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AMG shake-up moves group MD
AMG group managing director Kevin Wood has been appointed chief operating officer in a management shake-up at the loss adjuster. And former Euler Hermes boss Richard Webster has been appointed chief executive. The company said the changes were designed to provide a platform from which the newly-enlarged group could grow. ...
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Venture Preference acquires three brokers
Ventures Preferences boosts GWP by £25m after broker acquisitions
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Allianz Insurance creates new trading division
Claims director Dye to head Allianz Retail
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Melling steps in at Marsh
New man to drive growth for Marsh’s consumer business across EMEA
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NU's management shake-up
The new operational model will see greater cohesion in its distribution strategy
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ABC Insurance appoints broker operations manager
ABC Insurance, part of the LV= Group appointed Stephanie Mercieca as broker operations manager.
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NU shakes up top management
Job losses likely as changes to insurer’s operating model bring distribution into a single unit
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FeaturesThe man who can never sit still
Steve Burrows has, he says, ‘a finger in every pie’. Now he’s about to dip into several more. . . Danny Walkinshaw meets the chief of the expanding commercial lines network
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New Groupama chief to continue broker buys
Groupama Insurances’ new chief executive François-Xavier Boisseau has said the insurer will continue seeking acquisitions and UK investment opportunities.Boisseau, who was promoted following the departure of Pierre Lefèvre this week to run Groupama’s Italian subsidiary companies, said he was happy with the company’s current operating model.Lefèvre has been with ...
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AXA’s Leicester office faces axe and job cuts
AXA is considering whether to close its Leicester branch office and put up to 25 jobs at risk because of “significant changes” in the broker market.The insurer said that issues including consolidation, e-trading and an increase in networks had given it no choice but to discuss the future of its ...
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Analysts warn of job cuts over credit crunch
n Hundreds of broker jobs threatened as weak dollar and credit crunch squeeze sector
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NIG underwriting chief for ABC
NIG underwriting director Mike Crane will join ABC Insurance in the New Year.Crane will take up the role of head of broker underwriting at ABC, LV’s broker distribution brand. The company expects him to join early in 2008, but a date has not yet been set. A spokesman for the ...
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NU makes changes to executive team
Move is part of larger strategy to improve operating model
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Groupama Insurance's chief departs
Pierre Lefevre appointed chief executive of Groupama's Italian subsidiary
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Talbot appoints senior underwriters
Talbot Underwriting has appointed James Skinner as head of marine underwriting and active underwriter of Syndicate 1183.In addition, Mark Johnson has been appointed underwriting risk officer with responsibility for underwriting risk management in the Talbot group, compliance with Lloyd’s Minimum Underwriting Standards, and monitoring and reporting on underwriting performance. Johnson ...
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Stepping out from the Indie shadow
Independent Insurance recruited and trained a talented workforce and after the insurer’s collapse many went on to become key industry players. Chris Wheal tracks them down
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C-ZoneHas the CII scored with its Talent Initiative?
The CII’s Talent Initiative was announced in a blaze of publicity a year ago. Anita Anandarajah reviews its progess
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Indie sentence: 14 years, yet so much lost
Have the convicted Indie bosses been punished for their crime?
