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Pru launches assault on poor claims record in protection
Prudential has attacked the protection market's poor record for paying claims, and has launched its own flexible protection plan in a bid to win market share.
Beazley signs capacity deal with Edgewater
Beazley has signed a deal with Edgewater Holdings, for the agency to place its entire employment practices liability insurance portfolio with the Lloyd's insurer.
Web-based Easy Placement launches
Easy Placement, a web-based software programme that enables brokers to communicate with underwriters over the Internet is launched today by Web Connectivity, the provider of standards-based messaging software for the commercial insurance industry, and…
PwC: Pension scheme deficits understated
Enormous unexplained variations remain in the results of actuarial valuations to determine pension s...
UK stress-drinking rises
More Britons than ever are turning to alcohol to relieve stress, according to a new survey. In the ...
Virgin Travel employee wins Agent of the Month
John Skipper, a sales consultant with Virgin Travel Insurance, based in Alton, is the latest recipie...
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Homeserve suspends Fortis home repair deal
Homeserve has been forced to suspend its property repair service to insurer Fortis due to what it ha...
Arista opens office with rivals raid
Arista has launched its office in Southampton with the appointment of a team working under the direc...
Consolidators tipped to dominate broker space
UK consolidators' ambitious growth plans will see them controlling 14% of the market by premium in 2...
Construction code to tackle water damage
Construction underwriters are set to establish a code of practice to prevent the multi-million-pound...
Call Connection profits up
Call Connection, the insurance call exchange centre based in Ipswich, has announced a boost in annua...
RSA suitor sells stake in construction insurer
Andrew Regan, the investor who failed with a bid for Royal and Sun Alliance in June 2005, has sold h...
Two more join Withersnet
Two more contractors - Underpin and Makegood and Olympus Construction Wessex - have joined the Withe...
Cash injection frees Drive Assist to grow organically
Drive Assist is more likely to look at organic growth than acquisitions in the short term following ...
ICA reveals growing trust for FSA
The Association of British Insurers has published guidance for the industry on how to deal with the ...
Insurers dismiss bull bar outcry
Insurers have dismissed doctors' calls for the insurance industry to start clamping down on bull bar...
Beachcroft injury advice
Beachcroft has been appointed to advise on the legal aspects of the fourth bodily injury awards stud...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny likes a flutter, and with gambling set for a radical overhaul with the advent of super-casinos...
Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Frank Espinoza as motorcycle underwriter. His main responsibilities will be to...
White replaces Masojada
The boss of Lloyd's names' agency Argenta has been appointed deputy chairman of Lloyd's to replace B...
Appointment at Cunningham Lindsey
Sarah Reynolds has joined Cunningham Lindsey as a personal injury specialist. Ms Reynolds has 19 yea...
Cash appeal to brokers
An appeal to former members of a closed broker mutual has been launched, inviting them to claim thei...
SBJ acquires SG Ingram
Broker SBJ has acquired North Yorkshire actuarial and consulting practice SG Ingram. The move is des...