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Aon appoints DLA as panel solicitor.
Law firm DLA has been appointed by broker Aon as panel solicitor for its Sole Practitioners Scheme, ...
Insurance miles hit by Act.
Motor insurer Direct Line's plans to import a radical new means of charging motorists for their insu...
Zurich scoops seven.
Insurer Zurich picked up seven awards at the Institute of Insurance Brokers insurance industry award...
Claims Direct disputes row.
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct insisted it was looking to work more closely with the insur...
Spanner in the works.
Employee fraud is preventing some businesses from achieving success. Fidelity insurance means companies need not pay the ultimate price for the actions of dishonest workers. Neil McCarthy reports.
Will ABI shake up scrutiny lead to the urge to merge?
It has to be welcome news that the often criticised (see letters, p14), Association of British Insur...
Pet partnership.
Internet-based insurance intermediary inspop.com has signed partnership deals with insurers Petplan ...
Universal results.
Universal Salvage has released its interim results for the six months to 28 October, and announced a...
Brown steps down.
Reg Brown is to give up his position as managing director of Markel Syndicate Management. He has, ho...
Gateway to open.
Insurance portal The Broker Gateway will go live on 1 January, providing a full range of commercial ...
Pru still in running for Equitable Life.
Prudential is understood to be the last remaining bidder for beleaguered Equitable Life after Eureko...
Vehicle repairers cry foul.
Vehicle repairers are putting increasing pressure on the insurance industry to drop alleged anti-com...
Alex Forbes enhances Channel Islands business.
International broker Alexander Forbes has expanded its channel islands business in Guernsey with the...
Internet should improve service.
Insurance companies are not seeing the internet as a tool for improving customer service, warned Edd...
Tactical advances.
The costs associated with no win, no fee cases are beginning to be felt by the insurance industry as claimants seek to recover success fees and after-the-event premiums. Laura Wilkin advises insurers to be pro-active in their handling of such cases.
Wake up to cowboys damaging industry repute.
The recent comments regarding cowboys in damage restoration should be a wake-up call for the industr...
ABI set for major overhaul.
The Association of British Insurers is understood to be planning a wholesale shake up of its operati...
Bennetts shake-up.
Newbury-based broker Bennets Insurance plans to expand into travel, pet and other personal lines bus...
Aon awards EDS long-term IT infrastructure contract.
Aon has awarded technology consultant EDS a long-term outsourcing contract to manage its information...
Creechurch to launch new venture.
Lloyd's managing agency Creechurch Underwriting is to establish a new syndicate and will significant...
Getting to gripes.
Too few people in the insurance industry respond positively to complaints, said Jonathan Clark, Craw...
Pension bill escalation.
Insurers are facing a further compensation bill of £2.5bn after the Financial Services Authority ann...
Advent acquisition.
Advent Capital has completed the acquisition from Fairfax Financial Holdings of Lloyd's managing age...
Penny Black's insurance week.
While Penny and her colleagues have been yawning in frustration at the endless saga of those dreadfu...