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Appointment at GICMA
Glyn Smith, Heath Lambert captive insurance management director, has been elected to the committee o...
Profit-erasing credit hire costs to escalate
Motor premium increases pushed through during 2007 will be wiped out by the soaring cost of credit h...
Appointment at Brit
Brit has appointed Andrew Coutts as cargo underwriter. He joins Brit following 20 years with CNA whe...
Appointment at Allianz
Allianz Legal Protection has appointed Nicola Hughes as a before-the-event claims handler. For the l...
Top five web stories
The top five most read stories on postonline.co.uk in the last week were: 1. Capita swoops for brok...
Close Premium refinances Amber Credit
The head of Close Premium Finance says its acquisition of premium finance rival Amber Credit from Sk...
Appointment at HBM Sayers
HBM Sayers has recruited Anne Kentish as a partner. Ms Kentish joined the firm from Dundas and Wilso...
Failure to act on data leaves fleets exposed
Fleet managers could be leaving themselves open to corporate manslaughter charges by failing to use ...
Cooper Gay buys MGA
Cooper Gay has acquired Canadian managing general agent Creechurch International Underwriters from t...
Appointment at Travel Insurance Facilities
Travel Insurance Facilities has restructured its senior management team. Richard Smith has been prom...
Appointment at Coface
Florence Mognetti is to head up Coface's political risk operation in the London market. Ms Mognetti ...
Insurecom warns of 2012 broker extinction
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Ecclesiastical weathers storm
Ecclesiastical's group chief executive believes the insurer "weathered the storm" last year, after r...
Hawkins' Glasgow move
Forensic investigation firm Hawkins has opened a new office in Glasgow. The office, which will cover...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny enjoyed a lunch meeting with British Insurance Brokers' Association head of technical services...
Cullum postpones refinancing due to 'hostile market'
Towergate founder and chairman Peter Cullum has revealed the company has put refinancing plans on ho...
Meehan opens for business
Former Venture Preference joint chief executive Paul Meehan has made his return to the insurance ind...
CCV buys Protectagroup stake
Cullum Capital Ventures has acquired 93% of Welsh broker Protectagroup - the group's 27th acquisitio...
Aspen gets Lloyd's nod
Aspen Insurance Holdings has received approval from Lloyd's to establish a new syndicate, Syndicate ...
Terminal five off-course
A flood of claims have yet to come through to Preferential Direct, the travel insurance provider of ...
Robbing hood
Nottingham has been named as the UK's top burglary hotspot for the third year running by Endsleigh I...
Ambitious Cobra wants eight in 2008
Cobra Holdings is aiming to acquire another eight brokers over the forthcoming year as part of its g...
Appointment at Questgates
Questgates has made six new appointments. Adrian Bowness has been promoted to associate director; Ph...
JLT settlement sum
Jardine Lloyd Thompson has accepted an offer of a "substantial sum" in settlement of its claims in t...