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Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was lucky enough to be wined and dined by the Financial Services Authority this week, and disc...
ABI holds action day.
The Association of British Insurers is to address the insurance crisis blighting the volunteer and c...
Subsidence head quits RSA
Tony Boobier, manager of building solutions at Royal & Sun Alliance has quit the insurer to pursue "o...
A dog-eat-dog market?
Marketing is big business in the competitive insurance sector and major players spend millions building up brand awareness. Rachel Gordon wonders what the long-term future holds for insurance brands - in particular top dogs Churchill and Direct Line when…
RBS seeks £86m savings
Royal Bank of Scotland plans to make savings of at least £86m a year from 2006, following the acquisi...
Appointment at Axa Assistance UK.
Axa has appointed Jesus Carmona as managing director of Axa Assistance UK. Mr Carmona, previously ch...
Appointment at Autoglass.
UK vehicle glass repair and replacement firm Autoglass has appointed Steve Boughton and Adrian Ritch...
GAB opts for homework as offices go
Loss adjuster GAB Robins plans to close seven of its existing 33 offices - in Carlisle, Ayr, Edinbu...
Appointment at Chubb Commercial.
Rob Cage has joined Chubb Commercial Insurance, a division of Chubb Insurance Company of Europe, as ...
Willis chairman has contract extended.
Willis chairman and chief executive Joe Plumeri has had his five-year contract extended by three yea...
Good brokers to pay for bad
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has warned that brokers that have their accounts in order could ...
Budget buys on target.
Broker Budget this week predicted it will exceed its retail acquisition target of 100,000 policies b...
Equitas warns on asbestos.
Lloyd's reinsurer Equitas has warned that scores of Fortune 500 companies, some of which only have a...
Acquisition may see affinity rolled into one
The acquisition of Churchill by Royal Bank of Scotland may see both businesses' affinity arms rolled ...
RSA to roll out internet quote system to YBS customers.
Royal & Sun Alliance is set to roll out a new internet-based quotation system to its building societ...
Commentary - CFAs will be disclosed after appeal ruling.
The war is not over, but the costs landscape is now certainly becoming more predictable. Followin...
Captive limits warning.
Corporations struggling to cope with soaring liability premiums in the conventional market must not a...
ABI and BIBA to meet.
The Association of British Insurers and the British Insurance Brokers' Association are due to meet t...
Homeowners FS and UK Civil Service Benefit to merge.
Homeowners Friendly Society and UK Civil Service Benefit Society have agreed to merge. It is intende...
Heath Lambert director elected president of Insurance Institute.
Derek Thornton, director of Heath Lambert, has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of ...
Zurich relaunches vehicle policies online.
Zurich has relaunched its commercial car and goods-carrying commercial vehicle policies online in an...
Dyslexia claims must know the limitations - Adams v Bracknell Forest
(Court of Appeal - 6 May 2003) This case considered the date of actual knowledge and the date of ...
Court of Appeal prevents potential claims.
A Court of Appeal ruling is said to have prevented thousands of potential claims in the case of Bons...
Appointment at Alan Boswell.
Paul Marshall is the new manager of the Alan Boswell Insurance Services office in Attleborough, Norf...