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Cox Insurance Retail Division in negotiations with Brokersoft.
Cox Insurance Retail Division has entered into exclusive negotiations with Brokersoft. The talks fol...
Bluesure studies broker-only option.
Insurance start-up Bluesure this week said it had received 474 applications from brokers wanting to ...
SPS Infoquest bought by Business & Decision.
Consulting and data engineering company SPS Infoquest has been bought by French consultancy Business...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Manchester-based insurance litigation firm James Chapman & Co has appointed five new partners in its...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey.
Lawrence Davison has joined Cunningham Lindsey UK as director of the company's Leeds and Solent serv...
McCarthy calls for compliance.
Frances McCarthy, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, said it was wrong to sugg...
Lloyd's last week reported a heavy loss ...
Lloyd's last week reported a heavy loss of £3.11bn for 2001, compared with a loss of £1.2bn in 2000 ...
Appointment at McParland Finn.
McParland Finn has taken on two new recruits. Nigel Musson has been appointed to a business developm...
Wallace warns of four-month window.
Norwich Union intermediary business director Ken Wallace has warned the insurance market that the nex...
ABI to meet MPs in flood move.
The Association of British Insurers is meeting MPs next week in an effort to generate enough support...
Polaris will not set portal timetable.
Polaris has announced its intention to launch an internet trading platform for the general insurance...
Carpetbaggers face new rules on mutuals.
A radical Bill to protect co-operative and mutual business from the attentions of carpetbaggers look...
Harman Wicks & Swayne implements new telephone system.
Harman Wicks & Swayne, which deals in broking and servicing of insurance and reinsurance, has implem...
Cox liability denial.
Cox Insurance Holdings chief executive Michael Dawson has refuted analysts' claims that it cannot sa...
The US general insurance sector suffered its first ever full-year
The US general insurance sector suffered its first ever full-year loss in 2001 - $7.9bn (£5.4bn) - a...
Footie results see two in quarter-finals.
The second round of group matches in the Post Magazine Charity Football Competition saw two teams - ...
High cost if UK mimics US.
If the UK develops a full-scale US-style compensation culture, claims volumes and settlements levels...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
This week I was sent something quite cool through the post as an enticement to review a website. Ins...
Appointment at QBE International Insurance.
Gary Norman has joined QBE International Insurance to further expand the general liability division....
Xchanging launches e-repository for industry.
Business process outsourcing company Xchanging has launched its London Market Repository. The rep...
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Royal & Sun Alliance has named John Baker as its deputy chairman, effective from the end of the 2001...
Max Re expects lower Q1 earnings
Bermudian finite reinsurer Max Re has said it expects to report weaker earnings than it anticipated f...
Budget latest
Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons this afternoon put his f...
Scor securitises credit risk
French reinsurer Scor is to protect itself from credit insurance risks for the next five years with a...