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What the Papers Say.
THE TIMES Robbers stole £10,000 from a couple who ran a grocery shop by ambushing them with canis...
Axa wins orphan dispute
Insurer Axa has won its case in the High Court concerning the future of its orphan funds, in a case w...
Regulatory challenge for 2001.
As the bells that toll the start of another new year beckon, they are unlikely to drown out the accu...
Tifco team in job talks.
Premium finance company Prompt has denied speculation that the managing and financial directors of r...
Appointment at Quote and Buy.
Online insurance intermediary Quote and Buy has appointed David Hayward, former chief executive of t...
Davies loss adjusters investigate £1m loss.
Davies loss adjusters is investigating a potential £1m loss after a 200-year-old former mill in Warr...
Seminar on employment risk.
Approximately 20,000 employee years of working life are lost annually from work-related accidents, s...
NN sells business.
South-African insurance group Alexander Forbes has acquired the general insurance business of Nichol...
Appointment at United Insurance Brokers.
United Insurance Brokers has appointed Philip Tuite-Dalton as chief operating officer. Prior to this...
In a spin.
This year, the pensions shake-up and the government's new savings plans, have thrown the life sector into a spin and, as a result, insurers have been forced to move into the 21st century with a rethink of their outmoded practices, says Keith Sankey.
Winterthur denies sale.
The future ownership of UK insurers Churchill and NIG remained clouded in uncertainty this week amid...
In-ter Hannover.
Software and consultancy specialist Eurobase has cemented its European business push by signing a de...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has promoted Matthew Bosley to the position of group marketing internet co-...
Appointment at NIG.
NIG has made several appointments within the personal division. Alan Atkins becomes account executiv...
It takes two to Tango over service standards.
Brokers are convinced that service standards from insurers are continuing to fall. This is underline...
Blackpool Ladder Centre v BWB Partnership - Court of Appeal 13
The claimant had hired to the defendant a Land Rover with hydraulic support legs for the use of insp...
Club Direct raises awareness.
UK travel insurer Club Direct aims to raise awareness of the danger of deep vein thrombosis during l...
Appointment at Crutes.
Employment specialist June Lawson has moved to Crutes. She joins the company from Newcastle firm Wal...
Industry cuts back on staff.
Never has it been truer to say that a job is not for life as this year the insurance market saw some...
Oxford dreams despite collapse
Former Link underwriter George Higginson is still hopeful that he could set up a broker led Lloyd's s...
Accidentcare signs deal with Europ
Accidentcare Group has signed a three year alliance with breakdown insurer Europ Assistance, under wh...
FSA warned two years ago over Equitable
The government was seriously concerned about the solvency of Equitable Life two years ago, according ...
De Montfort and CNA tie up
UK insurer De Montfort Insurance Company and CNA Surety Corporation have formed a strategic alliance ...
Government in motor offences clampdown
The government has produced a consultation paper including a raft of new penalties for serious motor...