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Liverpool Victoria to acquire Britannia Rescue
Liverpool Victoria has announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Britannia Rescue from the Civil Service Motoring Association, subject to csma member approval and regulatory approval.
Bank of America tests the water at Lloyd’s with $65m casualty start-up
Banc of America Insurance Group, part of US financial giant Bank of America, has announced it is to open Pembrace Casualty Insurance, a £33m ($65m) stamp capacity specialty liability, casualty and reinsurance syndicate at Lloyd’s of London.
Highway appoints motorcycle underwriter
Motor insurer Highway has appointed Frank Espinoza as motorcycle underwriter.
New frontiers
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Lucas Fettes buys HMB
Lucas Fettes has acquired London-based general practice, HMB. The link-up with HMB comes shortly aft...
Firm targets big five with data service
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Distributors not tapping customer potential
Two thirds of distributors believe they could get customers to increase financial services spend if ...
The claims handling count down
I was interested to read 'The Claimant's view' by Tom Jones of Thompsons in the 4 January edition of...
Premium discounts wrong way to reward BCM plans
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Prevention is the best cure
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Gocompare expands on site launch
Personal lines aggregator Gocompare has begun adding services to its offering, following its launch ...
Beckett recruits CMIB staff for broking return
Former Chartered Insurance Institute president Bob Beckett is poised to make a full return to the br...
Marsh wins China license
Broker Marsh has been awarded China's first ever wholly-owned foreign enterprise insurance broking l...
Allianz in claims move
Allianz Cornhill has introduced a new team of claims business consultants tasked with helping to imp...
Heath pushes travel affinities
Heath Lambert has outlined plans to push its travel insurance schemes business for disease sufferers...
A state of flux
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CMGL wins account
CMGL has been appointed to provide claims management services for ICM Syndicate 4242, the recently f...
Towergate launches student travel scheme
Towergate Chase Parkinson and STA Travel today announce the launch of a new insurance scheme designed to make life easier for students and young people travelling abroad.
Florida $4bn premium ‘nationalisation’ piles pressure on Bermudians
Shares in Bermudian reinsurers took a sharp hit on Monday 22nd January in the US as the markets digested the impact of a new Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund deal hammered out over the preceding weekend.
THB launches construction product to select brokers
Insurance schemes specialist, THB Risk Solutions Ltd (THB), has added Construction UK to its portfolio.
Highway launches new fleet product
Motor insurer Highway has begun a push for fleet motor business by combining its Fleetway and Fleet products to form a new improved single fleet product.
Former Esure boss joins Towergate in online push
Towergate have announced the appointment of former Esure chief executive, Peter Graham, to lead and strengthen its existing e-commerce developments as CEO of the E-Towergate Division.
Ace in online SME push
Ace UK has launched an online agency agreement which it claims will allow larger numbers of brokers to trade with the company using a range of e-commerce distribution platforms.