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House loans drop.
Gross mortgage lending fell by 6.1% from £11.4bn in June to an estimated £10.7bn in July, and by 9.3...
Commentary - It's snow longer road to repairs for highway
In summer, driving conditions are generally good, although we all have to accept that on the forthco...
Scotland of opportunity.
For those looking for work in certain areas of the Scottish insurance sector, the outlook is very rosy indeed, says Mark Amos.
HSB set for growth.
The UK-based subsidiary of US industrial insurer Hartford Steam Boiler Group looks set to grow, foll...
Garol targets online news.
Strategic consultancy firm Garol is launching a targeted online newsletter for brokers with the aim ...
Call centre staff training means benefits all round.
Andrew Newman's article on contact centres (Working in Real Time, PM 10 August, p21) rang true in hi...
Can two wrongs be a legal right?
Bouygues (UK) Limited v Dahl-Jensen (UK) Limited (in liquidation): Dahl-Jensen (UK) Limited (in liqu...
Kwik-Fit IT deal to up business.
Kwik-Fit Insurance Services has signed a £10m contract with CSC, the insurance IT solutions provider...
Insurers target time-poor Britons online.
Insurers Hiscox and Halifax General Insurance moved into the online household market this week in a ...
Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon (and other cases).
House of Lords 27 July 2000 The claimant was a pupil at a school run by the defendant. An educa...
Singa-more sales.
Singapore's life insurance sector saw a 127% increase in single premium sales to £938m in the first ...
MD of Brokers Educational Supply Teachers takes a walk on the wild
Gary Salter, managing director of Brokers Educational Supply Teachers underwriting agency, decided t...
Forbes: network growth.
Broker Alexander Forbes is planning a major expansion into the UK retail client market, with several...
Appointment at Besso Holdings.
Besso, the Lloyd's broker, has appointed Colin Marshall as its chief executive, while Colin Bird bec...
SIF - insurers take a step back.
Competition means margins will be very tight when the solicitors' indemnity market opens up, so claims costs must be kept to a minimum. Jason Nash warns qualifying insurers not to get their fingers burnt.
TIG expansion.
Technology in Marketing, which provides intelligence engines within the insurance sector, is to be t...
Cash back for care.
Internet intermediary insure. co.uk is to give cash back to policyholders in a new move to attract c...
Widows windfall.
Scottish Widows policyholders will receive a windfall of £5.8bn, following the transfer of business ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has far more interesting things to do than get excited about Big Brother. Indeed, she finds pe...
New report from Barclays Bank.
Young people are more likely to spend their spare money on snacks rather than consider saving for a ...
Churchill swoops for Zurich staff.
Motor insurer Churchill Insurance looks set to gain from Zurich Financial Service's decision to clo...
CGNU faces turmoil as team resigns.
CGNU's presence at Lloyd's was thrown into further turmoil this week, following the resignation of t...
Chuck-ed out.
Cindy Ossias, who disclosed confidential information leading to the resignation of Californian insur...
Cover limited for grounded planes.
The UK insurance industry looks likely to escape taking another severe hit, following the decision t...