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CD in DTI probe.
Troubled legal intermediary Claims Direct said the Department of Trade and Industry visited the comp...
Insurer car crisis.
Insurers face a crisis on the 1 January 2002, when the EC's End of Life Vehicle Directive will class...
Uphill struggle?
Small to medium-sized businesses are currently experiencing a slump in the market cycle, but to keep pace as the competition steepens, brokers must use their initiative to reach and maintain a profitable level. Veronica Cowan explains.
Cut looms for RSA staff.
Hundreds of Royal & Sun Alliance employees face an uncertain future, after the insurer told PM it was...
VBRA lambasts Audatex support fee increase.
The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association has described motor estimating and claims management ...
Increase in fatal farming accidents.
The number of fatal farming accidents in the UK is on the increase, with one death per week, accordi...
Trade unions get insurance vote.
Trade Union members are now more likely to consider buying financial services products from organisa...
Ensign's the Limit.
Lloyd's insurer Ensign Holdings has agreed in principle to acquire the right to manage Lloyd's Syndi...
Study reveals contents underinsured.
A study by insurer Hiscox has revealed that the majority of high-value house owners have little idea...
Appointment at Miller Insurance Group.
The Miller Insurance Group has promoted Clive Adams of the group's UK business risks unit to directo...
ABI code failure fears allayed.
In his letter last week - ABI code is failing to work (see below), Richard Hanson-James says he hopes...
Grievance with insurer.
John Withan, who rammed the glass-fronted CGNU building in London last week, was due in court on 20 ...
Equitas may still go under.
Equitas, the company established to reinsure and run-off the pre-1993 liabilities of Lloyd's Names, ...
Lloyd's Members only.
Lloyd's has made sweeping changes to the way it deals with brokers, with centralised regulation being replaced with an accreditation programme. Rachel Gordon asks whether this has opened doors for brokers or is driving business away.
Competition rules.
The Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal has announced it will rule on the Institute of Insurance ...
Ward Evans to provide customer protection.
Leeds-based broker Ward Evans is to provide protection for its policyholders, in the event of a coll...
Mexican wave.
Royal & Sun Alliance has agreed to acquire Mexico's 13th largest insurer Seguros BBV Probursa, a sub...
NU in Cable & Wireless deal.
The telecommunications group Cable & Wireless has signed a memorandum of understanding over a £350m ...
Legal firms agree policyholders' deal.
Law firms Davies Arnold Cooper, Berrymans Lace Mawer and Davies Lavery have concluded a deal with In...
IPC Re earnings up
IPC Re, the Bermudian property catastrophe reinsurer, has reported operating income of $20.2m for the...
Arig reduces losses
Bahrain-based Arig Group has reported losses of $3.2m for the first half of the year, down from net l...
Indie policyholders get new website
The Policyholders Protection Board today announced it has set up a temporary website in response to w...
Reg Brown joins Kiln board
Former Lloyd's underwriter and immediate past president of the Chartered Insurance Institute Reg Brow...
CNA Re London downgraded
Rating agency AM Best has lowered its rating of CNA Re's London subsidiary, raising doubts about the ...