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• ACE in frame for Alton Towers crash liability

  08-06-2015 19:20
  Theme park operator Merlin faces ’substantial damages’ after last week’s rollercoaster accident
  
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• Companies must educate employees on 'major' licence changes

  08-06-2015 18:22
  
  Francesca NymanPostonline The elimination of the paper counterpart to the UK driving license will have a major impact on businesses and employees who drive company vehicles, according to Jonathan Dye, head of motor at Allianz Commercial.
  
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• Guidewire launches integrated broker portal

  08-06-2015 17:31
  The portal is available on desktop and mobile devices
  
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• Pioneer targets alternative fund managers

  08-06-2015 15:13
  New policy will offer full capital relief
  
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• DUAL launches international M&A insurance arm

  08-06-2015 14:50
  Offices in London and Frankfurt will cover deal-linked risks
  
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• DUAL announces the launch of international M&A arm

  08-06-2015 14:50
  The underwriters will split the offices across London and Frankfurt
  
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• RSA promote senior manager to head of UK legacy

  08-06-2015 14:43
  Suzy Tiffany has worked for the insurer for ten years
  
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• RSA names Suzy Tiffany as head of UK legacy

  08-06-2015 14:43
  Ten-year RSA veteran to handle long tail claims
  
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• RSA promotes Tiffany to legacy claims head

  08-06-2015 14:42
  
  Katie Marriner Postonline RSA has promoted development and commercial claims head for motor and injury Suzy Tiffany to UK legacy head effective 1 July.
  
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• Career Development: The importance of well-being checks

  08-06-2015 14:34
  
  James Verrinder Postonline New research commissioned by financial protection specialist Unum shows two-thirds of companies do not have processes in place to monitor the mental and physical health of employees.
  
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• ILS taskforce meets government for the first time

  08-06-2015 13:36
  
  Francesca NymanPostonline The industry task force established to work with government to investigate ways in which more Insurance Linked Security business could be attracted to London met with representatives from HM Treasury for the first time on Friday (5 June).
  
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• Aviva revamps broker training website

  08-06-2015 13:36
  Insurer adds range of new features to Aviva Development Zone
  
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• Dual launches M&A business in Frankfurt and London

  08-06-2015 12:48
  
  Katie Marriner Postonline Hyperion's underwriting arm Dual has launched a merger and acquisitions business located in Frankfurt and London.
  
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• Aviva relaunches broker training site

  08-06-2015 12:35
  
  Francesca NymanPostonline Aviva has launched a refreshed version of its online training site for brokers, the Aviva development zone.
  
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• Airmic: Liverpool Lowdown

  08-06-2015 12:28
  
  Rachael Adams Postonline With Airmic’s 2015 conference taking place in Liverpool. Post asked industry movers and shakers about which city hotspots they’ll be checking out and what they expect from this year’s event.
  
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• Aviva operational risk director to join FCA in GI role

  08-06-2015 12:23
  Michael Sicsic joins regulator as general insurance retail sector head
  
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• Airmic Head to Head: Reputation

  08-06-2015 12:10
  
  Rachael Adams Postonline This year’s Airmic conference has the theme ‘Raising the profile of risk’. With that in mind, Post asked some leading industry figures to go head-to-head on reputational risks.
  
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• Profits up at Perkins Slade

  08-06-2015 12:07
  
  Birmingham-based broker reports stable turnover in 2014.
  
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• Trust Insurance: Compulsory Motor: Time to engage

  08-06-2015 11:42
  
  Edmund Tirbutt Postonline Motor insurers need to start talking to potential customers about their products, and show them they are more than just a grudge purchase.
  
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• Bluefin Network announce partnership with DAS

  08-06-2015 11:11
  The partnership will allow Bluefin to use DAS’s loss assisting scheme
  
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• Alps pitches product ratings as alternative to FCA claims ratios

  08-06-2015 10:43
  
  Katie Marriner Postonline Auto Legal Protection Services has suggested broker training and product ratings as alternative remedies to the Financial Conduct Authority's claims ratio conundrum for add-on products.
  
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• C-Suite - Insurer: Pulling in the same direction

  08-06-2015 10:34
  
  Amanda DoranPostonline We all need to work together to provide clarity and give clients a fairer deal, says Amanda Doran, head of commercial combined, QBE.
  
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• FCA hires Sicsic as general insurance retail department head

  08-06-2015 10:32
  
  Aviva group risk director Sicsic to leave the insurer and step down as chairman of Oric International.
  
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• Paymentshield adds Allianz to its home insurance panel

  08-06-2015 09:37
  Allianz joins AXA and Zurich as the latest insurers to join the panel
  
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• FCA appoints Sicsic as GI retail department head

  08-06-2015 09:18
  
  Katie Marriner Postonline Aviva group risk director and Oric International chairman Michael Sicsic has been appointed general insurance retail sector department head at the Financial Conduct Authority.
  
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• Government's Flood Re scheme delayed until 2016

  08-06-2015 09:16
  The scheme that capped flood premiums was expected this summer
  
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