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Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This site has been set up by regional broker Waveney Insurance. It is not a large site. The front pa...
Appointment at MCE.
Wellingborough-based insurance broker MCE has appointed Lisa Hunt to the newly-created position of t...
Appointment at Alan Boswell.
Alan Boswell has appointed Caroline Cooper as a supervisor at its Attleborough branch. In the past, ...
Folgate Partnership signs Axa in broker support venture.
The Folgate Partnership has signed Axa up to support its brokers Smithson Mason Group in Leeds and D...
Appointment at TT Club.
TT Club, provider of insurance and related risk management services to the transport and logistics i...
What the papers said this week.
THE TIMES Drivers who drink moderate amounts of alcohol to disguise their cannabis taking pose a ...
Insurers set to reject flood extension.
Insurers are expected to reject calls for an extension to the existing moratorium on flood insurance...
RSA looks at outsourcing option for remaining life business.
Royal & Sun Alliance is considering outsourcing the administration of its remaining life business, w...
Penny Black's insurance week.
As Penny scours the country seeking evidence of the escalating liability crisis, her friends in Bolt...
Riskier business demands skill.
The national media has seemingly never been as interested in general insurance as it is now with the...
Online insurance deals to be offered in digital newsletter.
Deals for online insurance are to be offered in a digital newsletter called Theinvestormonthly, from...
Insurer Old Mutual records fall in profits.
Insurer Old Mutual, whose shares are listed in London and Johannesburg, has recorded a 16% fall in f...
Rubicon sets up new arm.
White label insurance specialist Rubicon Corporation will this week launch a new consultancy divisio...
Sirius Financial Systems completes delivery.
Sirius Financial Systems has completed the delivery of a 150-user Underwriting system to Zimnat Lion...
RSA admits action needed on personal lines.
Royal & Sun Alliance has accepted that there are significant problems in its UK personal lines opera...
A positive long-term outlook.
Worldwide disasters, stock market fluctuations and government investigations into price-fixing have severely shaken the German insurance market. However, long-term prospects for the market are strong and David Fanning believes a wiser breed of insurers…
Irish authorities turn up the heat on Merrion Re.
Merrion Reinsurance is set to appear before Dublin District Court next month in the start of what is...
Eurobase wins marine data contract.
British Marine Managers has selected software supplier Eurobase International to design and implemen...
Royal Bank of Scotland profits up.
Royal Bank of Scotland has made first-half pre-tax profits of £2.33bn, up 12% on last year's figure ...
BTE will work if the industry is realistic in its application.
I did not envisage protracted correspondence following my letter (We all need to play by the same se...
Railtrack seeks repayment.
Railtrack is hoping to recoup from insurers the £12m in compensation it paid out to victims of the P...
Appointment at Jermyn Consulting.
Gary Donlon has been appointed to the board of risk and business continuity management consultancy J...
Zurich Insurance teams up with AA Business Services.
Zurich Insurance has teamed up with AA Business Services to offer small fleet operators a tailored c...
Industry fails to act as customers suffer.
Risk managers, who actually buy commercial insurance, are not impressed with the present state of the market and see some evidence of profiteering by insurers. David Gamble outlines the customers' perspective of the hardening market.