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Unison urges caution over personal injury threshold
Plans to raise the small-claims threshold for personal injury could drive those injured at work into...
Reading crash will not raise MIB levy
Motor insurers' annual levy to the Motor Insurance Bureau is unlikely to be changed, despite claims ...
Capita signs liability claims deal
Capita Insurance Services has signed a £40m deal with Chester Street Insurance Holdings to administe...
Appointment at Mondial
Martin Lyons has joined Mondial as the new general manager for its Ireland division. He joins from C...
Healthsure launches website
Cash plan provider Healthsure has launched a new website to provide brokers with access to online qu...
Catlin reaffirms its reserves
Lloyd's insurer Catlin has insisted that it is adequately reserved to handle future severe weather e...
Gay steps down
Broker Cooper Gay has announced that David Gay, who founded the company with Derek Cooper in 1965, s...
Insurers launch appeal against pleural plaques judgement
Norwich Union and Zurich have lodged an appeal against the pleural plaques judgement made last month...
Chain reaction
Loss assessors are often left out of the claims process, with each link in the chain pulling against each other. Chris Ray argues this helps no one, least of all the consumer
What the papers said this week
- Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrats' Shadow Chancellor, has written to the Advertising Standards ...
Appointment at Freeclaim-IDC
Ashington-based litigation funder Freeclaim-IDC has appointed solicitor Louise Gudgin to head up its...
Insure-com overhauls four divisions for growth
Insure-com has announced details of an expansion initiative, following a recent management changeove...
Insurers consider fraud case
Insurers Zurich and Royal and Sun Alliance are thought to be considering pursuing a fraud case throu...
Galbraith vows to defend
British Insurance Brokers' Association chief executive Eric Galbraith has vowed to defend the indust...
Budget 2005: ABI response
Peter Vipond, Association of British Insurers' director of financial regulation and taxation said: “The Government is right to freeze Insurance Premium Tax. This is entirely justified by the fact that the Government took £2.4bn for the current tax year,…
Willis could become the "dominant player" claims ex Marsh employee
Willis today claimed it had made a significant move in strengthening its presence in Scotland with the appointmnet of a duo from rival Marsh.
Budget 2005: reserve tax - demutualisation of insurance companies
Stamp duty reserve tax: demutualisation of insurance companies
Budget 2005: Lloyd's regulation amendment announced
The Chancellor today announced an ammendment to the powers for making regulations relating to Lloyd’s. The measure will aply to regulations made after the passing of the 2005 Finance Bill.
Budget 2005: IPT tax frozen
Chancellor Gordon Brown today announced a freeze on insurance premium tax in the Bugdet.
Cox bid consortium bid leader Utley claims it will retain staff
Former Cox CEO Neil Utley, who is leading the bid to buy Cox, has set out his provisionla plan for the company if a deal is completed.
Cox reaches agreement which may lead to potential sale
Lloyd’s motor insurance specialist Cox today announced that it has reached provisional agreement with Duke Street Capital V Limited, Englefield Capital LLP and former CEO Neil Utley to buy the company. The deal would value each Cox share at 94p, with…
Package launch targets farmers
Broker La Playa has launched a farms and estates division to integrate insurance with risk management.