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Compris Contractor relaunched.
Watford-based broker Dickson Insurance has teamed up with Lloyd's underwriter DP Mann to relaunch it...
Room uses data cube as recipe for success.
Room Underwriting Systems is looking to pilot a new online analytical processing tool for underwrite...
Appointment at King Sturge.
International property consultants King Sturge has recruited Richard Bentley to its plant and machin...
Appointment at Cigna Healthcare.
Denise Groom has been appointed as dental sales manager for Cigna Healthcare. She joined the company...
ABI must not be mute.
The insurance industry - and the independent financial adviser sector in particular - was given a pa...
Report highlights need for fraud cover.
Managers must check they are insured against fraud as part of their risk planning, according to a ne...
FirstCity picks RPT.
Lloyd's broker FirstCity Insurance Brokers has licensed RPT Consulting's Internet Expert Studio soft...
Insurers set to escape GM crop bill.
Agricultural insurers are likely to escape having to foot the bill if farmers are told to destroy mi...
Round the rehab table.
Anthony Gould reports on Swiss Re ProActiva's Rehabilitation Round Table lunch where guests took part in a debate centred around current rehabilitation issues.
Adjusters forced to play waiting game.
Loss adjusters face a summer of uncertainty with insurer Axa set to review its panel between June an...
Appointment at Zurich IFA Group.
Mike Hazell has been appointed as manager of Zurich IFA Group's IFA Professional Development Foundat...
Fund store online.
Independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance launched an online fund store last week, providing cust...
Folkestone office.
Motor claims company Brownsword has opened a new office in Folkestone which will be staffed by a qui...
Appointment at Korn/Ferry International.
Barbara Schonhofer has been appointed as vice-president of the UK insurance practice of executive se...
Broker goes bust.
Lloyd's broker Miles Smith, part of the Greatminster Group, has gone into liquidation. Paul Evans...
No adjustments at Drake.
Brokers have been told that none of the 200,000 policyholders with collapsed motor insurer Drake Ins...
Appointment at Norton Rose.
Maria Ross has been promoted to a partner with international law firm Norton Rose. She joined the co...
Ltd consultation.
I gather that the Institute of Insurance Brokers has formally registered a company limited by guaran...
Solvency regime will get overhaul.
The government plans to overhaul the present solvency regime. Noel Treacy, Minister for Science, T...
Internet will be shop front of tomorrow for insurers.
I read with interest the article 'Insurers slammed for poor Internet attitude' (PM 11 May, p15) whic...
Dozen Munters' teams on standby.
Disaster recovery specialist Munters will launch a specialist commercial division next Thursday (1 J...
AIG brings large scale cover to smaller firms.
AIG Europe is targeting brokers with a new range of commercial products that offer cover which has p...
Ticket ads value.
Hill House Hammond is using car park tickets as an advertising device. The 'park and read' campaign ...
Sun factor 20 - insurance factor 0.
Travel insurers have denied that they are becoming victims of the dot.com phenomenon. With more p...