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Hiscox gains more ex-Indie staff.
Hiscox has followed the recruitment of the core of Independent's regional underwriting team last wee...
Court rule on ATE.
The Court of Appeal is due to hear submissions on the value of after-the-event insurance premiums to...
PwC at Commons.
The liquidators from PriceWaterhouse Coopers will face the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insuranc...
Forbes goes classic.
Intermediary Alexander Forbes has launched a classic car website, www.classiccarcover.co.uk, which ...
Lloyd's analysis shows disparity.
Lloyd's recent severe losses - estimated to be some £3.3bn for the period 1998-2001 - mask a substan...
RSA considers BTE options.
Royal & Sun Alliance has refuted press speculation that it plans to make before-the-event legal expe...
Generation tech.
This is undeniably the age of the internet, though John Harvie asserts the "next generation" must change the way they utilise it to fulfil its cost reduction potential.
Claims Direct wait.
The independent directors of Claims Direct, David Hickey and David Hankinson, were expecting to rece...
Market on the move.
M-commerce clearly offers great opportunities for reaching a wide insurance-buying audience, by tapping into mobile technology. However, until the text generation comes of age, this potential is unlikely to be realised, says Lynn Rouse.
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made two appointments. David West joins the international benefits practice as a senior cons...
Judy joins Marsh.
Broker Marsh has continued its push into public sector consulting with the appointment of Judy Jones...
BIB members defect to SMFS
Four members of Darlington broker BIB have defected to rival Smith Mason Financial Services to help s...
RSA idea could change the event.
The suggestion by Royal & Sun Alliance that it could include legal expenses insurance as a standard f...
CGNU: Unicaja deal.
UK insurer CGNU has agreed a bancassurance deal with Spanish savings bank Unicaja to sell life and p...
Time to make your voice heard.
Post Magazine has called on the insurance industry to support moves to establish a Whistleblowers' Ch...
Russia opens to West.
The Russian insurance market is expected to open up to western insurers, following German giant Alli...
Appointment at Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter.
Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnston Winter, has made a host of new appointments. Andrew Large has join...
Regulation: little help when the going gets tough.
What has the General Insurance Standards Council and self-regulation got to do with it? (see below: '...
An AMPle Investor.
Australian insurer AMP is set to takeover financial website Interactive Investor International in a ...
Axa's new business plan.
Axa has launched a new version of its commercial package Business Plan Plus - the first of many prod...
Lessons from Indie.
A number of positive aspects could arise from Independent Insurance's collapse according to Chris Bl...
Retirement prompts executive reshuffle at Standard Life
Standard Life, Europe's largest mutual life insurer, has announced a restructuring of its executive t...
Feud ends in strike.
A 64-year-old Belgian woman has gone on hunger strike over a 17-year feud with her motor insurers. A...
La Dolce Vita for Hammond Suddards
Law firm Hammonds Suddards Edge is to merge with Italian firm Rossotto e Associati on 1 January 2002....