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Axa to review involvement in motor market.
Axa is to undertake a full review of its involvement in the motor trade market and to drastically hi...
Results - Guardian jumps.
Computer disaster recovery firm Guardian IT has reported a 59% jump in profits to £13.2m. Pre-tax pr...
Results - Sherwood to continue on acquisition trail.
IT solution provider Sherwood International, which acquired a foothold in the UK general insurance b...
Croatian merger.
A trio of Croatian insurers are set to merge to fight off competition from foreign insurers in the c...
Paving the road to recovery.(1)
Insurers agree that rehabilitation is the way forward concerning personal injury claims, but are they prepared to put their money where their mouths are? David Worsfold finds out.
ABI says small players still wanted.
I would like to reassure your readers that the Association of British Insurers has no wish to drive ...
Equitable return.
With-profits pension funds for 2000 showed a return of only 3.3% for policyholders at the Equitable ...
SVB consolidates syndicates.
Lloyd's managing agency SVB Syndicates, the subsidiary of listed Lloyd's vehicle SVB Holdings, has c...
Appointment at James & Lindsay.
Colchester-based James & Lindsay has promoted Martin Claydon to the role of director. He has been wi...
Rates won't bomb.
Despite this week's terrorist explosion outside the BBC London headquarters, it is unlikely insurers...
Appointment at Inter Partner Assistance.
Inter Partner Assistance has made Dean Harvey its new business development manager. He joins from Eu...
Results - Domestic increase.
Wimbledon-based specialist domestic appliance breakdown insurer Domestic & General reported a 5.4% r...
Transparency over Selby a welcome change.
The tragic Selby rail crash could result in the largest ever UK motor claim, as the insurer of the L...
Hannover offers new programme.
Hannover Re plans to use its UK subsidiary Insurance Company of Hannover to launch a new "programme"...
ABI: recoverability protocol in reach.
The Association of British Insurers said, this week, it believed a new protocol on the recoverabilit...
Scor profits rise despite p&c losses
Scor has reported substantial operating losses in its property and casualty (p&c) business in 2000. H...
Budget help for insurers
The life insurance industry was given a boost in Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget with the announceme...
Cox picks up John Dale
Cox subsidiary Argent Insurance Group has acquired the commercial and personal lines books of busines...
Alfred Blackmore snapped up by Alexander Forbes
Acquisitive broker Alexander Forbes today announced it had completed the acquisition of professional ...
Britannic to axe 2000 jobs
Britannic confirmed this morning it is to axe 2000 jobs from its direct sales force under plans to re...
Banks slammed over SMEs
The Competition Commission has slammed the UK's major banks for operating a complex monopoly in serv...
Myners calls for shake up in pension industry
The Myners review of the pensions industry has called for widespread changes in the way the UK's £800...
Zurich restructures US p&c
Zurich Financial Services Group has restructured its North American property and casualty business, f...
AA to pay out £20m
The Automobile Association has agreed to pay £20m in an out-of-court settlement to map producer Ordna...