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RP Hodson acquires City broker Leslie Alan
Yorkshire broker RP Hodson has acquired City broker Leslie Alan Insurance Brokers in a £400 000 deal....
DAS enters conditional fee market
Legal expenses insurer DAS is to enter the conditional fee insurance market with the launch of a spec...
Claims Direct sees off potential litigation
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct has announced another trading statement ahead of its interim...
AGF in exclusive Dutch negotiations.
Germany's Allianz Group, which recorded a 30% increase in net income to EUR1.6bn (£1bn) for the firs...
Appointment at CMG.
CMG has recruited a new project director. Tom Race, former vice president of an investment bank in t...
Lloyd's drive stuck in traffic with no one at steering wheel.
Lloyd's is once again in the spotlight, following a tranche of poor results from the likes of Kiln, ...
Lloyd's costly for corporates.
Names will continue to outperform corporate investors at Lloyd's, according to the latest forecasts ...
New affinity for Legal & General.
Legal & General has signed another affinity deal to deliver stakeholder pensions to a trade organisa...
Acting in the dark.
A survey of FTSE 350 companies by law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has found a lack of understanding of ...
Lack of action will cost insurers.
Insurer's lack of action and the use of outmoded technology may cost them business and unnecessary e...
Technology Supplement - Listing of insurance-related websites.
This table gives some idea of the type and scope of insurance-related websites available. It is not intended to be a definitive guide.
Continental drift.
The recent petrol rows that erupted across Europe will have awakened many hauliers to the advantages of working on the Continent. David William believes insurers should brush up on their knowledge of overseas cover.
Aiming for the religious.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Wellington Underwriting unveils new internet terrorism product.
Lloyd's insurer Wellington Underwriting unveiled a new internet terrorism product last week, hours a...
Chinese Axa issues writ.
French insurer Axa's Chinese operation has issued a writ against Pacific Century Insurance and nine ...
Rivals link up in risk venture.
A new specialist loss adjusting service for the credit and political risks market will be launched o...
Clerical errors.
Edward Murray looks at the changing role of today's secretarial staff and sees how the conditions an...
Gardiner to give real-fire demos.
Fire investigation consultants Gardiner Associates, is to offer bespoke courses and real-fire demons...
Conference call.
This week's Chartered Insurance Institute annual conference will be the first opportunity for the institute's members to meet its new director general Sandy Scott, and hear his plans for the CII's future. David Worsfold reports.
Appointment at Alfred Blackmore Group.
Alfred Blackmore Group has appointed Stephen Hodson as marketing manager. He will be responsible for...
Lloyd's to launch new central service centre.
A new central service centre to assist managing agents with the processing of high volume, low-value...
Travel: single saver.
Preferential Direct is offering single parents discounted travel insurance. The amended multi-trip p...
Printing pensions.
The Printing Industry Scheme has chosen Legal & General as the sole provider of stakeholder pensions...
Healthy link up.
An internet company has teamed up with Pinnacle Insurance to launch a new medical cash plan. The Med...