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Diversifying Halifax up 7%
The Halifax bank, which is taking over the troubled Equitable Life business, and which also now has ...
Barclaycard joins online providers
Barclaycard is to launch iMoney.co.uk in the summer, a new online financial products service which wi...
Renewed call for inquiry into Chester Street
Almost 20 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling for a public inquiry i...
New chief at Berry Birch & Noble
Derek McLaughlan has taken over as chief executive of intermediary Berry Birch & Noble and a new fina...
Winterthur sells off insurance arm
XL Capital is to acquire Winterthur International, the property and casualty insurance business of Wi...
Sun Life to axe 1700
Basingstoke-based Sun Life of Canada yesterday confirmed that it would pull out of selling life insur...
XL acquires Winterthur International
Bermudian (re)insurer XL Capital is to buy Winterthur International from Winterthur Insurance for $60...
Root of the problem.
Although the floods have subsided, many properties could suffer long-term heave problems - especially where trees are found nearby. Insurers are cracking down on such risks, says Simon Threadgold.
Judith Fairchild.
(Suing on her own behalf & on behalf of the estate of dependents of Arthur Eric Fairchild, deceased)...
The Bollington Group plans expansion.
Chester-based broker The Bollington Group has formalised its general insurance operation as part of ...
Chaucer in: Sabre out?
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer Insurance is to offer brokers non-standard motor products, as the market awa...
Service key to care.
Ward Evans Direct has launched a new 24-hour emergency service for clients who lose their keys or ha...
Sportscover enters arena.
Australian insurer Sports-cover has entered the UK market and hopes to have a 40-strong broker netwo...
Paddick's appealing.
Institute of Insurance Brokers director general Andrew Paddick has confirmed the organisation will a...
RTA certificates fall foul of legislators.
I assume Mr Green means Certificates of Motor Insurance in his letter (Post Magazine, 8 February, p1...
Jobs on the line as CIS urged to co-operate by commission.
Recommendations published by the Co-op Commission this week, which call for the CIS and The Co-opera...
Accident Group hits back at press expose.
Personal injury specialist The Accident Group has hit back at the Bristol Evening Post, which ran a ...
Goshawk swoops.
Integrated Lloyd's insurance vehicle Goshawk has entered the professional indemnity market. It has a...
Changing face of the South-East.
Traditionally, the South-East has been the centre of the UK's insurance industry, but all this is changing. Carol Connolly and David Cooper find out what this means for recruitment.
Zurich restructures general arm.
Recent director-level changes at Zurich Financial Services are part of a wider restructuring of its ...
Government drives in.
The drivers' database being developed by the Motor Insurers Information Centre has won government ba...
Cigna's earnings show a 4% drop.
US health insurer Cigna saw its fourth-quarter operating earnings fall almost 4%, but the results we...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Oh, some of the egos in the insurance world. What's a poor girl like Penny to believe when a source ...
Taxi recovery.
Preston-based Catterall Insurance Services has said it will step in and provide cover for taxi and p...