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Avon Insurance payout for Luc Nilis.
Avon Insurance has denied Aston Villa will receive a diminished insurance payout for Belgian striker...
Read is Kingpin.
The Towergate Underwriting Group has acquired the Kings Commercial account, best known as the Britis...
BIBA opts for outsourcing.
The British Insurance Brokers Association will be employing independent consultants for its planned ...
Appointment at Broker Direct.
Broker Direct has appointed Graeme Auld as motor manager. Mr Auld was involved in the re-engineering...
Abbey National makes massive play for general insurance
Abbey National has formed partnerships with Norwich Union and Capita Eastgate under plans to expand i...
Liquidators appointed at Chester Street Insurance Holdings
Pricewaterhouse Coopers has been appointed as provisional liquidator to Iron Trades former owner Ches...
Britannic in rebrand drive
The Britannic Group today announced the rebranding of two subsidiaries as it released figures for the...
Corporate capital drives £1bn hike at Lloyd's
Capacity at Lloyd's increased by £1bn in 2001 to reach £11.06bn, the largest single increase in the m...
Belfor Relectronic looks to extend branch network
Disaster recovery and business continuity company Belfor Relectronic, which was formed by the merger ...
24 7 Broking secures £4m investment
Rarrigini & Rosso, the company behind internet-based broking solution 24 7 Broking which is due for l...
The Claims People gets off the blocks
New loss adjuster The Claims People Group, which is focused on personal lines and small commercial ad...
General insurance on the rise
General insurers reported a sharp increase in business volumes in the last quarter of 2000 and are co...
Allianz must act.
Rating agency Standard & Poors has said German giant Allianz "must consolidate its positions in the ...
Permanent branding to stay.
The Permanent Insurance brand is expected to be retained, following the sale by Equitable Life of th...
RSA sacks 10 staff over Bart and Kermit
Royal & Sun Alliance is believed to have now sacked ten out of the 100 members of staff at its Liverp...
Wind-up threat to insurers.
A new European Union directive that aims to give policyholders more protection when insurers go into...
Lloyd's offers Names settlement.
Lloyd's has halted its debt collection activities against non-paying Names and provided details of a...
DWL spinning web deals with three UK insurers.
DWL, a Canadian e-solutions company that opened a UK office last month, believes it is close to sign...
What the Papers Say.
THE SUN Penalty shoot-outs really can mean sudden death - for stressed-out football fans, doctors...
Axa wins asset case.
Insurer Axa has won its High Court case concerning the future of its orphan funds, in a move that co...
Natural catastrophes up, but payouts down.
Insurers saved billions in natural catastrophe payouts in 2000, despite the incidence of catastrophe...
New board for GISC.
The General Insurance Standards Council's proposals for increasing the representation of its board f...
Contract for LPSO.
The Lloyd's Policy Signing Office Service Centre has won its first contract for full service provisi...
Intermediaries must sign up to GISC says PPP.
Axa subsidiary PPP Healthcare will only recruit intermediaries signed up to the General Insurance St...