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First Assist in travel deal
First Assist Insurance Services has signed a travel insurance deal with Sainsbury's Finance. The con...
Octopus ramps up commercial panel
A start-up commercial lead supplier signed up its sixth insurance partner this week and is looking f...
Innovations could cut legal costs for insurers
The Motor Insurers' Bureau is looking to introduce a range of innovations in its efforts to combat c...
Ecclesiastical aims to expand its broker reach
Ecclesiastical is planning to increase the number of intermediaries it deals with following the appo...
Aviva is hit for £270m
Norwich Union parent Aviva has revealed a "minimal equity exposure" to the collapse of Lehman Brothe...
Randall and Quilter deal
Randall and Quilter, the run-off management service provider and acquirer of solvent insurance compa...
Buy gives Oxygen subsidiary greater scope
Arthur J Gallagher has acquired Oxygen Insurance Managers - part of London market insurance intermed...
What the papers said this week
Telegraph The majority of travel insurance polices will not cover holidaymakers should their airlin...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as these highlights from past-articles reveal
Appointment at Brokerbility
Former Aon director Ian Stutz has joined Brokerbility as managing director. Mr Stutz has held a numb...
Directories set for launch
Incisive Media has launched an early-bird offer for its 2009 Insurance Directories Package. Readers ...
Appointment at Integro
Integro has promoted two key executives in its Canadian division. Robert Dunn, managing principal an...
Websites losing customers
Motor and home insurers are missing out on online sales opportunities by failing to provide site vis...
Appointment at Chaucer
Chaucer Syndicates 1084 has appointed Chris White as head of its new energy division. Mr White was p...
Fitch puts Ike at the top
With estimates among the three major catastrophe modelling firms ranging from $6bn (£3.36bn) to $18b...
Stanmore acquires broker
Manchester-based Stanmore Insurance Brokers, which is part of Brokerbility Group, has acquired a fur...
West: MID must be 100% fit for purpose
The Motor Insurance Database must be "fit for purpose" or the industry's efforts to combat uninsured...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny spent last Wednesday with the Hiscox top brass at the Bentley show room in Mayfair to celebrat...
Willis dusts off Faber and Dumas brand
Willis has resurrected the historical Faber and Dumas brand to oversee the growth of its new third-p...
Regional restructure gains speed at NU
Norwich Union claims its latest regional restructure will have "no impact on individual broker relat...
NU cuts ties with all aggregators
Norwich Union has withdrawn its direct motor products from price comparison websites after becoming ...
US body calls for action
The Reinsurance Association of America has reiterated support for legislation calling for the creati...
Market awaits AIG fallout
Brokers, affinity partners and insureds were among the many interested parties waiting for the dust ...
Appointment at Central Insurance Services
Central Insurance Services has recruited Martin Gray as risk manager. Mr Gray joins from London risk...