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Windows openings.
Allied Underwriting Agencies has become the first UK-based underwriter to use software company Polic...
Claims Direct future unclear.
A cloud still hangs over Claims Direct, despite the company recording improved profits and putting a...
E is for enterprise.
With the digitally-enabled population increasing rapidly, insurers and brokers alike would be wise to develop their enterprise solutions to successfully tap into this valuable customer base, says Graham Newman.
Syndicate 2010 begins trading.
Lloyd's syndicate 2010, backed by Wren's former finance director and a host of ex-Limit underwriters...
Wesleyan: system.
Marlborough Stirling has signed a £1.2m deal with mutual life assurance company Wesleyan to install ...
Blue skies in Leeds.
For Yorkshire business capital Leeds, the future looks bright. It has become increasingly popular as a place in which to both live and work and insurers cannot seem to get enough of it says Edward Murray.
Tribunal rulings will not stop spurious claims.
Proposed government changes to employment tribunals, announced this week, will not succeed in preven...
ABI code fails to deliver.
The Association of British Insurers and other sections of the industry, as well as the government's ...
Broking group gets a make-over.
South London-based broker The Hanover Park Group has unveiled a new corporate identity. The indiv...
Coverwell: doing well for itself.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
inspop.com increases panel.
Internet-based insurance intermediary, inspop.com, has signed up another four travel insurance provi...
Broker pleads guilty to fraud.
A partner of Solihull-based Second City Insurance Brokers pleaded guilty in Birmingham Crown Court l...
Tree hugging.
Trees are considered to be both a help and a hindrance in the modern urban environment. Gillian Glanville explains how the correct balance between risk management and environmental responsibility may be struck.
Allianz forecast.
Germany's Allianz recorded a 7.8% rise in gross premium income for the first nine months of this yea...
CPR: single e-xpert wins.
(1) Takenaka (UK) (2) Brian Corfe v David Frankl (2000) Queens Bench Division - 11 October 2000.
Exchange: all change.
Moneyextra.com, the business-to-consumer online insurance trading arm of the IT solutions provider M...
Don't bank on it.
Although commercial lines business is showing a healthy increase, brokers and insurers should not rest on their laurels. Industry consolidation has left holes in the market, which the banks, and others, are competing to expand into. Simon Threadgold…
Fortis: profits soar.
Benelux-based insurer Fortis, which merged and rebranded Northern Star and Bishopsgate in the UK las...
Alan Percival Coe v The Executors of Mrs D M de Rothschild (The
The claimant was employed as a tractor driver by the defendant. He was injured when the tractor's ...
Eureko founders complete merger
The combination of two of the founding entities of pan-European insurance group Eureko took place tod...
Motor cover deal.
Motor claims management company Accidentcare Group has entered into a market-ing venture with the Ab...
India gives Pru the go-ahead.
UK insurer Prudential has become the fifth insurer to win regulatory approval to set up an insurance...
Genetics fears.
The majority of consumers do not trust insurers with genetic information, according to a survey comm...
Small sector: big potential.
There are profits to be made in the competitive SME sector, and the most efficient way to reach potential customers is electronically, says David Fanning.