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Defra plan may cut claims costs
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is aiming to revolutionise drain ownershi...
Lloyd's seeks stock exchange listing approval
Lloyd's has set the terms for the issue of £500m subordinated debt. Settlement of the issue was expe...
Cracking the safety whip
New car seat safety ratings could ultimately shave £800m off the £1.6bn annual whiplash bill footed ...
McLarens steps up UK assault with new terms
Loss adjusters McLarens Young International and Quest Gates have formalised their partnership agreem...
Churchill Insurance Consultants appoints Sectornet
Churchill Insurance Consultants has appointed technology solutions provider Sectornet to strengthen ...
Hampden set to woo investors
After facilitating the trade of five Namecos worth £5m in capacity since being granted authorisation...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny hears that the UK insurance market is about to lose one of its longest standing symbols. No, t...
Three-year warning over claims farmers
Insurers have been warned that they could face an unregulated claims management sector for another t...
Euclidian closes Syndicate 1243
Euclidian has confirmed the merger of its Lloyd's Syndicate 1243 into Marlborough Underwriting, as p...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph The Department of Trade and Industry has issued disqualification proceedings ag...
Claims relating to brownfield sites
Are you involved in claims relating to brownfield sites? Are floods and pollution legacies giving yo...
Law firm to boost its ATE share
National law firm Shoosmiths has brought in a new business development manager to push plans to boos...
Pleural plaque case adjourned
Norwich Union and Zurich's landmark pleural plaque court case has been adjourned until 6 and 7 Decem...
India the key as Zurich frees up underwriters
Zurich has begun the initial phase of a new small and medium-sized business model, which it believes...
CIS to review strategy after axing 106 branches
The Co-operative Insurance Society will reveal a new refined distribution model in March 2005, after...
Chairman of Unitas hands over the reins
Alec Finch, chairman of independent broking network Unitas, handed over the reins to Stephen James o...
CFC Underwriting appointed to BIBA schemes portfolio
Working in partnership with insurance broker Miller Insurance, CFC Underwriting has been appointed t...
Carvill Re launched to provide dedicated focus
Reinsurance intermediary Carvill has launched Carvill Re to provide a dedicated focus on expanding i...
Sharp rises in personal injury claims
Sharp rises in personal injury claims coming from motor accidents could impact on rates, according t...
Broadgate Syndicate 1301 to establish international property treaty account
Broadgate Syndicate 1301 is to establish an international property treaty account in 2005. Four of t...
ER Shaw moves to new site in Birmingham city centre
Birmingham-based insurance broker ER Shaw has moved to a new site in the city centre to cope with th...
Senior representatives wrestle with issues at Question Time
Senior representatives from the Financial Services Authority, the Treasury Select Committee, insurer...
Ace restructures UK operations
Ace Europe is aiming to capture a larger slice of the UK and Ireland small and medium-sized enterpri...
Airmic meets Biba over Spitzer
The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers has refused to back down over demands for a Financial...