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Text-based motor quote
Insurance software house CDL has launched an aggregator service, via textcheck, the mobile phone-bas...
Competition: Win a day at the races
Which horse won the Brit Insurance Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham on 17th March 2006? Brit Insurance ...
Groupama in bike drive
Groupama Insurances has changed the cover, pricing and availability of Optima Bike - its tailored mo...
Petition kicks off campaign
The British Lung Foundation has launched the Action Mesothelioma Campaign, calling for better care a...
ABI young drivers call
Insurers have demanded the government restricts the number of passengers a young driver can carry as...
Favourable markets sees QBE profits soar worldwide
QBE's European and Lloyd's operations saw their combined after tax profits rise by 44% in 2006, with...
Barnett fraud challenge
Bob Barnett, managing director of Ravenstone, has quit the company. Mr Barnett, who has been with th...
Pleural plaques payment U-turn mooted
A successful pleural plaques test case could result in damages rising for the condition, in marked c...
Dower joins Lucas Fettes
Senior placing broker, Kevin Dower has joined broker Lucas Fettes and Partners as part of its contin...
Blue Swan shareholder court date is set
The liquidator for Jersey-based Blue Swan Insurance has set a court date for legal proceedings again...
Travel agents rail against FSA regulation
Travel agents have continued to deny the prospect of Financial Services Authority regulation, despit...
Allianz Cornhill set to bang musical insurance drum
Allianz Cornhill is relaunching its £6m musical instrument insurance division in the next few months...
ABI's anti-fraud push focuses on Midlands
The Association of British Insurers is set to launch an anti-fraud campaign in the East Midlands thi...
Back-to-work launch
A new national network of rehabilitation services, aimed at enabling people to remain in work or to ...
Axa draws the line over broker commission rises
Axa Insurance could be set for a stand-off with commercial brokers in 2007, after its chief executiv...
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Cathedral fine boost
The regulator opted against fining motor dealer Cathedral Motor Company this week, despite its failu...
Olympic plant theft targeted in launch
The Olympic Delivery Authority is being urged to utilise a new plant vehicle registration system, wh...
AIG set to insure Man United fans
AIG is set to become Premiership giant Manchester United's new insurance partner, Post understands. ...
Arc reaches 33% of police
Arc Legal Assistance has claimed it now arranges legal protection cover for one in three members of ...
Lloyds TSB gains from rising creditor presence
Lloyds TSB significantly increased its exposure to the creditor insurance market in 2006, with a 42%...
Quinn slams State health 'meddling'
Quinn Group traded blows with the Irish government this week after its attempts to prise the insurer...
Advent recovers from 2005 catastrophe
Castrophe reinsurance specialist Advent has returned to profitability, following one of its worst ev...
Clinicare boosts Groupama
Groupama UK has reported that premium income totalled EUR605m (£407.4m), an increase of 20% compared...