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Alleghany replaces Underwriters
Underwriters Re Agencies will change its name to Alleghany Underwriting Ltd from tomorrow. The name...
Charities on video.
The Insurance Charities has released a video and information pack highlighting how it can offer vita...
RSA ready for switch to single pricing.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to move to single pricing this year across its motor and household portfolio...
Appointment at Letsure.
Jacqui Mallin has been appointed as divisional operations manager for Letsure in Glasgow. Previously...
... a loss adjuster.
Francis Higney spent a day with Graham Eades of Carmichaels and found the world of loss adjusting th...
Prime Health rebranded.
From 3 April, private medical insurance specialist Prime Health is to be rebranded under its parent'...
A frank Mr Spencer.
Anthony Gould finds Paul Spencer, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance, brutally honest about where the company has gone wrong in the past while remaining upbeat about the future.
The good, the bad & the ugly.
Dominic Simpson analyses the mixed fortunes of profitability at Lloyd's over the last few years and concludes there are many more highs and lows to come.
Aviation losses mean nosedive for industry.
The chairman of the Aviation Insurance Offices' Association made a plea yesterday for underwriters t...
Budget 'stealth tax' spoils a good week for insurers.
The insurance industry has not had an easy time in the last week. Although it may have heaved a si...
Appointment at St Paul International.
Ian Ross is St Paul International's new construction product manager. He joins the company from Swis...
Ladies Golf Varsity match.
The Oxford team (left) completed a hat-trick of victories in the Ladies Golf Varsity match by beatin...
Italians to withdraw
Italian insurer Assitalia - which employs 32 staff in the UK - has finally confirmed that it is looki...
Electrical goods top burglars' wish lists.
Over half of all successful burglaries involve the theft of electrical equipment, with laptop comput...
Crawford online.
Loss adjuster Crawford will unveil a new Internet-based system that allows clients to access risk ma...
Damage limitation.
As insurers breathe easy over the Court of Appeal ruling on damages payments, Anthony Gould picks over what the decision means to the industry.
Director pleads guilty to fraud.
Andrew William Hill, sole director of broker Denis Hilton, has pleaded guilty to a charge of fraudul...
Limit to merge.
Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington are in merger talks which would create the largest integrated ...
Exclusive - Indy to issue Net directive.
Independent Insurance will tell its brokers at its road shows next month that using the Internet cou...
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
Nigel Smith has been made broker and commercial risks director for Asia by Royal & Sun Alliance. Pre...
PMSC launches consultancy.
IT specialist PMSC has created a new consultancy group aimed at assisting business to deliver insura...
Appointment at Royal London Asset Management.
Chris Phillips has been made chief executive of Royal London Asset Management. He joins from Deutsch...
Appointment at Beazley.
Andy Bettis has been appointed as an underwriter with Beazley. He joins from Alexander Forbes....
Customer focus: mission statement impossible?
Andy Miller, joint managing director of Impact Plus, said: "Customer focus is a mantra widely used i...