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Town & Country Assistance opens training suite.
Motor claims insurance specialist Town & Country Assistance has opened a training suite which will i...
Easily the best.
Francis Higney finds out how CGU Life came up with a vision for its future which every member of staff is 100% committed to.
FOIL certain fees.
Martin Staples, vice-president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), has urged the Scottish Parl...
Zurich sets up trading teams.
Zurich Commercial has introduced a roster of trading teams and key account managers to help deliver ...
Ground-broking.
Benfield Greig has been one of the more successful mergers of recent years. Its focus on business objectives and quality systems solutions has given it the edge, says David Worsfold.
Eom aims for £30m.
Eom, the Northwest-based utilities engineering contractor, has established an environmental division...
Virtual sales rep.
Neuron Data has launched its Advisor intelligent business rules software kit, which it claims is set...
Personal lines to stay': St Paul.
St Paul said this week it had no plans to sell-off its personal lines business in the UK following a...
Everyone's a winner.
Matthew Townsend toasts the winners of this year's bigger-than-ever British Insurance Awards at the Royal Albert Hall and also pays tribute to those companies who went home empty-handed despite their incredibly high standard of entries.
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting Group.
Last week we reported that Nick Crocker had been made active chairman of Towergate Underwriting Grou...
Swiss Re's Gamma will turn rivals green with envy.
Swiss Re New Markets has developed a new product, Gamma, which offers index-linked insurance cover f...
Alterations on-line.
Churchill Insurance plans to allow customers to make their own policy adjustments on-line. The insur...
Natural progression.
Royal & SunAlliance's ability to keep its finger on the pulse in a fast-changing marketplace made a significant impact on the judging panel.
L&G's affinity.
Legal & General has launched its second pre-stakeholder affinity pension scheme, this time with the ...
SVB's Fusion-powered aid for business.
SVB, the Lloyd's group managing £303m of capacity through three non-marine syndicates, has set up a ...
Name change.
The Independent Financial Association Portfolio is to be known as Portfolio Members Services having ...
A domestic fight between a husband and wife.
A domestic fight between a husband and wife led to the arrest of an alleged auto-collision fraud rin...
GISC delays claims plan.
The General Insurance Standards Council has put plans for regulating claims handling procedures on h...
The personal touch.
Flexibility, first-rate client service, plus a one-to-one relationship between IFAs and underwriter, are crucial components for Allied Dunbar.
Insurers less hopeful.
General insurers are less optimistic about the future than their counterparts in the rest of the fin...
SAM's a global hit.
Aon's introduction of Strategic Account Management has enabled it to provide excellent client service and made them a top commercial lines broker.
AA site a hit.
AA Insurance claims its motor quotation site has provided over 400 quotes per day since its May laun...
Frankly, my dear ...
When it comes to insurance, we Brits could not give a damn. Or so a recent survey by NatWest Bank wo...
Offshore info links.
Offshore financial centres need to meet international best practice standards - especially in the ar...