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The Biba will launch UK-wide disaster recovery solution
The British Insurance Brokers' Association will launch a UK-wide disaster recovery solution for brok...
Tupe changes could bring difficulties
Insurers changing their service providers could be forced to retain the previous provider's workforc...
Gary Hyndman - 3 May 1982 - 20 March 2006
It is with great regret that we have to report that Gary Hyndman, reporter on Insurance Age, passed ...
Royal and Sun Alliance hires Ian Thompson
Royal and Sun Alliance has hired Ian Thompson to the role of head of motor operations, claims servic...
Appointment at Kynixa
Kynixa has made Louise Joyce and Debbie Holm case managers in its Leeds office. Ms Joyce joins from ...
JLT boss leaves in shake-up
Paul Maynard, a director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Risk Solutions, has become the first high-profile...
Legal and General sees profits fall
Legal and General saw its general insurance combined ratio drop seven points to 101% in 2005, as its...
Indie targeted gong for Bright
Former Independent Insurance chairman Michael Bright was being groomed for a place on the Queen's Ne...
Regulation to ease on home and motor
Commoditised lines of business, including home and motor insurance, may be the first to benefit from...
NU faces RBSI Pru quandary
Attempts by Norwich Union to unlock Prudential's general insurance tie-up with a major rival could b...
Penny Black's insurance week
Amid all the rumours and counter-rumours flying around this week about mergers and acquisitions, Pen...
TUC on liability hunt
The Trades Union Congress has called for insurers to admit liability earlier and increase insurance ...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
MMA Insurance has boosted its commercial lines division with the appointment of two commercial devel...
PMA establishes rehabilitation service
PMA has established a rehabilitation service with Independent Case Management Consultancy to offer a...
Appointment at Moscrop Robinson and Chadwick
Bury-based Moscrop Robinson and Chadwick has recruited of two new members of staff: Kevin Gore and D...
The DTI's proceedings delayed yet again
The Department of Trade and Industry's proceedings against The Accident Group director Mark Langford...
Commercial insurance scheme hailed a success
A commercial insurance scheme for corporate clients of Leicester City Football Club is being hailed ...
The claimant's view
Disproportionate costs are a compensation-culture-style myth, says Tom Jones
Questgates relocates to new head office in central Birmingham
Loss adjuster Questgates has relocated to a new head office on The Wharf, the modern canal side deve...
Budget: insurance industry response
Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer plans to hold further consultations on insurance taxation for the UK, it was revealed today, although he did not introduce any measures directly related to the general insurance industry in today's Budget.
Budget: London Market joins government in selling London to the world
Key stakeholders in London’s financial sector are joining forces with the government to promote London as the world’s leading international financial centre.
Regulators target PPI in crackdown
The Financial Services Authority and the Office of Fair Trading are to produce an action plan, published by the end of April, setting out how they believe they can deliver benefits to consumers and firms by:
Fairfax: SEC fallout “could be material and adverse”
Fairfax Financial holdings, parent company of Odyssey Re, has issued an update on the situation regarding SEC and the US Attorney of the Southern District of New York’s investigations of group companies.
Hiscox launch accreditation scheme for design consultancies
The Chartered Society of Designers launched the Design Association in partnership with insurer Hiscox at an event yesterday evening.