All Opinion articles – Page 86

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    Bringing the business back home

    2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Michael Faulkner talks to Legal & General’s Jane Dale, managing director of general insurance, on the company’s focus on household busine ss and how it has been affected by the summer of floods

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    AMG shake-up moves group MD

    2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-13T09:19:00Z

    Ventures Preferences boosts GWP by £25m after broker acquisitions

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    Allianz Insurance creates new trading division

    2007-11-12T16:33:00Z

    Claims director Dye to head Allianz Retail

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    Melling steps in at Marsh

    2007-11-12T16:31:00Z

    New man to drive growth for Marsh’s consumer business across EMEA

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    NU's management shake-up

    2007-11-09T17:25:00Z

    The new operational model will see greater cohesion in its distribution strategy

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    ABC Insurance appoints broker operations manager

    2007-11-08T08:39:00Z

    ABC Insurance, part of the LV= Group appointed Stephanie Mercieca as broker operations manager.

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    NU shakes up top management

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Job losses likely as changes to insurer’s operating model bring distribution into a single unit

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    The man who can never sit still

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    n Hundreds of broker jobs threatened as weak dollar and credit crunch squeeze sector

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    NIG underwriting chief for ABC

    2007-11-07T00:00:00Z

    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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    Heath appoints sales director

    2007-11-06T12:56:00Z

    Tom Hayes joins from Marsh to head up Northern sales team

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    NU makes changes to executive team

    2007-11-05T12:16:00Z

    Move is part of larger strategy to improve operating model

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    Groupama Insurance's chief departs

    2007-11-05T10:02:00Z

    Pierre Lefevre appointed chief executive of Groupama's Italian subsidiary

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    Talbot appoints senior underwriters

    2007-11-01T09:29:00Z

    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

    2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

    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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    Has the CII scored with its Talent Initiative?

    2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

    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

    2007-10-26T09:02:00Z

    Have the convicted Indie bosses been punished for their crime?