News
Global warming widely exaggerated.
Claims that global warming will melt polar ice caps resulting in the flooding of many parts of Brita...
Date for dinner.
The annual livery dinner of the Worshipful Company of Insurers will be held this year at the Mansion...
Halifax to launch insurance business next year
Halifax is to invest £150m in a new Internet-based business providing insurance for homeowners and mo...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Steve Phillips has left Norwich Union to become manager of Axa Insurance's Southampton branch....
Appointment at Financial Services Authority.
Vernon Everitt has been appointed head of media relations at the Financial Services Authority. He jo...
Bullying at work is rife.
This week saw the unveiling of UK's biggest ever study into bullying in the workplace, which results...
GISC team in EC talks.
Concerned General Insurance Standards Council representatives met European Commission chiefs last we...
Appointment at The Salvage Association.
David Cope has been appointed principal surveyor in the Salvage Association's Hong Kong office. He j...
Appointment at Legal & General.
Rob Margetts has been made non-executive chairman of Legal & General group. He has been acting chair...
Nat West sale leaves CGU sitting pretty.
CGU's presence in the UK life sector has received a huge boost following Royal Bank of Scotland's £2...
Team of the year.
City solicitors Lovells has been named Insurance Team of the Year at the Legal Business awards, held...
Europ Assistance to provide Kwik-Fit fitters.
Europ Assistance has signed a deal with Kwik-Fit Insurance Services to handle its 24-hour Domestic H...
Goshawk is suing US show.
Listed Lloyd's vehicle Goshawk is suing the US version of the hit ITV show Who Wants to be a Million...
Exclusive - CGU ready to cast 'Net wider.
Insurer CGU is set to follow the launch of its Internet auction business bluecycle. com with two "ev...
Appointment at St Paul Syndicate Management.
Chris Murphy O'Connor has been made energy underwriter for St Paul's marine syndicate. He was previo...
Loss prediction.
AIG has predicted losses of £3.75bn for the insurance industry as a result of the recent European st...
Ex-managers form adjuster.
A former Garwyn manager and Lombard claims manager have set up a new liability adjuster. The Birm...
Appointment at Royal London Insurance.
Royal London has appointed two new regional heads. Colin Hughes will be the company's Newcastle Upon...
Canada Life favourite to buy Colonial.
Canada Life is set to swoop for Colonial UK after takeover rival Countrywide Assured pulled out of a...
Bumper payouts.
South African insurers look set for enormous payouts following the country's worst floods for 20 yea...
Ignore rehab at your peril.
The UK insurance industry must wrestle with rehabilitation or risk going out of business, a leading ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
After spending a day being thoroughly motivated at PM's own Rehabilitation First Campaign conference...
Home truths.
Think of the Home Counties. If the best you can come up with is Essex boy racers and outraged letter-writers from Tunbridge Wells, then think again. Marcus Alcock discovers that for many players in the insurance world, there's no place like Home
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
Sarah Witwicka has joined PCS as vocational case manager. A qualified staff nurse and holder of an M...