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Government plans to seize and destroy uninsured vehicles
Government proposals to allow the police to seize, and where appropriate destroy, uninsured vehicles were set out today by Road Safety Minister David Jamieson.
Markel International
Markel International has made Tony Curtin claims manager - specialty, property casualty. He has more...
500 NU staff go in outsourcing deal
Norwich Union is transferring 500 jobs through an outsourcing deal with document services supplier W...
Utley appointed director
Former Cox chief executive Neil Utley has been appointed non-executive director of personal injury f...
What the papers said this week
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The UK's booming compensation culture tripped up last year, according to new fi...
Silverstein delivers opening arguments
London Market News
Swinton acquires
East Anglia-based broker Waveney Insurance Brokers has transferred most of its personal lines business to Swinton.
NU to transfer 500 staff to outsourcer
Norwich Union is transferring 500 jobs through an outsourcing deal with document services supplier Williams Lea in a deal worth £225m over 10 years.
West Country broker in recruitment drive
Regency Insurance Brokers says it is expecting one of its busiest years since its creation in the 1980s due to new client wins and the expansion of the business.
Oak Underwriting founder passes on MD reigns
Oak Underwriting has appointed Robert Trott as managing director from the 1 November. For the last ten years he has been a regional manager for Chubb Europe.
Duo join Heath Lambert credit and surety team
Broker Heath Lambert has announced the appointments of Steve Parsons and Jean-Pierre Lonsdale to the national sales team of its credit and surety division.
Financial services £11bn victim of crime
Financial services is hardest hit be economic crime — costing the sector up to £11bn a year — according to a survey by accountants RSM Robson Rhodes, endorsed by the Home Office and supported by amongst others, the Confederation of British Industry.
Beale succeeds Brandt at GE Insurance
Inga Beale, leader of GE Insurance Solutions' continental European operations, has been appointed president and chairman of the board of management at the Munich-based legal entity GE Frankona Rückversicherungs.
Carole Nash swoops for new finance officer
Intermediary Carole Nash Insurance Consultants has appointed Allister Hill as chief financial officer.
Speed of handling claims a concern for insurance market
Concerns over the speed of handling claims is a far bigger issue than previously thought, according to a survey by TrustAssured, part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Axa will replace lost market volume
Axa UK has predicted that it will replace the personal lines volume it lost through the sale of Axa ...
Injury claims fast tracked by Axa
Axa has this week given its backing to a fast-track scheme to speed up personal injury claims, despi...
NU profits from Abbey shake-up
Norwich Union has taken complete control of the underwriting of one of the largest household insuran...
Appointment at Motor Trade Solutions
Liliana Dowdall and Mike Barnett have joined Motor Trade Solutions. Ms Dowdall and Mr Barnett have m...
Nationwide aims for top ten place
Nationwide Building Society has launched a £2m advertising campaign in a bid to break into the UK's ...
Alan Strange of Europ Assistance is the lucky winner
Alan Strange, business director - legal at Europ Assistance has been announced as the lucky winner o...
Broker aims for one million policies mark
Over-50s insurance intermediary, the Retirement Insurance Advisory Service, has set itself ambitious...
Appointment at Helphire
Helphire Group has appointed Stephanie Goeting as managing director, operations, following the retir...
Staff cuts hit Ireland
Irish insurers are blaming legislative changes and court reform for their decisions to cut workforce...