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ABI ready for Y2K.
The Association of British Insurers has said it does not expect to see any interruption in insurers'...
Budget heading for high street?
Former direct insurer Budget Insurance could become a high street brand. The Peterborough-based c...
Merger called off.
The planned merger between German mutuals Parion and Alte Leipziger has been called off. Both sides ...
Mutual plan ditched.
The Baltic Exchange has abandoned plans to change its status to a mutual following substantial cash ...
Winner.
Mervyn Gibbs is the second winner in the Avon Insurance Combination Football competition. The sen...
Goshawk pays up.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk has provided the required funds of £70.2m to Lloyd's to support its underwri...
Sales of £800m.
Standard Life Investments has posted first year figures which show UK sales of £800m. In its first y...
Top Tory's damning verdict on regulator.
Shadow Chancellor Francis Maude has attacked the widespread scope of powers of new super-regulator t...
Joint experts could send fire case costs soaring.
A law firm partner has warned that the use of joint experts in the new Woolf era could lead to an es...
Axa out to be Northern Ireland's no 1.
Axa aims to become the number one player in Northern Ireland. In the week that has witnessed momen...
Equitable's appeal.
The Equitable Life Action Group began its appeal on Tuesday against the High Court decision that the...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY EXPRESS Everton footballer Slaven Bilic looks like ending his career with a multi-million i...
Warranties looking up.
The extended warranty market is picking up again, though the less well-off are still vulnerable to s...
Appointment at Knights Commercial Insurances.
Former Willis Corroon employee Graham Wedgbury has started up his own insurance brokerage, called Kn...
Insurer game to pay £1m prize to puzzle solver.
A Lloyd's insurer could be set to do what Chris Tarrant has so far failed to do - pay out a million ...
Exclusive - Insurers losing clients through poor profiling.
Few insurers are satisfactorily retaining customers, according to a new survey by European IT servic...
Exclusive - St Paul in bid to convert medical sector.
An insurer is planning a major push into the medical liability market just as the Medical Defence Un...
Internet for sales.
Almost a fifth of companies have launched a product that is only available over the Internet, accord...
Just who is a keyman?
Insurers that deal in keyman insurance believe many firms are approaching it in the wrong way, taking out cover just for their 'top dogs'. David Fanning finds out why they believe this is a mistake.
Axa picks lock firm.
Emergency response company Highway Glass and Locks has been appointed sole provider of glass frames ...
Appointment at DAS Legal Expenses.
Ray Kneeshaw has left his post as DAS Legal Expenses' corporate business manager to become the compa...
Directors exposed to further duties.
Directors of publicly listed insurance companies will see the scope of their duties significantly ex...
Expert says RSI cases will rocket.
Insurers could be the big losers as UK industry continues to crank up production with little regard ...
Appointment at Bond Pearce.
Bond Pearce has promoted Eliza James to an associate within the law firm. She is part of the company...