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H&R aims to corner motorbike market.
Aberdeen-based H&R Insurance Services this week vowed to become the UK's largest specialist motorcyc...
Chubb hunts new CEO as O'Hare quits.
US giant Chubb is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer, following a decision by long-time h...
Churchill Insurance creates new TV ads.
Churchill Insurance has created a new series of TV advertisements featuring the voices of Vic Reeves...
Heading for a fall?
In the current climate of economic uncertainty and hardening rates, provincial commercial lines brokers are in an ideal position to expand into credit insurance, argues Simon Threadgold.
Calls for insurers to be barred from using genetic information.
Calls for insurers to be barred from using genetic information resurfaced this week, following the g...
MMA Insurance has launched online facilities.
Broker-only provider MMA Insurance has launched online quotation and document production facilities ...
The Folgate Partnership confirms relationship.
The Folgate Partnership has confirmed it has entered into a strategic relationship with Link Underwr...
Sir Roger Hurn to step down.
Sir Roger Hurn, chairman of Prudential, is to step down, following criticism of his former involveme...
Relief all round as Brocklesby struck down.
The House of Lords' unanimous decision in Cave v Robinson, Jarvis & Rolf last week provided much relief for all professional indemnity insurers and their insured professionals, says Simon Chandler.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Towry Law has established quite a comprehensive marketing site here, which only falls down in a few ...
Appointment at QBE Insurance.
Andrew Davies has been appointed by QBE International Insurance to underwrite sabotage and terrorism...
Lawrence ruling means police not immune.
The Macpherson Report of 1999 accused the Metropolitan Police of 'institutional racism', heavily cri...
Corresoft launches its product range for SMEs.
Document management software provider Corresoft this week launched its product range for SMEs. Unive...
Appointment at Talbot Underwriting.
Stephen Lloyd has joined Talbot Underwriting's Syndicate 1183 at Lloyd's as international facultativ...
Appointment at Rubicon.
Rubicon Corporation, the insurance services and solutions provider, has taken on Wendy Frampton as h...
Equitable case should return some balance.
The action taken by the embattled Equitable Life board to sue its previous directors is an interesti...
The Terrance Chapman Group has recorded a pre-tax loss.
Business and IT consultancy The Terrance Chapman Group has recorded a pre-tax loss of £1.8m before e...
Appointment at MW Appointments.
Specialist insurance and reinsurance agency MW Appointments has taken on three new members of staff....
FSA launches hotline to stop another Indie.
The Financial Services Authority this week officially launched its whistleblowing campaign for financ...
Enter PM's fantasy World Cup competition.
As the nation gears up for the forthcoming World Cup, Post Magazine is getting into the spirit of the contest with its special fantasy World Cup Football Competition.
ABI concerns over directive.
The Association of British Insurers said this week it was concerned at the timescales set to be impo...
Insurer set to fight credit-hire ruling.
Insurer Allianz Cornhill was expected to seek leave to appeal the Clark v Ardington decision in the ...
Call centre problems hit brokers.
The article Hanging on the telephone (PM Annual Insurance Survey, 29 November 2001, p16) only touche...
MEPs introduce blanket motor directive.
Last week, the government published its cross-border motor claims proposals on implementing the Fourth Motor Insurance Directive. Lord Hunt considers what the proposals mean.