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Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was out with one of the insurance industry's oldest friends this week, when she fell into the ...
Appointment at Safeonline.
David Calverley joins digital risk insurance provider Safeonline as chief legal officer responsible ...
Ensign completes acquisition of syndicate 318
Lloyd's insurer Ensign Holdings has completed the acquisition of the right to manage former Limit's s...
Zurich adopts ISO to slash claims cost base.
Zurich Financial Services has implemented ISO's Claims Outcome Adviser, as part of its bid to slash ...
Trenwick moves treaty to Lloyd's.
Bermudian insurer Trenwick has moved its international property & casualty treaty portfolio to Lloyd...
View from the top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK Our industry is currently being...
The Arson Prevention Bureau.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has welcomed the Home Office report The Economic Costs of Fire and belie...
New venture to buy claims against insurers.
A new company, which is looking to buy claims against solvent and insolvent insurers and reinsurers,...
IFAs caught in Net.
There is set to be a mass migration of business to the internet from the independent financial advis...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph British families who watched their relatives die during live television cove...
DAS: GISC cover.
Legal expenses insurer DAS now offers cover against possible GISC probes in conjunction with its new...
Appointment at GE Financial Insurance.
GE Financial Insurance has appointed James Myatt to the role of general manager, financial instituti...
MP calls for end to unfair rules.
Unfair and inappropriate regulation has to be stamped out if the insurance industry is to recover fr...
Broker title hopes.
Twenty years ago, there were high hopes as the Insurance Brokers' Registration Council was launched, as Post Magazine reported then.
Broker fears over Axa bank influx.
Axa has moved to quell broker fears they could be marginalised, following the departure of chief exe...
Swinton keeps CSC.
Insurance broker Swinton has retained Computer Sciences Corporation as its sole provider of broking ...
Appointment at MMT Computing.
MMT Computing welcomes George Matthews as its new non-executive director. He brings with him 24 year...
Appointment at Holman Insurance Brokers.
Holman Insurance Brokers has recruited a new finance director to coincide with the expansion of its ...
St Paul signals change.
Staff at The St Paul will next month discover whether job cuts and international office closures ar...
CFA service unveiled.
Insurance law firm Davies Lavery has launched a collective conditional fee agreement service. Collec...
QBE boss sells.
QBE Insurance Group chief executive Frank O'Halloran made almost Aus$1m (£370,000) selling shares in...
Making sense of motor.
I am confused by the Motor Insurers' Information Centre's attitude toward the fourth European Union ...
Fearing for insurers reputation.
I fear for the reputation of insurance. One major insurer has been erroneously informing PMI custome...
Greater authority.
The Equitable Life and Independent Insurance debacles have forced the Financial Services Authority on to the back foot. However, from next month, it will have wider powers. Robert Viney explains the implications for insurers.