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More than 100 brokers apply for agency status
More than 100 brokers have applied for agency status with MMA Insurance, in response to a deal struc...
New RBS role for Long
Royal Bank of Scotland has stressed that the deputy chairman of its insurance group Martin Long will...
Appointment at Linaker
Malcolm Alexander has joined Linaker (Western) as development manager for the company's sports and l...
Appointment at Numerica
Stephen Lewis has joined Numerica's forensic accounting and dispute resolution team as an associate ...
Office policy pushes AIG in SME direction
Next week will signal AIG's biggest bid yet for a significant slice of the SME market, when it launc...
JLT is confident of attracting rival staff
London Market News
Insurer offers PMI switch option
Standard Life Healthcare is set to introduce a new 'switching' option for private medical insurance ...
Appointment at Keoghs
Keoghs has appointed two solicitors to its specialist fraud team. Charlotte Farrell joins from Liver...
Towergate Underwriting to acquire part of HHH's specialist scheme business
Towergate Underwriting Group this week said is set to acquire part of Hill House Hammond's specialis...
ZFS boss optimistic over GI
Results Round Up
Industry welcomes EU agreement
European insurers have welcomed the agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Counci...
Alarm urges councils to check their EL legal status
Alarm, the national forum for risk management in the public sector, is warning public organisations ...
The BIBA issues warning over FSA registration
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has issued a warning to those in the industry who are yet...
Appointment at Criterion
Philip Austin has joined chartered loss adjuster Criterion. He was formerly a director of GAB Robins...
CII denies 'limited' accusations
The Chartered Insurance Institute has hit back at claims from an independent trainer that its suite ...
Axa red lights business
Axa has developed a new traffic light-based methodology for brokers to clarify which classes of comm...
Amlin forecasts positive for 2002 & 2003
Lloyd's insurer Amlin has published its final results for the 2001 year of account, an updated forecast for the 2002 year of account and an initial forecast for the 2003 year of account.
Aviva confident after strong results
Aviva today recorded an operating result of £911m in its general insurance business, compared to £881m in 2002.
Fortis thwarted over Selby appeal
Fortis has lost the latest round of its legal battle over compensation involving the Selby rail crash.
UK contributes to leap in profits for Santam
South African insurer Santam saw pre-tax income for 2003 increase from R435m (£35m) in 2003 to R1 221m (£98m), with an 186% increase in operating income.
Record profits at QBE
QBE's directors today announced a 105% increase in profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2003, up from $279 million to $572 million (£308m).
HBOS sees "excellent" general insurance results
HBOS said today that general insurance premium income increased by 19% to £1.6bn in 2003 and all major product lines gave a strong performance, increasing overall profit before tax by 11%, to £445m.
RAC Financial Services sees revenues increase
RAC Financial Services in 2003 saw revenues up 28% to £3.2m.
QBE announces 2003 profit
QBE's directors today announced a 105% increase in profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2003, up from $279 million to $572 million (£308m).