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Helphire eyes injury claims.
Credit hire company Helphire is set to make a major play for the growing personal injury compensatio...
£25m boost for JLT.
UK insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson is to get a boost of £25m from the restructuring of Frenc...
Towergate snaps up Kings Commercial
The acquisitive Towergate Underwriting Group, formed by Peter Cullum in 1997, has acquired the Kings ...
Insurers are bracing themselves.
Insurers are bracing themselves for a deluge of claims from flooding and burst pipes, following the ...
Salvage body seeks buyer.
The Salvage Association is to seek a buyer for its commercial interests after unveiling its latest r...
Making history.
Overseas brokers that are externally regulated and meet new technical and customer care standards co...
Care-ful welcome.
The Association of British Insurers and Age Concern have given a cautious welcome to the Treasury's ...
Reinsurers back syndicate 33
Two "major European reinsurers" are to provide 7% of the overall capital for Lloyd's syndicate 33, wh...
Kott heads Wellington in US
Stanley Kott has been promoted to chief executive of the US subsidiary of the Lloyd's property and ca...
Crump heads Independent unit
Paul Crump has taken on the role of UK property underwriter at Independent Insurance. Mr Crump's ro...
Ward Evans expands in Leeds
Ward Evans Group has officially opened its new Leeds office which will focus on retail and small and ...
Unemployment initiative from Goodfellows
Protection underwriter Goodfellows has launched a new package of stand alone income protection insura...
Employers Re reorganises
GE-owned Employers Re (ERC) is restructuring its operation into four business groups and three groups...
Online Claims in MSL tie-up
Online Claims has teamed up with MSL to offer a full range of legal expenses insurance policies. Ad...
LPSO to serve Mar
The LPSO Service Centre, set up by the Lloyd's Policy Signing Office, has won its first contract for ...
Lighthouse offers for Equitable staff
Listed independent financial adviser the Lighthouse Group is in talks with members of Equitable Life'...
Singer & Friedlander joins compensation culture
Premium finance provider, Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance is to provide a funding provision fo...
Government to kick start cowboy scheme
The government's plan to clamp down on so-called cowboy builders by setting up a quality mark scheme ...
Taking the risk out of hospitality
Corporate hospitality insurer Insurex Expo-Sure has responded to the recent extreme weather condition...
Willis gets Columbia drug
Willis has taken a controlling interest in SUMA Corredores de Seguros, Colombia's second largest insu...
GISC plan to increase transparency
The General Insurance Standards Council's plan to increase the transparency and representation on its...
Liverpool Vic snaps up Permanent
Equitable Life has sealed a £150m deal to sell Permanent Insurance to Liverpool Victoria. Permanent...
Fewer storms to hit more.
The Atlantic cyclone season in 2001 will be 10% quieter than average although 5-10% more than averag...
Is the price right?
Lloyd's capacity auctions have successfully allocated almost $9m of syndicate capacity in their first five years, but why do prices remain so low? Robert C.B. Miller investigates.