January 2008/2

The departures from Aon Natural Resources & Construction in London has continued with a number of key staff tendering their resignations recently, including Derek Thrumble.

New Marsh CEO Dan Glaser wasted little time in stamping his authority on the broker as the MMC subsidiary made its second management reshuffle in a matter of months as part of an organisational restructure to "improve efficiencies".

Cherkasky departure linked to activist; break-up pressures grow (again)

Ex-Liberty Syndicates duo Sean Dalton and Andrew Elliot are poised to launch the latest reinsurance-to-close (RITC) Lloyd's syndicate, with funding to write in excess of £100mn of transactions on open years, The Insurance Insider can reveal.

The London market has begun its fight back against "unfounded" findings in the EU competition inquiry into business insurance criticising subscription market practices.