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Rebus advances with Proinsure.
Rebus Group, the business information systems provider, last week launched a new division to help it...
Bankside targets Caribbean from Miami - United States.
Lloyd's managing agency Bankside has launched a new service company in the US to target Latin Americ...
Refugees blamed for boom in car fraud.
The Irish motor market has seen a 30% increase in accident claims and insiders are blaming the influ...
Stockton to profit.
Ockham Holdings and Stockton Re have reached an agreement which is likely to lead to the sale by Ock...
Appointment at Ashurst Morris Crisp.
Senior lawyer Christopher Henley has left the reinsurance division of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to join ...
How chiefs can beat the cowboys.
I read with interest and applaud Simon Threadgold's article on the engineering market (Looking for i...
Claims must come under GISC's remit.
The insurance ombudsman has called upon the General Insurance Standards Council to widen its scope t...
Trio form Hampden.
Atrio of member's agents have come together to form a new agency. Hampden, owners of Falcon Agencies...
Racism allegation.
Over 600 motor insurers which operate in Louisiana in the US have been accused of racial discriminat...
Appointment at Axa Insurance.
Axa Insurance has appointed Colin Calder as its country-wide head of broker development. He joined t...
Nationwide nets football super-deal.
Nationwide has become the biggest sponsor of football in Britain after it clinched a multi million p...
IFAs beating direct teams in life and pensions stakes.
Direct sales forces continue to perform poorly compared to independent financial advisers (IFAs) and...
NYM to stay mutual.
New York Life has said it will resist the urge to demutualise after its 16-strong board voted unanim...
A marine market watershed.
The centre of gravity of the London marine market shifted back to Lloyd's last week with CGU arrivin...
Davies predicts boom in means testing.
A massive increase in means testing will result from the government's stakeholder pension scheme, ac...
Brunel's frustration with 'bad boy' label.
Northwest London-based broker Brunel Insurance has revealed its frustration at being labelled "bad b...
Port for premiums.
Brokers for premium finance provider the Transamerica Insurance Finance Company were offered a novel...
Risk drives change.
Effective risk management will be the real driving force behind change in the insurance industry, ac...
You have to be in to win.
The entry forms for this year's highly coveted British Insurance Awards are now available from Post ...
Appointment at Cendant Claims Plus.
Allan Kennedy and Jonalan Vaughan have joined Cendant Claims Plus, the new company born out of the m...
The Millennium Bug won't get past our front door.
A survey by Radio Rentals has shown that most people believe their domestic appliances will not be a...
CGU gives Lloyd's marine boost.
CGU has switched its marine underwriting operation from the company market into Lloyd's, citing the ...
HBC warns on salvage.
A leading salvage company has told insurers it can only retain all of its current panel by operating...
It could be you.
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