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Car insurance costing young drivers dearly

Young drivers are being hit hard with insurance premiums, which can be nearly sixfold those paid by pensioners and up to a fifth of a young person’s salary, new figures have shown. The research, commissioned by Confused.com, has shown that the average income of an 18-21 year old is a little under £14,000, but that [...]

Aon appoints new group president

Aon plc has announced the appointment of Steve McGill to the position of group president. In his new role McGill will take on responsibility for oversight of the firm’s overall growth strategy and opportunity planning. Aon President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Case described McGill as an exceptional leader for the firm, and attributed the [...]

IFB appoints Andrew Buck to roll-out Insurance Fraud Register

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has recruited Andrew Buck to oversee the launch of the industry’s ground-breaking Insurance Fraud Register (IFR). Buck, a former Claims Fraud Manager at Aviva, will help roll-out the UK’s first register of known fraudsters to customers across the industry, whilst managing the integrity of data loaded on to the IFR. [...]

BGL Group appoints new board director

The BGL Group today announced the appointment of David Downie to a new Board-level position, ‘Group Director of Intermediated Businesses’. David joins the Group from HSS Hire Group, the UK’s fastest growing large ‘Tool and Hire’ company. As Chief Operating Officer, David’s responsibilities included branch and central operations, commercial, supply chain, contact centres and customer [...]

RSA unifies global specialty businesses

Global insurer RSA announced that from 1 June all of its regional speciality businesses will come under the insurer’s Global Speciality Lines (GSL) division. Included in GSL will be Construction & Engineering and Renewable Energy (led by Steve Kingshott), Marine (led by Richard Turner), and Risk Managed Business (led by Paul Greensmith). UK Underwriting Director [...]