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Motor 1998 Top 20 - amounts in £000, ranked by GPW.
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The add-ons family.
Specialist travel insurer Columbus Direct has extended its cover on family policies to allow any mem...
Eastgate launches taxman protection - Tax protection.
Eastgate Assistance has taken advantage of the burgeoning tax self-assessment regime by launching a ...
Unum business up.
Income protection insurance specialist Unum has reported new business up 73% last year, to £35.4m. L...
Budget Special - ABI welcomes relaxation of life laws.
The Budget offered a mixed bag for insurers according to its trade body. The Association of Briti...
Judges reject massive hike in damages awards
The insurance industry has been spared a massive hike in damages awards, as the Court of Appeal this...
SMI unveils do-it-yourself portfolio - Life assurance.
Scottish Mutual International has unveiled a new flexible premium life assurance product. Using t...
Scor providing reinsurance cover for US and Japanese earthquake
French reinsurer Scor is providing high-level reinsurance cover for US and Japanese earthquake risks...
High five for Rapidinsure.
Channel 5 television's decision to take an 8% share in new online insurer RapidInsure.co.uk in a £1m...
Top 50 motor insurers by gross premium written 1998 - amount in
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Meningitis cases at worrying level.
Medical liability insurers have been warned about the dangers of escalating meningitis claims. Th...
Life added online.
Direct insurer Eagle Star has added life insurance to its online service, www.eaglestar.co.uk. It in...
Commentary - What a load of rubbish.
The Al-Fayed v Hamilton defamation case has focused attention on the method of disposing of waste pa...
The UK market dissected.
The 1990s saw enormous cross-border merger and acquisition activity, partly as a result of European ...
A passport a day ...
Norwich Union has launched a medical passport for children. With one in 10 children visiting the doc...
e-asy name change.
Mortgage 2000, which supplies mortgage information to intermediaries, has re-branded its sourcing sy...
Arup Associates.
A 27 metre-tall beacon can now help long-lunch insurance workers in the City of London find their wa...
Old waters, new routes.
Andrew Coutts explains why marine insurers need to be inventive to survive in the 21st century's rapidly-changing insurance climate.
Insurer to exploit new law change.
The Bank of Ireland has joined up with legal expenses insurer Greystoke Legal Services to exploit a ...
Europe tops life insurance league
The European Union has overtaken Japan to become the world's largest market for life insurance. Stati...
European life sector increases despite falling premiums.
The Comite Europeen des Assurances will reveal today that growth in European life premium volume slow...
Birmingham Midshires signs household agreement with Legal & General
Home loans provider Birmingham Midshires, a division of the Halifax Group, has agreed a five year arr...
Woollard weighs up options
Standard Life carpetbagger Fred Woollard is currently "reviewing my various options" following the in...
Budget mish-mash
Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget speech contained an interesting mish-mash of measures. Insurers an...