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Esure looks to India to meet growth plans
Insurer Esure is to triple its offshore presence after admitting it lacks the resources to satisfy i...
Appointment at Highway
Highway has appointed Alexander Connon and Steve Halliday as regional account managers to its distri...
Quinn Direct attracts customers to low-cost motor insurance
Quinn Direct has revealed that it has attracted more than 20,000 customers for its low-cost motor in...
Appointment at Financial Services Compensation Scheme
The Financial Services Authority has appointed three new non-executive directors to the board of the...
Layton Blackham makes 21st acquisition
Layton Blackham has completed its 21st acquisition since 1997, with its latest purchase of general i...
Appointment at BHSF Group
The Birmingham-based BHSF has made Nick Wright finance director. He became group accountant in 2003 ...
AIG Europe (UK) includes environmental insurance cover
AIG Europe (UK) now includes £25,000 of environmental insurance cover in its public liability polici...
Group of reinsurers sues Port Authority of New York
A group of 10 reinsurers is suing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over a claim that th...
FSA whistle-blowers to get aid
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has launched a whistle-blowing service, as promised, for ...
Chief executive of Insurance Federation announced
Jean-Louis Bancel, chairman of International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation, has annou...
New Indie scheme plan
The provisional liquidator of Independent Insurance has recovered £263m in assets and is planning a ...
Broker buy ups income to £200m
Smart and Cook has made one of its largest acquisitions to date, with the purchase of Northampton-ba...
BPS Insure: £2m hole found
The policyholders of BPS Insure have been saved a major headache, after insurers decided to keep the...
Delayed Reinsurance Directive finally approved
The delayed Reinsurance Directive has finally been approved by the European Parliament, paving the w...
Kwik-Fit set for liability policy push
Broker Kwik-Fit is set for an aggressive commercial push next year, following an encouraging start t...
Spreading the news
New York undergraduates Allah Jackson, right, and Marco Perci, arrived in London for a month's insur...
FSA green light for new insurer
Spanish insurance giant Mapfre will launch a Financial-Services-Authority-regulated insurer within t...
New inducement guidelines close to FSA sign-off
Brokers are likely to receive guidance on accepting gifts and hospitality in the next fortnight. Th...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny understands that 'Pup Idol', the competition to find a replacement for Benson, the much-loved ...
S&P's Rating Services loweres rating of AIG
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt r...
Regulation by proxy "an overreaction"
Regulation of the insurance industry has been an overreaction to a small problem, according to one c...
Appointment at Insurance Compliance Services
Insurance Compliance Services has made a string of appointments. Bryan Stewart is appointed as consu...
Better safe than sorry
Insurers and the Fire Protection Association have worked together to produce a new publication providing guidance on business resilience. Allister Smith highlights the key elements contained within it
Equitas announces financial results
Equitas, which was set up to reinsure and run off the 1992 and prior years' non-life liabilities of ...