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Biba News 2009: LV releases new broker portal
LV has today announces the launch of its new commercial package trading website. The portal 'LV Broker Gateway' will be available to all brokers with an LV agency.
Biba 2009 News: Marketform unveils new lines of business
Marketform Group, a specilaist non-US medical malpractice and other specialty lines, has announced that it is now underwriting a number of new classes of business.
Biba 2009 News: HNW and MNW specialists unite for product push
Sister personal lines insurance specialists Oak Underwriting and Plum Underwriting have joined forces to offer brokers a full spectrum of cover for all mid to high net worth policyholders.
Chaucer tightlipped on offer as it records 42.3% hike in GWP
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer this morning reported that total gross written premium income to the end of March 2009 was ahead of budget at £257.8m (2008 Q1 £181.2m), an increase of 42.3% It added underlying growth in premium income excluding Syndicate 4242…
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Kwik Fit recognised at CCI awards for Smart Co focus
Kwik Fit Insurance, has been rewarded at the Contact Centre Innovation Awards, winning the prize for...
KGM bucks training trend with CII day
KGM Motor Insurance has boosted its learning and development activity by inviting the Chartered Insu...
Pick of the week: CILA calls for transparency; Willis to cut chaff...
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Hiscox up 51%
Hiscox has reported a 51% increase in premium income to £486.5m (2008: £321.3m) for the first three ...
What the papers said this week
Newcastle Chronicle An insurance company has apologised for threatening to take a schoolboy to ...
Victory for "common sense" in Hungerford Bridge death case
The employers of a welder killed while working on a major construction project on the Hungerford Bri...
CTC buys Axiom
Charles Taylor Consulting has acquired Axiom Holdings, an independent insurance and reinsurance supp...
Biba trade credit meet
The Department for Business Executive and Regulatory Reform has agreed in principle it has the right...
Insurers unwittingly helping disease claims
Insurers are inadvertently helping to build opponents' industrial disease cases by investigating cla...
QBE wins mercedes deal
QBE has secured a deal with Mercedes in China. The insurer's UK-based payment protection unit won th...
DAS in City move
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance has expanded and relocated its London office to accommodate a dedicated...
New Arc Legal product
Legal expenses insurance provider Arc Legal Assistance has developed a non-fault motor legal expense...
CII taskforce meets
The Chartered Insurance Institute's new taskforce of senior general insurance practitioners has met ...
Appointment at Colemont
Colemont Insurance Brokers has made Keith Reardon a director of its marine and energy division. Mr...
Appointment at Axis
Axis International Loss Adjusters has appointed Nicholas La Stella as a loss adjuster in its finan...
Allianz takes BMW from Lloyds
Allianz has won a major contract with BMW Financial Services from Lloyds Banking Group, its first mo...
Appointment at Garwyn
Garwyn has recruited a regional manager for the Midlands area. Ian Lane , who has been with Garwyn ...
Junction and Post Office renew affinity deal
BGL subsidiary Junction has renewed its home and motor insurance affinity partnership with the Post ...
Recession fraud surge could rival 2007 floods
Cunningham Lindsey has warned the recession could result in a surge in fraudulent claims equivalent ...