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Coverwell: doing well for itself.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
inspop.com increases panel.
Internet-based insurance intermediary, inspop.com, has signed up another four travel insurance provi...
Broker pleads guilty to fraud.
A partner of Solihull-based Second City Insurance Brokers pleaded guilty in Birmingham Crown Court l...
Tree hugging.
Trees are considered to be both a help and a hindrance in the modern urban environment. Gillian Glanville explains how the correct balance between risk management and environmental responsibility may be struck.
Allianz forecast.
Germany's Allianz recorded a 7.8% rise in gross premium income for the first nine months of this yea...
CPR: single e-xpert wins.
(1) Takenaka (UK) (2) Brian Corfe v David Frankl (2000) Queens Bench Division - 11 October 2000.
Exchange: all change.
Moneyextra.com, the business-to-consumer online insurance trading arm of the IT solutions provider M...
Don't bank on it.
Although commercial lines business is showing a healthy increase, brokers and insurers should not rest on their laurels. Industry consolidation has left holes in the market, which the banks, and others, are competing to expand into. Simon Threadgold…
Fortis: profits soar.
Benelux-based insurer Fortis, which merged and rebranded Northern Star and Bishopsgate in the UK las...
Alan Percival Coe v The Executors of Mrs D M de Rothschild (The
The claimant was employed as a tractor driver by the defendant. He was injured when the tractor's ...
Eureko founders complete merger
The combination of two of the founding entities of pan-European insurance group Eureko took place tod...
Motor cover deal.
Motor claims management company Accidentcare Group has entered into a market-ing venture with the Ab...
India gives Pru the go-ahead.
UK insurer Prudential has become the fifth insurer to win regulatory approval to set up an insurance...
Genetics fears.
The majority of consumers do not trust insurers with genetic information, according to a survey comm...
Small sector: big potential.
There are profits to be made in the competitive SME sector, and the most efficient way to reach potential customers is electronically, says David Fanning.
MoneyCentral for all.
IT giant Microsoft UK has launched a personal finance website aimed at all consumers, from those wit...
Charity cheque handed over.
The London Eye watched over Ian Bruce MP (left), deputy chair of the Parliamentary All-Party Motor G...
All the best for 1999-2000.
The UK general insurance market is in a state of turmoil and transition, but the Treasury returns analysed here provide an invaluable snapshot of the sector.
Insurers note: US election fiasco could happen here.
Some of us have found the chaos of the US presidential election rather amusing. The self-styled "Wor...
Rapidinsure closes doors to new business.
Internet intermediary Rapidinsure has closed to new business because of a shortage of funds. The ...
Tenet alliance.
The Tenet Group, which has offices in Leeds, Exeter and Andover and represents approximately 1800 fi...
Lloyd's threatens poor performers.
The 30 worst performing syndicates are a "burden" the market could well do without, according to Llo...
Adjusters must bear the blame.
I would like to confirm the increasing frustration in our profession with certain of our principals ...
Ark & General forms alliance.
Disaster recovery and risk management specialist Ark & General signed a business partnership deal wi...