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Aviva sells its Spanish general insurance business.
UK insurance group Aviva has sold its Spanish general insurance business to French group Groupama fo...
For the record - House of Lords judgement in Callery v Gray.
Lords Bingham, Nicholls, Hoffman and Hope all declined to overturn the Court of Appeal decisions (AB...
Catlin makes Bermuda move.
Catlin has become the latest Lloyd's insurer to move to Bermuda with the establishment of new entity...
Value judgement.
Tony Le Fevre reports on a mystery shopping exercise that revealed some disturbing differences of opinion among jewellers.
Insurers must stand up and be counted on fraud.
I am frustrated by the constraints imposed upon us by the legal profession. As a personal injury ...
The ASA has upheld complaint against Easy Claims.
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against 'no win, no fee' specialist Easy ...
What the papers said this week.
The Guardian Ministers have turned down police pleas to repeal a 100-year-old law that guarantees...
Part of the loop.
Insurers should take advantage of the current hard market by investing in new electronic links before the soft market and competition return, says Brian Morgan.
Professional Risks Insurance has selects Xchanging.
Professional Risks Insurance has selected Xchanging as its business process outsourcing partner in a...
Penny Black's insurance week.
It appears that staff at Zurich have been telling Porkies to Penny's colleagues on their trips round...
Valid avoidance of cover.
New Hampshire Insurance Co. v Oil Refineries Limited (Queen's Bench Division - 12 April 2002).
General insurance reports increase in business.
General insurance has reported one of the strongest increases in business volumes, in a quarterly su...
Tawa Associates refuses to comment.
Run-off specialist Tawa Associates refused to comment this week on speculation it is set to take on ...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
GAB Robins has made Steve McCullough commercial technical director at its Romford office. He will be ...
Kevin Bonner to chair implementation committee.
Kevin Bonner, former secretary general of the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, is to ch...
Appointment at Open + Direct.
Peter James has been recruited as insurer relations director for Open + Direct Insurance (UK) - the ...
RSA streamlines commission.
Brokers have cautiously welcomed plans by Royal & Sun Alliance to streamline its commercial commissi...
Lloyd's to merge its websites.
Lloyd's is to merge its two websites into a single offering by November. The first, www.loydsoflondo...
CUE to tackle PI claims.
Detection of fraudulent personal injury claims will be made easier by the end of the year, following...
Euclidian to set up new insurer.
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian is seeking to establish a new company, either in London or Bermuda, backed ...
Children's homes face emergency over PL cover.
The National Association of Independent Resources for Children is to hold an emergency meeting next ...
Appointment at Jeff Moore Associates.
Robin Furber has joined Jeff Moore Associates, having been previously employed by major City-based i...
Woodstock closes in on duo.
Kent-based Woodstock, which launched in March, claims it is set to acquire two brokerages by the end...
Appointment at Chem-Dry UK.
Claims management company Chem-Dry UK has appointed Ian Armstrong as quality technical auditor for t...