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Pick of the crop.
UK insurer Prudential is one of four companies cherry-picked by China to help open up its insurance ...
Exclusive - Thor hammers lost underwriting claims.
Thor Underwriting is standing defiant in the face of claims that it has lost underwriting support fr...
Lost the plot? It's barely on chapter one.
The insurance industry has often been charged with being slow to react to change. But it is not alon...
Bickering brokers unite to slam Bill.
Two warring broker trade bodies have been united in shunning the consultation on the Financial Servi...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Dave Parry, who has been with Independent Insurance since 1994, has been promoted to key account man...
Relectronic Remech launches business plan.
Global disaster recovery and business continuity expert Relectronic Remech has launched its business...
Plan from the Pru.
Prudential has awarded Actual IT a contract to provide it with an upgrade to its Workflow system whi...
RSA restructuring.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to merge its four financial services divisions. From 1 May the company's ...
ResQ notches up century of customers.
ResQ, the software package that helps underwriters quantify their reserving requirements, notched up...
GAB positive over its new owner.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins expects to know its new owner by the end of the month. The invitation date ...
Two into one will go for RSA's fleet policies.
Royal & Sun Alliance has revamped its fleet policy to help brokers pick up more business. The ins...
New office in Brum.
Chartwell Underwriting has opened a new office in the heart of the country. Based in Cherry Street, ...
Arson site that lacks spark.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at Royal & Sun Alliance.
RSA has completed the line-up of its senior management team in its UK commercial business. Ian Liste...
Car thieves take weekend break.
Motors are less likely to be stolen on Saturday or Sunday because car thieves like to take a break a...
Country with a zloty going for it.
Poland is seeing an enormous development in personal lines business. John Burke reports on why the market is still wide open to entrants from abroad and on the concerns over the pensions reforms.
CGU to slash panel firms.
Giant insurer CGU is undergoing a major overhaul which will see numbers on its loss adjuster and sol...
BraveHart broker.
A Scottish broker has joined the fight against crime. Glasgow-based Hart Insurance Brokers has helpe...
No-one will stake their name on loss of reputation cover.
Risk managers want insurers to provide comprehensive third-party cover for loss of reputation, but "...
Big five take third of all life business.
One third of all new life business in the UK went to the five biggest companies, according to consul...
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul International has promoted two of its senior managers to deputy general managers. David Beva...
Appointment at ETI Travel Insurance.
David Shepherd has joined ETI as business development manager. Previously he was with Cigna Internat...
Two-year-old covers her ears.
Two-year-old Francesca, daughter of Independent Insurance's assistant manager Neil Williams and publ...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS Water companies could be sued if they cause subsidence by taking too much water out o...