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Ark & General to open more branches.
Disaster recovery and risk management specialist Ark & General has opened a second UK branch in sout...
NU panel entries in.
Post Magazine understands Norwich Union was due to see the final, second presentations from loss adj...
Prostate screens to hit premiums.
The Association of British Insurers has confirmed that if the government's planned nationwide screen...
Meeting of minds.
The broker market is currently seeing a huge surge in merger activity - particularly among commercial lines specialists. Rachel Gordon believes that to combine resources with a like-minded partner is a sure way to thrive.
Set out your stall.
Brokers are beginning to realise the value of marketing themselves and their products effectively, and are guaranteeing themselves a prominent pitch in the marketplace, says Simon Threadgold.
Disastercare move.
Domestic restorers Disastercare, which includes Norwich Union and Prudential among its clients, is l...
Down on the farm.
Farming has hit a new low following the outbreak of foot and mouth. But while some insurers have red...
Munters in Belfast.
Property restoration company Munters has opened a new office in Belfast. It claims the move is a res...
HIH liquidators in windup talks.
A decision on whether insolvent Australian insurer HIH will be wound up will be made on 10 May, the ...
RSA splits for new branding.
Royal & Sun Alliance is set to differentiate its intermediary business from its direct arm, with the...
Beyond integration.
Life and pensions provider Pearl Assurance has gone live with an integrated system to connect its sa...
CGNU reports increase in new business
CGNU has recorded a 22% increase in UK new business sales to £2.2bn for the first three months of 200...
Practical thinking.
Monitoring the compliance of GISC members is a straightforward procedure that brokers need not be afraid of, Trevor Newbery explains to Jonathan Swift.
Indie shares dip as rumour mill restarts
Shares in Independent Insurance fell this morning following the news of the resignation of chief exec...
Change of focus as Alec Finch sells PI to Towergate.
Manchester-based broker Alec Finch & Co has sold its professional indemnity portfolio to Towergate U...
Korean market up.
The Korea Investment Trust Management and Securities Company reports that the combined market share ...
CIS opens initiative.
CIS said it intends to roll out its Return to Work initiative to include lone parents, the over-50s ...
Dennis Tito becomes first person to require space travel insurance.
Ex-NASA aerospace engineer and stockmarket tycoon Dennis Tito became the first person to require spa...
XL invests in loss-making insurer Mutual
Bermudian (re)insurance group XL Capital and three other investors are to take a $112.5m stake in the...
Pru drops action against AIG
The Prudential has abandoned its plans to seek an injunction against American International Group as ...
ZFS cuts UK jobs
Zurich Financial Services is to cut 500 jobs from its UK life arm as part of a restructuring plan des...
Equitable to investigate its own undoing
Troubled insurer Equitable Life, which has been rescued by the Halifax after being forced by the cour...
Benfield Greig acquires E W Blanch
Benfield Greig Group, the independent, UK-based reinsurance intermediary is to acquire EW Blanch Hold...
Benfield buys Blanch
Benfield Greig, the UK reinsurance broker, is to pay $179m for troubled US broker EW Blanch. The an...