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Appointment at Chapman Stevens.
Coach and travel insurance specialists Chapman Stevens has promoted Caroline Smith to travel sales m...
Appointment at CIGNA International.
Peter Seymour has been appointed director of marine cargo at CIGNA International. Formerly with A...
United reaction to broker review.
Broker bodies were united in welcoming the opportunity to put their views on the future regulation o...
Appointment at Elliott & Company.
Elliott & Co has closed its London office in order to consolidate its operation in Manchester. The m...
UK home to 70% of mergers.
The UK insurance industry has borne the brunt of merger mania, accounting for a staggering 70% of gl...
AXA to spend £100m on advertising campaigns.
AXA Group has announced that it intends to splash out £100m on promotion before the millennium in a ...
Anderson takes a walk on the Wilde side.
Insurance law firm Wilde Sapte is preparing to join the Andersen Worldwide international network of ...
Concern over brokers' payments.
Delegates at the conference went into closed session to voice increasing concern over the transparen...
Ruling could spoil fore play.
To play the game of golf is simply to spoil a good walk, believed Oscar Wilde. But following a Court...
Bad, bad, bad, bad vibrations ...
Standard Life Bank urged BT to drop its advertising campaign 'Good Vibrations', last week, accusing ...
Appointment at Hextall Erskine.
Neil Thomas is to step down as senior partner at Hextall Erskine at the end of the month. John Bundy...
Appointment at Clyde & C0.
International lawyers Clyde & Co has opened a new office in Piraeus, reflecting the importance of Gr...
Lloyd's down under.
Lloyd's has revealed it plans to open an office in Australia at the end of April to reinforce its po...
Appointment at Alston Gayler & Co.
Ray Alston, the founding managing director of Lloyd's broker Alston Gayler & Co, has retired and bee...
Appointment at Mondial Assistance.
Mondial Assitance has made two promotions. Suzi Jones becomes operations director while Geoff Parkin...
Yachtsure is chosen.
Yachtsure has been chosen to provide the insurance coverage for The Cable and Wireless "Adventurer" ...
Appointment at CSC Ra Group.
Jon Hurley has been made operations manager for CSC Ra Group's information and data services divisio...
Maritime sold to CNA.
Norwich Union is selling it's wholly-owned subsidiary Maritime Insurance, the eighth largest UK mari...
CGU chief calls for end to renewals.
In a hard-hitting address to the conference, the chief general manager designated of Commercial & Ge...
Appointment at Robins Response.
Robins Response has created two new business development posts. Jonathan Buckly joins as marketing m...
Heat turned up in fire row.
Insurers are failing to tackle the problem of the huge number of arson attacks, a chief fire investi...
A fair wicket.
Although London is still home to many insurers, some who have set up outside the big smoke have built a stronghold in leafy Kent and Surrey. Alex Miller discovered the counties' attractions.
Aon snaps up SSi.
Aon Consulting Worldwide, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Aon Group, has swallowed up SSi, one of the ...
R&SA first UK insurer into China.
The great wall into the Chinese insurance market has been breached by Royal & SunAlliance, which las...