Appointments / Industry
Spire shareholders block £1.4bn Ramsay takeover
Spire Healthcare shareholders have blocked the proposed takeover of the private healthcare provider by Ramsay Health Care. In late May the boards of both firms revealed they had reached agreement on Ramsay...
Read moreComplaints about FCA soar again driven by service and vulnerable customers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received more than 1,500 complaints about its service and operations in the 2020-21 financial year, a rise of 21% from the previous year and almost three times...
Read moreHealth Shield CEO Marsh steps down
Courtney Marsh is stepping down as CEO of Health Shield after more than a decade at the cash plan provider. The firm released a statement today revealing Marsh is leaving the Health...
Read moreFCA repeated Keydata failings on LCF scandal, warns Complaints Commissioner
The watchdog that oversees financial regulators has criticised the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for repeating failings from the Keydata saga of 2009 in two of the most high-profile collapses of the last...
Read moreLife insurer appoints cricket legend to board
Sri Lankan life insurer Janashakthi Insurance has appointed a former cricket world champion to its board. Cricket legend and member of the team that won the 2014 T20 Cricket World Cup, Mahela...
Read moreFCA eyes UK-wide expansion
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is seeking to open a new office in Leeds as part of an expansion across the country. This morning FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi revealed that the regulator...
Read moreWorkLife appoints managing director
Employee benefits platform WorkLife has appointed Niamh McLaughlin as managing director as part of a management rejig. McLaughlin (pictured) succeeds Robert Marshall who moves into the newly created role of head of...
Read moreSociety of Claims Professionals advisory board adds CCG director
Claims Consortium Group (CCG) director of operations and third party administration Claire Lashbrook has joined the advisory board of the Society of Claims Professionals. The society is the professional body within the...
Read moreHDI Global Specialty enters PMI and IPMI markets with Haden hire
HDI Global Specialty has entered the private medical insurance (PMI) and international IPMI markets and has appointed underwriter Ben Haden from Generali to launch the operation. The firm, which is a joint...
Read moreInsurance industry career returners programme set for second intake
A programme which enables 'career break' professionals to return to the insurance sector has proven so successful that its organisers are considering renewing it for a new batch of recruits later this...
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