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Britannic in rebrand drive
The Britannic Group today announced the rebranding of two subsidiaries as it released figures for the...
Corporate capital drives £1bn hike at Lloyd's
Capacity at Lloyd's increased by £1bn in 2001 to reach £11.06bn, the largest single increase in the m...
Belfor Relectronic looks to extend branch network
Disaster recovery and business continuity company Belfor Relectronic, which was formed by the merger ...
24 7 Broking secures £4m investment
Rarrigini & Rosso, the company behind internet-based broking solution 24 7 Broking which is due for l...
The Claims People gets off the blocks
New loss adjuster The Claims People Group, which is focused on personal lines and small commercial ad...
General insurance on the rise
General insurers reported a sharp increase in business volumes in the last quarter of 2000 and are co...
Allianz must act.
Rating agency Standard & Poors has said German giant Allianz "must consolidate its positions in the ...
Permanent branding to stay.
The Permanent Insurance brand is expected to be retained, following the sale by Equitable Life of th...
RSA sacks 10 staff over Bart and Kermit
Royal & Sun Alliance is believed to have now sacked ten out of the 100 members of staff at its Liverp...
Wind-up threat to insurers.
A new European Union directive that aims to give policyholders more protection when insurers go into...
Lloyd's offers Names settlement.
Lloyd's has halted its debt collection activities against non-paying Names and provided details of a...
DWL spinning web deals with three UK insurers.
DWL, a Canadian e-solutions company that opened a UK office last month, believes it is close to sign...
What the Papers Say.
THE SUN Penalty shoot-outs really can mean sudden death - for stressed-out football fans, doctors...
Axa wins asset case.
Insurer Axa has won its High Court case concerning the future of its orphan funds, in a move that co...
Natural catastrophes up, but payouts down.
Insurers saved billions in natural catastrophe payouts in 2000, despite the incidence of catastrophe...
New board for GISC.
The General Insurance Standards Council's proposals for increasing the representation of its board f...
Contract for LPSO.
The Lloyd's Policy Signing Office Service Centre has won its first contract for full service provisi...
Intermediaries must sign up to GISC says PPP.
Axa subsidiary PPP Healthcare will only recruit intermediaries signed up to the General Insurance St...
Chester Street covers its future.
The directors of Chester Street Insurance Holdings, formerly Iron Trades Holdings, have issued a sch...
Driven to succeed.
Pre-event legal expenses provider Motor Law is looking to recruit 50 new members of staff this month...
FM Global snaps up contracts following market withdrawals.
Niche commercial insurer FM Global claims it is picking up several new contracts on the back of play...
Legal cover launch.
Online Claims has teamed up with MSL to offer a full range of legal expenses insurance. Adrian Benne...
BBC's The Broker's Man causes row.
A row has broken out over the 1996 BBC series The Broker's Man in which Kevin Whately played an ex-d...
Eureko recruits second UK partner to its fold.
The pan-European consortium of insurers Eureko has recruited its second UK partner by acquiring inve...