International General Insurance Holdings (IGIH) appoints Simon Curtis as chief financial officer at its IGI UK business in London as part of moves to grow the UK operation. Curtis has more than 20 years’ experience in accountancy and insurance, most …
A significant number of leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom perform a lot of tasks outside their job descriptions, instead of outsourcing these to insurance brokers, recruiters or IT specialists, according to research carried out …
Allianz Commercial has joined forces with fleet incident management provider FMG, to provide commercial fleet and motor trade customers with the capability to improve driver safety and fleet efficiency. Allianz Commercial is a division of Allianz Insurance, which is based …
Marsh has appointed Marcus Porter-Wright as leader of its UK Specie Division. Porter-Wright will lead Marsh’s team of 30 specialists, which provides insurance and risk management advice to clients globally concerning highly valuable property, cash in transit, precious metals and …
RSA, one of the largest UK commercial insurers, has appointed Owen Thomas as relationship director, effective May 13. In this newly created role, Thomas will have responsibility for leading the top broker relationships across UK and western Europe, with an …
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has partnered with UK-based crisis management consultancy The RQA Group to launch comprehensive Contaminated Products Insurance for the food and drink industry in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. The cover offers protection in both the …
DriveFactor has partnered with Admiral Group plc to expand usage-based insurance (UBI) offerings throughout the U.K. Through this partnership, DriveFactor will power a version of Admiral’s Bell Safe Driver policy, which offers discounted auto insurance to U.K.-based drivers who apply. …
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has issued a preliminary report on the floods caused by the heavy rainfall that began lashing the British Isles on Thursday, November 22, prompting hundreds of flood warnings and alerts. “As of Tuesday, November 27 …
RSA announced the appointment of Martin Scicluna as its new Chairman. He has “considerable financial services experience having spent over 30 years at Deloitte where he was Chairman from 1995 to 2007,” said the bulletin. “He has also built up …
The UK’s Aviva plc announced that Mark Wilson will join the board of the Company on December 1st, 2012 and will become chief executive officer effective January 1, 2013. John McFarlane, chairman of Aviva, who has been acting in an …
