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Axa acquires Indie commercial website and 17 staff
Axa today acquired Independent Insurance's former website for small commercial risks, business-risk.c...
Gan wins right to refuse payment to Tai Ping
A UK appeal court has found that the reinsurer Gan was justified in refusing to follow the settlement...
Cornhill takes over Indie book
Cornhill's Animal Health Division, which includes Petplan and DBI, has confirmed that it will take on...
Heath Lambert name change
Heath Lambert Financial Services has changed its name to Heath Lambert Consulting. The wholly owned...
Claims Direct not for sale - yet
Tony Sullman and Colin Poole will not sell Claims Direct in the next two years should their bid for t...
PXRE Managing Agency acquired by Omni Whittington
Omni Whittington has bought PXRE Managing Agency. With the agency Omni Whittington takes on the run-...
RSA puts the squeeze on Claims Direct
According to a report in today's Daily Telegraph, insurer Royal and Sun Alliance aims to squeeze afte...
1044 axed at Independent
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the provisional liquidator for stricken insurer Independent Insurance has co...
Page quits SVB
Lloyd's insurer SVB Group today announced that Rob Page, group marketing director, has resigned from ...
PPB: levy increase?
The Policyholder's Protection Board would not be drawn on the possibility of a levy increase on insu...
Defence strategy.
Germany is following in the UK's footsteps on pensions. Europe's leading economic power is now trying to defuse the demographic timebomb that is set to explode the state pension system and is searching for alternative provision, says Keith Sankey.
Kwik-Fit in training.
Kwik-Fit Insurance Services is to put 600 of its existing staff through the Chartered Insurance Inst...
Liquidation causes PPB levy rise.
As the industry comes to terms with the demise of Independent Insurance and the fiascoes at Equitabl...
Irish Life US sale.
Irish Life & Permanent has agreed to sell two US businesses, Interstate Assurance and First Variable...
Capita unveils employment cover.
Capita Assistance, formerly Eastgate Assistance, has launched a new employment practice liability pr...
Freight expectations.
The mystique surrounding goods in transit is fast disappearing and the way is clear for brokers to jump onto the market's tailgate. Rates are starting to rise and competition is fierce as companies look to load up on cover, says Simon Threadgold.
Not such a gay life.
Tory leadership candidate Michael Portillo has confessed to homosexual experiences while at Cambridg...
Appointment at Rosling King.
Solicitor Rosling King has made Peter Lewis and Helen Thurkettle partners and Madeleine James an ass...
QBE puts syndicate 318 on the market.
Australian insurer QBE is set to sell its short-tail property syndicate at Lloyd's, syndicate 318, as...
Bad debts covered.
Online insurance provider coverclick.com, backed by insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, has launched bad d...
Polaris gets InStep.
The Association of British Insurers has transferred the responsibility for its e-commerce department...
Fifty turned down Misys.
Despite an investment of £19m, Misys has closed its business to consumer online sites Screentrade an...
Indie blame Lloyd's insurer.
Wellington has blamed the collapse of Independent for having to raise its reinsurance provisions by ...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group.
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Michelle Burgess as public relations executive, responsible fo...