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Car fraudster set to be jailed
The ring-leader of a gang charged with conspiracy to defraud is expected to be jailed next Friday, a...
Fortis acquires specialist consultancy
Fortis has bolstered its affinity insurance capability with the acquisition of a specialist consulta...
Axa: new director for reinstated role
Axa has appointed a new commercial distribution director, one year after the role was effectively wi...
Advent confirms placement of new shares
Lloyd's insurer Advent has confirmed that it has completed a £30m placement of new shares on London'...
Equity Insurance acquires Needham Insurance Services
Equity Insurance, formerly Cox, has acquired Coventry-based broker Needham Insurance Services' perso...
Appointment at Primary Broker Services
Primary Broker Services has appointed Frank Sheridan to the post of business development manager, Sc...
Department for Constitutional Affairs publishes preview
The Department for Constitutional Affairs has published a preview of the 41st update to the Civil Pr...
Arc Legal Assistance joins up with Heath Lambert
Arc Legal Assistance has joined up with Heath Lambert to offer legal costs insurance cover to member...
Appointment at Willis Commercial Network
The Willis Commercial Network has recruited its 70th member, McHale Heaney (City) of London. ...
Virgin launches TV campaign for new cover
Virgin Money has launched a new direct cancer cover product - The Big V - which it claims will save ...
Change of name for London Bridge Finance
Credit insurer Coface UK, has changed the name of its subsidiary London Bridge Finance to Coface Rec...
Car and home premiums remain static
Premiums for both car and home insurance remained static over the last three months of 2005, followi...
ABI compensation push
The insurance industry stepped up its efforts to overhaul the compensation system this week, in a se...
Death of David Stage
St Paul Travelers has announced with regret that its former manager David Stage died on 7 January ag...
Fortis adds new loss adjusters to panel
Fortis has joined insurers such as Royal Bank of Scotland in bucking the trend of downsizing supplie...
Courtroom scramble
Insurers Ace, Chubb and Swiss Re are understood to be carefully watching a professional negligence c...
Insurer throws down motor fraud gauntlet
Insurers are allowing uninsured drivers to escape prosecution by not incorporating a certain fraud c...
Forbes strikes NU deal in retail push
Alexander Forbes is making a concerted push for its UK retail business in 2006, focusing on niche, m...
CII puts plan to trustees
The Chartered Insurance Institute will put a proposal to the trustees of its pensions scheme at the ...
AA signs Axa SME deal after U-turn
Broking giant AA Insurance Services has made a U-turn by re-entering the small and medium-sized comm...
NU broker boss quits UK-wide role
Norwich Union intermediary business director George Berrie has stepped down from the post after only...
RSA bidder in new UK move
An insurer backed by investors who last year failed in an attempt to take over Royal and Sun Allianc...
Davies hires three GAB Robins leavers
Three members of GAB Robins' Engineering Services have defected to Davies Construction and Engineeri...
Direct Line launches no-claims promise
Direct Line has launched a no-claims promise, enabling motorists to save hundreds of pounds on their...