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BCWA Healthcare sees soaring profits.
Despite a difficult year in the private medical insurance market, BCWA Healthcare has announced a ne...
Axa adoption.
Nordstern Art Insurance has brushed up its image by adopting the Axa brand. The move will bring the ...
Appointment at Towergate Underwriting.
Towergate Underwriting group has appointed Colin Birch as sales development director of Strovers, it...
The right to roam debate.
The right to roam debate took a new twist in the House of Lords when government minister Larry Whitt...
Ford's Kwik Kash.
Ford this week unveiled a £1bn takeover for the Kwik-Fit repair chain as a precursor to a worldwide ...
Cancer lawsuits rock oil giant.
Multi-billion legal liabilities arising from cancer-related lawsuits could shave pounds off the shar...
Spinning for satisfaction.
Problems are stacking up for insurers, loss adjusters and solicitors, but unfortunately they cannot ...
Branching out.
Advertising guru Mo Drake has revealed the secrets of his success in a book, Hollering up a Tree, wr...
Appointment at Domestic & General.
Two board appointments have been made at Domestic & General, the UK's largest specialist provider of...
A shady deal.
The French government is paying for 60 million pairs of sunglasses because it fears the total eclips...
Network solutions
As the claims process becomes more and more important, the emergence of network suppliers has been a god send for insurers. Brian Meigh finds out why.
Women drivers fear attack.
Over half the women drivers surveyed by transport group Arriva admitted to being so scared of road r...
Share Watch.
Further consolidation in the UK life sector could be on the cards, thanks to another financial scand...
Argentina sell-off.
The largest independent broking firm in Argentina, Herzfeld & Levy, has sold an interest in the firm...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black's heart leapt with pride at the news that some of the great and good from our oft lambas...
£14bn pension bill.
UK life insurers could fork out £14bn to meet expensive guarantees on pension policies sold during t...
US spy satellite lost in space.
Scientists are searching frantically for a US spy satellite lost in space. Designed to pinpoint miss...
Appointment at Crawford-THG.
Simon Burley has been made head of business development for Crawford-THG. he joins from Ashworth Mai...
A changing landscape.
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Banking loophole.
The world's largest broker, J&H Marsh & McLennan, is seeking to circumvent strict US laws on banking...
Risking all (for fun).
Our fixation with risk is turning us into a nation of irrational obsessives, according to a new acad...
Strovers celebrates launch of new product range.
To celebrate the launch of its new product range, Strovers Household is offering its agents a chance...
Choose life, choose cash, choose an ISA.
After months of build-up and speculation over its pros and cons, the government's Individual Savings Account is finally with us. Francis Higney outlines exactly what is on offer to investors.
Brokers must give to receive.
The decision of the British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association, and the Institute of Insu...