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Helphire makes its peace with insurers.
The expensive and long-running legal battle between insurers and credit hire giant Helphire came clo...
Pool figures high.
The Law Society does not expect to know the number of solicitors in the Assigned Risks Pool until th...
GAB Robins team investigates collapse of homes.
Nine homes in Edinburgh collapsed earlier this week. GAB Robins national subsidence team is investig...
Far & wide.
Holidaymakers are becoming more sophisticated in their taste for adventure and more demanding in what they require from insurers, who are responding by setting up their own travel assistance companies, says Veronica Cowan.
New digs for NU.
Norwich Union Healthcare has moved into new premises in Sheffield, creating 20 new jobs as part of t...
China: association.
The Chinese government has set up a 36 member-strong insurance industry group - The Insurance Associ...
Coversure growth.
Coversure Insurance Services has seen a 27% growth in the year to October, with a turnover of £30m. ...
Aon forms joint venture.
Broker Aon has formed a joint venture with Protection & Indemnity broker PL Ferrari, the world's old...
Signed and sealed.
Baldev Singh Mann v Chetty & Patel; Court of Appeal 26 October 2000.
PPP to retain own branding.
Axa subsidiary, PPP Healthcare, will continue to be branded differently from the other Axa UK group ...
Prudential up but storms to cost £30m
Insurer Prudential has recorded a 4% rise in gross written premiums to £251m for the first nine month...
Appointment at Peoples Choice.
Peoples Choice has promoted Pam Mellor to customer services manager. She has worked for the telebrok...
Storms cost dearly.
Independent Insurance has estimated the October floods and storms will cost it up to £12.5m, as it r...
Motor underwriters driving down profits.
Motor business underwriters are driving their companies into deep trouble according to figures relea...
DB stake reduced.
Germany's Dresdner Bank has reduced its stake in the reinsurer Munich Re from 7.4% to 5%....
Reliance future hangs in balance.
A cloud remains over the future of Reliance National Insurance, the UK arm of troubled US insurer Re...
Elenay Contracts v The Vestry; Technology and Construction Court 30
The Vestry opposed Elenay's summary judgement application to enforce an adjudicator's award. The ...
Rival to GISC to go ahead.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers is to push ahead with plans to set up a rival regulatory body to ...
Allianz hits out over rates.
German insurer Allianz has said it could cut up to a fifth of its global risk business, unless its c...
Clerical goes live.
Clerical Medical has gone live on m-link, the e-trading platform for independent financial advisers....
Fortis profits on the rise
Benelux-based insurer Fortis, which merged and rebranded Northern Star and Bishopsgate in the UK last...
How e-wise are you?
E-commerce is increasing insurers' workloads rather than reducing them, says Phil Race in an analysis of the results of a survey of delegates at Post Magazine's recent e-commerce to e-profit conference in London.
Axa pumps up cover.
French insurer Axa has signed a deal with Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch/Shell to sell car insu...
Penny Black's insurance week.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the St Paul must be feeling very chuffed indeed...