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Crowe retires.
Michael Crowe, founder and chairman of Lloyd's managing agent Crowe Insurance Group, is to retire at...
MIIC: free seminars.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre is to run two free seminars for IT professionals in the insur...
Pension tension.
Insurers are up against the clock as they prepare for the low-commission world of stakeholder pensions. Edward Murray reports on how insurers are working to cut costs with electronic communication, and warns that it may not be the answer for everyone
Moody's reviews Sterling's rating following losses.
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded property and marine excess of loss syndicate 529 at Lloyd's - S...
CGNU: priced down.
CGNU is expected to announce it has a buyer for its US property and casualty operations, in a deal t...
Record payout.
Eight water workers have won record compensation after contracting vibration white finger. The £1.2m...
Tiredness kills.
The government has launched Think, a campaign to reduce motor accidents caused by people falling asl...
BILA establishes contract law forum.
The British Insurance Law Association will establish a new forum to review insurance contract law, f...
Euclidian in bid for e-auction guarantee.
One of the world's largest online auction houses e-bay has signed an agreement with Lloyd's insurer ...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Mark Campbell is Axa Insurance's new Birmingham branch manager. He joins the company from CGU Insura...
US venture offers DIY rates to drivers.
Motorists in the US will be able to set their own premiums under a new online joint venture between ...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Macclesfield-based broker The Bollington Group has taken on Paul Stagg as motor trade underwriting m...
Engineering change?
A drop in the number of high-quality engineers is posing recruitment problems for engineering insurers. Dick Parmley predicts a bleak future for the sector, unless something changes soon.
Startrak launch.
Security and risk management specialist Startrak, which offers satellite tracking products, has laun...
Channel-hopping.
With significant growth predicted for the household market, changes in selling and distribution channels are gathering pace, as insurers find more ingenious ways to secure their market share, says David Fanning.
JLT: house-sitting for Orbis.
Property protection specialist Orbis has appointed Jardine Lloyd Thompson Municipal Risks to support...
Predator targets thirty brokers.
Bristol-based healthcare specialist Insurety is aiming to become a dominant player in the market wit...
Insurers must focus on the fraud fight.
The huge jump in rural crime has a much wider relevance than simply being a blow for those insurers ...
Critical campaign.
Permanent insurance has launched a major marketing campaign to boost sales of its critical illness p...
McLarens reforms beat schedule set.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has completed its structural review and put the findings in place thre...
India opens sector.
India's insurance regulator will accept bids from companies seeking to enter the sector from 16 Augu...
Crawford centralises services at Cardiff.
Loss adjuster Crawford & Company has centralised its claims and risk management services in south Wa...
RapidInsure plug.
Online insurance provider RapidInsure.co.uk has been named a recommended insurance website by leadin...
Prudential's great Egg race.
Egg, Prudential's internet bank, is entering the motor insurance market this weekend with Egg Insure...