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Claims reign in Spain.
Spain is the hotspot for travel insurance claims, accounting for a staggering 32% of all claims sett...
Ginger Spice' leaves group.
Insurers are bracing themselves for a potential multi-million pound pay-out after the disclosure tha...
NACOSS is to sponsor next year's BIIBA conference.
NACOSS (National Approval Council for Security Systems) is to be a sponsor of next year's BIIBA conf...
Leicester fraud gang is jailed.
A gang behind a string of insurance frauds in the Leicester area was jailed this week as a judge rev...
Brown backs extension of tax Arbitration Convention.
One major achievement of the UK's presidency of the European Union has been the extension of the 'Ar...
MSF aims for the century.
White collar union MSF has predicted it will soon have over 100 MPs supporting it's campaign to forc...
OFT threatens health insurers.
Come up with a fair code of practice or face full statutory regulation - that's the stark choice fac...
London still Europe's finance centre.
Despite the UK standing aside from the first wave of European Monetary Union, London's strength and traditions should allow it to remain the continent's capital of finance. Francis Higney reports.
Crawford eyes ACI adjusters.
Crawford & Company, parent group of Crawford-THG, has signed a letter of intent to acquire ACI Adjus...
Columbia office opens.
Latin American Reinsurance Company, the new Bermuda reinsurer specialising in Latin American risks, ...
Canada Life buys Crown.
The jewels in Crown Life's insurance operations have been acquired by Canada Life, who will now take...
FSA takes self-regulators and banks under its wing.
The financial Services Authority has begun flexing its regulatory arm by assuming responsibility fro...
FSA's new powers are made official.
The speedy reassurance from Alistair Darling, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, that the Financial Se...
Brokers urge business reforms.
The Treasury has received a series of 'hard-hitting' letters and views from broker bodies, outlining...
Salvage company to make debut.
The late 1980s were a time of momentous change in the motor salvage market when sale by auction firs...
Appointment at Carmichaels.
Paul Weston has joined Carmichaels as a claims adjuster. Previously he worked for Cunningham Benyon ...
NIB acquires L&C.
Legal & Contingency Ltd has been bought from the Dawson Granville Group with existing business and s...
GAN to offer all risks cover for retail chains.
GAN Insurance is targeting retail chains with the launch of a new comprehensive business package, Mu...
Appointment at Sherwood International.
Michael Webb has been appointed sales director for Sherwood International's outsourcing division. Pr...
Cornhill's new product for distance truck drivers.
Cornhill's new product for distance truck drivers, Countrywide Van & Truck policy, provides cover fo...
NCM warns Dutch courage will be needed for 'lethal risks'.
A "witches brew of lethal risks" will combine to make risk management much more difficult in the fut...
Reducing stress.
In line with CBI research that sickness absence cost UK businesses more than £12bn in 1996, Brokers ...
It's the 'IUA of London' for merged body.
The new London market trade association has unveiled the name it will be asking member firms to appr...
Guardian Insurance to cover heritage cars.
Guardian Insurance is to cover an estimated £14m-worth of cars, dubbed "the most comprehensive line-...