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DAILY MAIL A motorist who ran over a deaf and dumb girl won almost £500,000 in compensation last ...
Direct approach.
Internet insurer Direct Line.com has launched an online claims facility allowing customers to submit...
PMI promises are slammed.
Private health insurers this week welcomed a Conservative Party promise to make group private medica...
Shame about the branding.
The rush to create online brands leaves me to wonder how all these companies will appear in 10 years...
Partnerships and affinity deals: a marriage of minds, or a problem
Partnerships, or affinity deals are all the rage at the moment, with the Barclays tie-up with Legal ...
Carlyle rebranded.
South-west and Wales-based Carlyle Insurance Brokers has been rebranded under the name of its parent...
Helphire resumes credit repair.
Credit hire specialist Helphire this week said the Association of British Insurers' protocol for the...
Aon Steeplechase winner.
Shotgun Willy was first past the post at this year's Aon Steeplechase to claim £30,000 prize money, ...
Appointment at Aon.
John Reeve has been appointed managing director of pension administration at Aon. He was previously ...
Claims to rise.
Employment law claims are set to escalate, according to Michael Ball, head of employment at Weightma...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
The Bristol offices of Property & Casualty Services has made Norman Nutt technical controller. He jo...
Appointment at Marlborough Stirling.
Marlborough Stirling, provider of software and services to the mortgage, life and pensions sectors, ...
Workshop session.
The difficulties of dealing with discrimination in the workplace were vividly highlighted for delega...
Chester Street buck passed.
The government has washed its hands of the Chester Street asbestos insurance claims debacle that has...
Brit acquires Peoples Choice
Specialist insurance and reinsurance group Brit Insurance is to increase its holding in Leicester-bas...
Everest predicts premium growth
Everest Re Group saw its gross premiums increase by over 21% last year and is predicting a similar in...
NFU Mutual braced for foot & mouth claims
NFU Mutual, which dominates the agricultural insurance market, is bracing itself for major claims fol...
Huon to be taken over by by TiG
Huon Holdings Limited, major software provider to the insurance industry with services used by more t...
Wood to leave Axa for Pru
Mark Wood, chief executive of Axa UK, is to join the board of Prudential in the new role of chief exe...
Blanch issues share warning
US reinsurance broker EW Blanch warned that its earning per share in 2001 would be "significantly bel...
Helphire brings back credit repair
Credit hire specialist Helphire said this week that the Association of British Insurers' protocol for...
Insurers admit partnerships not working
Almost half of the UK's insurers have admitted disappointment with their partnership deals with non-t...
Diversifying Halifax up 7%
The Halifax bank, which is taking over the troubled Equitable Life business, and which also now has ...
Barclaycard joins online providers
Barclaycard is to launch iMoney.co.uk in the summer, a new online financial products service which wi...