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Goshawk claims a first.
Goshawk Insurance Holdings claims it is set to become the first publicly traded insurance company to...
Broker fined £20k.
Barchester Green Investment has been fined £20,000 for compliance failings related to the pension re...
Fidelity to buy rival.
Two property insurers have cemented an agreement whereby California-based Fidelity National has agre...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
Richard Harris has been made senior vice-president and head of risk finance for AIG Europe. He bega...
CM marketing plan.
Clerical Medical is installing Protagona, a complete marketing application, across its call centre a...
Going Dutch.
The Netherlands has almost no State-provided welfare benefits and insurers are forming alliances to cash-in on the population's need for cover. Damien Regent reports.
Holocaust deal.
A grudging settlement has been reached between the five major insurers involved and the internationa...
The Bright stuff.
His winning this year of the British Insurance Achievement Award proved Michael Bright has got what it takes to turn himself and his company, Independent, into one of the industry's success stories.
Speedier responses.
Areport by consumers' magazine Which? has revealed roadside rescue services are reaching motorists f...
Exclusive - GISC takes to the road.
The General Insurance Standards Council will be taking to the road once again in the autumn with a f...
Irrational' actions will sink companies, warns analyst.
Insurers could go the wall in the wake of the reform of the California workers' compensation market,...
Sue Cox puts her best foot forward.
Sue Cox puts her best foot forward - and Blackhouse managing director Bob Nolan feels the full force...
New Kidds en bloc.
Cox Insurance subsidiary Anthony Kidd Agencies has enhanced its broker portfolio with the launch of ...
Workshops destroyed in £3m inferno.
A fire at a Birmingham industrial estate caused £3m-worth of damage. The blaze was sparked when G...
The way forward.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor tells Marcus Alcock about the contents of his long-awaited consultation paper on managing agents and brokers.
Appointment at Sherwood International.
IT solutions and services provider Sherwood International has created three new roles. John Krekis h...
Brick says new building will cement growth.
Chaucer subsidiary Ibex Motor Policies at Lloyd's is to transfer its staff to a new office near Whit...
Lloyd's hopes for bumper tax rebate.
Lloyd's corporate and individual members could be in line to receive a £350m rebate from the Inland ...
Scottish Widows looks to the US to boost new ISA.
Scottish Widows Fund Management has gone transatlantic with its latest individual savings account. ...
BIIBA picks TIFCO.
The British Insurance & Investment Brokers' Association has selected Transamerica Insurance Finance ...
System for fleet.
Software and consultancy supplier Eurobase has launched a new integrated underwriting system to supp...
Prudential defends itself in pay row.
Prudential has been in the dock all week answering charges that it failed to consult workers over ch...
Appointment at Litigation Protection.
After-the-event legal expenses insurer Litigation Protection has made two appointments. Albert Staff...
Petrol station gutted.
A catalogue of freak disasters gutted a petrol station in the Welsh holiday village of Llanbedr. A t...