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DD: top way to pay.
Direct debit is now the most popular payment method for general insurance products, according to the...
E-com not as e@sy as it looks.
The media attention on e-commerce - both consumer and business - would suggest that every organisati...
Lloyd's losses loom.
The publication of Lloyd's 1998 figures failed to raise much cheer at One Lime Street last week. Wit...
Open form revamped.
Internationally-recognised salvage agreement the Lloyd's Open Form, carried on the bridge of virtual...
... a Lloyd's broker.
Marcus Alcock spent a day with Scott Mills, a motor fleet specialist at Holman Insurance Brokers. At just 25, the high-flying Mr Mills is a rarity in the pressured world of the trading floors, which has remained virtually the same for 300 years.
New venture for Shipley.
Former lead underwriter on Amlin's syndicate 362, David Shipley, expects to be trading with a new £1...
Euclidian aims to attract brokers with Eucredit.
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian has launched a new credit insurance product and signed up 50 new brokers i...
Protection board pays out £25.2m
The Policyholders Protection Board make payments of £25.2m for the year to the end of March, compared...
AMC renamed.
Aon Managed Care Risk & Insurance Services has become Combined Insurance's new Special Risks Unit. A...
ActionPoints to e-boost for RSA.
Royal & Sun Alliance has chosen ActionPoint, a provider of e-commerce interaction management softwar...
Britannic gets First Active.
Britannic Assurance has acquired 60% of online mortgage specialist First Active Financial for £57.2m...
Appointment at Bennetts.
Bennetts, the motorcycle insurance provider, has promoted Simon Jackson from group affinity manager ...
IFS unveils general insurance qualification.
The Institute of Financial Services, part of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, has launched a basi...
Lloyd's attracts Moss
Lloyd's has appointed Andrew Moss as director, finance and operations. He will join later this year a...
Life is looking up.
New individual life insurance, pensions and collective investment business rose 1.4% in the second q...
Insurers' shopping spree continues.
Two acquisitive insurance groups have made further inroads into the intermediary sector in the last ...
Appointment at RE Brown & Ohters Syndicate 702.
RE Brown Andreas Loucaides is the new active underwriter of RE Brown & Others Syndicate 702. Mr Louc...
Manchester united.
Manchester's positive attitude to business has made it home to several major insurers. The insurance community and its trade bodies have worked hard together with the aim of making the city the biggest market outside London, says Edward Murray.
Auto Express study reveal increasing number of drivers ignoring red
An increasing number of drivers are driving through red lights, according to a new study by consumer...
Lloyds TSB to increase presence.
Multi-channel insurance distributor and underwriter Lloyds TSB Insurance plans to increase its under...
Appointment at Specialist Liability Services.
Services Ron Weatherby has joined Specialist Liability Services as a director. He will be operati...
Appointment at Folgate.
Folgate Roger Gray has joined Folgate as deputy commercial underwriting manager with special respons...
Forbes snaps up Bradstock.
South African broker Alexander Forbes, which last month unveiled the details of a £100m expansion in...
Adams and another v Rhymney Valley District Council 20 July 2000.
Court of Appeal Alocal authority, which installed double glazed windows that had locks with removabl...