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December 2006/2

  • Equitas’ senior executives will share a bonus pool of £10.4mn once the landmark agreement with Berkshire Hathaway is finalised.
  • UK regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has written to chief executives of brokers highlighting their responsibility to disclose commissions when requested by clients, in compliance with its Insurance Conduct of Business (ICOB) rules.
  • In issue 253 of Insider Week, we erroneously attributed a quote from Morgan Stanley analyst David Collins, to Nick Johnson of Numis.
  • Des Potter, the former head of insurance at Barclays Capital, joined Benfield Advisory Ltd on 4 December.
  • Randall & Quilter Group Investment Holdings Ltd (R&Q), the UK based acquirer of run-off businesses, confirmed last week that it had acquired its fifth run-off (re)insurer this year with the purchase of Ancon Insurance.
  • Aon Ltd has won part of the global PricewaterhouseCoopers account from rival Marsh, Insider Week can reveal.
  • Paul Milton, the chairman of Aon Professional Risks (APR), is set to retire from the organisation as Aon restructures the division’s reporting structures.
  • Barclays Bank has been reinstated as a defendant in an Enron investor fraud suit by a US judge who gave shareholders a new opportunity to portray the bank’s role in the company’s collapse.
  • Lockton International has swooped for senior Marsh duo Chris Brown, the head of risk management for its Europe, Middle East and Africa division, and Neil Nimmo, the head of its London based financial and professional lines operations (FINPRO) practice, In
  • Numis Securities analyst Nick Johnson has re-iterated his Sell rating on the stock of UK broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc citing concerns over the weak dollar and a poor trading environment hitting the company’s earnings.
  • German giant Hannover Re has become the latest (re)insurer to offer takaful lines establishing Hannover ReTakaful Bahrain.
  • Lloyd’s insurer Kiln plc said pricing across it specialist underwriting portfolio continues to be strong in a trading statement released today (11 December).