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Equitas increases reserves
Equitas, the company set up by Lloyd's to reinsure and run off its pre-1993 non-life liabilities, has...
Surge in claims due to rise in crime.
Insurers fear a continued surge in claims for compensation as government figures released on Tuesday...
Site success for Cox.
Cox Insurance claims its internet-based trading system for brokers, brokersure.co.uk - which is due ...
Churchill reveals plans for new Ipswich claims team.
Churchill Insurance has revealed plans to open an additional claims unit in Ipswich to handle both h...
No Jaffray ruling until October.
A cloud will continue to hang over Lloyd's until the autumn as judgement in the Jaffray fraud case i...
Trans-Atlantic teaming.
General insurance actuary English Matthews Brockman and US actuarial consultancy Miller Herbers Lehm...
Commercial break.
Accident Assistance has launched a product dedicated to the needs of commercial vehicle drivers invo...
Insurer acts to fill LTC void.
Charity Age Concern has joined forces with insurer CGU to offer a range of branded products for olde...
London to benefit from rising US legal costs
US lawyers could become increasingly dependent on the London insurance market to provide their profes...
Appointment at Old Mutual.
Eric Anstee has taken up the newly-created role of chief executive of financial services at Old Mutu...
CGNU's £600m buys.
Insurer CGNU's plan to form a bancassurance joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland saw it pay...
Carr goes Brum.
Niche loss adjuster Carr Greenwood Smith plans to open a Birmingham office at the end of September a...
Bupa promises slick service from oil site.
Health insurer Bupa International has set up a website offering advice and information about its oil...
1-stop shop.
A new e-business company, 1 Group, has launched in London and Manchester offering everything from cr...
Startup to merge online and face-to-face sales.
Financial planing consultancy Johnstone Douglas, a subsidiary of broker Alexander Forbes, has set up...
Damages victory can't ease fears.
Insurers have won the latest round in the ongoing dispute over the level of damages payouts for pers...
GISC is not for turning.
The General Insurance Standards Council will not reverse its initial recommendations on solvency req...
Age-old debate of broker regulation.
As the General Insurance Standards Council looks to take over the mantle of regulation of insurance ...
DTI e-comm report.
The Department of Trade and Industry is to publish the first annual report on the state of e-commerc...
Financial Services Authority latest figures.
A quarter of UK households have no contents insurance and 45% are without life insurance, according ...
Kingsbridge hopes float will crown growth plans.
Niche independent financial adviser Kingsbridge announced plans to float on the alternative investme...
Firm shines light on weather data.
A new application is set to help expand the weather risk market by providing standardised data that ...
Stratting their stuff.
Business Systems, the UK distributor of Nice systems, is to launch its complete customer relationshi...
Interest booming for Select & Combine.
Lloyd's broker Clegg Gifford says it is "amazed" at the number of enquiries it is receiving for its ...