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Not only young professionals affected by rental rates
The analysis that recently focused on the needs of young professionals highlighted some of the probl...
Getting past 'channel obsession'
View From The Top
Focus shifts to the City as Fisher replaces Utley
Cox Insurance's decision to replace chief executive officer Neil Utley with the former head of Coutt...
Acumen Insurance launches road rage insurance cover
Broker Acumen Insurance has launched the UK's first mugging and road rage insurance cover. According...
Helphire profits reach £35.1m
Helphire Group has made £35.1m in gross profits for the year ending March 2004, an increase of 37% i...
£321m giant targets London after merger
Brokers Prentis Donegan Partners and Price Forbes are merging their wholesale insurance broking and ...
Are SMEs being forced to break the law over loss mitigation?
Last week, on its website, www.postmagazine.co.uk, Post Magazine posed the question: are SMEs being ...
C&G finalises renewal rights deal with NIG
Congregational & General Insurance has completed its deal to transfer the renewal rights of its comm...
Appointment at SMG
SMG Risk Solutions has announced that board director Mike Cowburn is to take on the additional role ...
A glance at life from the other side of the claims fence
As an insurance professional specialising in claims, I have readily jumped to the defence of the ind...
Insurance industry should abandon mass appeal
The BBC TV consumer affairs show, Brassed Off Britain, is consistently showing that direct mail - or...
XL offers primary D&O liability cover across Europe
XL Insurance Professional plans to offer primary directors & officers (D&O) liability insurance coverage in Europe in addition to its excess coverages, effective immediately.
JLT looks to boost reputation through student scholarship scheme
Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) has launched a student scholarship scheme at the University of York to build an interest in insurance amongst students and to build JLT’s reputation among the student community.
Fusion plays Samaritan to policyholders' employees
Fusion claims to have become the first UK insurer to provide both free employee stress counselling and on-line advice for employers as part of all policies.
Helphire Group opens branch in Newcastle and appoints new managing director
Helphire Group has opened its 15th regional branch, in Newcastle. With another five branches due to open this year, the company anticipates recruiting more staff locally and nationally.
Utley quits Cox - Fisher steps in
Neil Ultey, chief executive of Cox has resigned as both CEO and as a director of the group with immediate effect. The company recently tried to buy motor insurer Highway but talks between the two companies collapsed last month.
NU set to move jobs to Sri Lanka
Norwich Union will test a new facility in Sri Lanka and may move more positions from the UK to Asia next year. The operation in Columbo will initially employ 25 people in September in finance administration roles from the company's general insurance unit…
S&P changes Allianz Canada outlook
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has revised its outlook on Allianz Insurance of Canada and Trafalgar Insurance of Canada (collectively referred to as Allianz Canada) to stable from negative and affirmed its 'BBB+' (good) counterparty credit and…
Lighthouse Group to distribute Select & Protect products
Independent financial adviser Lighthouse Group will be distributing Select & Protect household and mortgage payment protection insurance cover.
Former Norwich Union employee pleads guilty
Former Norwich Union employee Carol Birrell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the company in a...
What is the Post Magazine Claims Club?
The Post Magazine Claims Club has been put together in order to provide the claims industry with the...
Finalists are announced
British Insurance Awards
NU to widen net after review
Norwich Union has launched an online quotation facility for legal expenses insurance after it said b...
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