to the newly-created position of director of operations at Claims ...
Appointment at Chaucer Insurance.
Chaucer Insurance, the personal lines division of Chaucer Syndicates, has appointed Andrew Chesters ...
Skandia to end its paperchase.
Insurer UK Skandia has selected software provider ActionPoint to help transfer information from hard...
Evans joins panel.
The Sports Dispute Resolution Panel has appointed Weightmans' new senior partner, Ian Evans, to its ...
Police criticised for lagging.
Detective inspector Michael Dockree of the City of London Fraud Squad said many of the criticisms of...
Broker tunes in to acquisition.
Acquisitive broker Bryan James & Co has boosted its music division with the acquisition of PJ Jenkin...
Misleading use of name.
In the article The Underwriter signs GE deal (Post Magazine, 5 October, p1), there is a reference to...
Chubb marine weighs anchor at Lloyd's.
Chubb Europe has relocated its UK marine department to the Lloyd's building. The team, which will...
BLM loses bulk of Liverpool department to rival.
Insurance specialist Berrymans Lace Mawer has lost the bulk of its Liverpool-based commercial depart...
Churchill to create 275 new jobs.
Churchill has announced plans to create 275 jobs at a new dedicated claims unit in Ipswich. The insu...
A&O advise on sale.
City firm Allen & Overy is advising US insurer The Hartford Financial Services Group on the sale of ...
Respect due to claims.
The comments by Mark Ward, a partner with Arthur Anderson (Post Magazine, 5 October, p6, Claims is n...
Omega to get 529.
Lloyd's managing agent Omega Underwriting Agents is to manage property and marine excess of loss syn...
T-tant travel deal.
The online virtual marketplace for general insurers Moneyextra-insurance has signed its first busine...
Miller signs up RAC.
Miller Sheppard, the vehicle inspection services division of the Miller Fisher Group, has signed a c...