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ABI says standards "not perfect"
The Association of British Insurers has described the international reporting standards on insurance...
Appointment at Towry Law Group
Andy Dean has taken over as the healthcare director at Towry Law Group. He will be based in Bracknel...
GAB Robins awarded licence to serve Chinese insurance industry
GAB Robins claims to have become the first loss adjusting company to be awarded a licence to provide...
HBOS looks to cull commercial panel
HBOS General Insurance has ruled out underwriting its own commercial book of business but expects do...
Government plan raises EL concern
The Association of British Insurers this week rejected calls by the government to make insurers pick...
Appointment at Aascent
John Rusby has joined Aascent as business development manager. Mr Rusby has more than 25 years of in...
Hardy affirms niche strategy
Lloyd's insurer Hardy Underwriting has insisted it will not veer from its strategy of leading niche ...
Appointment at QBE
QBE France has made Christian Bellissen lead portfolio manager with responsibility for creating and ...
Industry needs to address expert shortfall
The insurance industry looks under-resourced for another potential event year in 2004, according to ...
Insurers considered for PO push
The Post Office Group is confident it will not encounter any regulatory hurdles when it launches a w...
Broker group linked with Bland Bankart deal
Start-up broker consolidator Oval has become the latest company to be linked with a takeover of Leic...
CII still plans to award honourary fellowships
The Chartered Insurance Institute this week insisted that it still planned to go ahead with plans to...
Savings boost EIG profit
Financial news
Towergate Wilsons acquires Legion Direct
Legion Direct, specialist in regimental commercial insurance packages, has been acquired by Towergat...
IT firm in insurer talks
IT and services consulting firm Salmon expects to confirm the first of many new contracts in the nex...
Market should make greater use of FOS says Edmondson
David Edmondson, suggested that the market should make greater use of the Financial Ombudsman Servic...
Appointment at Bridge Insurance Brokers
Bridge Insurance Brokers has made two appointments to the business development team at its Mancheste...
Appointment at RAC Auto Windscreens
David Currier has joined RAC Auto Windscreens as sales and marketing director. He joins from Towry L...
Appointment at Heath Lambert
Tim Slater has joined Heath Lambert Group as marketing executive for the North-west. He was formerly...
Appointment at Towergate
Mark Armitage has been recruited by Towergate as western regional managing director. He joins from N...
Sainsbury's Bank enters health insurance market
Sainsbury's Bank has become the first supermarket bank to enter the health insurance market. The sup...
Appointment at The Rubicon Corporation
Insurance solutions provider The Rubicon Corporation has appointed Lee Berry as group legal counsel....
Insurers still use too much jargon says Parvin
Insurers still use too much jargon when communicating with policyholders, especially over complex su...
FSA's lack of claims action is criticised
Julian Stainton, chief executive of health insurer WPA, has hit out at the Financial Services Author...