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Exclusive - Brands hatches range for AIIB.
Marketing firm Broker Brands has launched a range of products in conjunction with the Association of...
Rapid by name and by nature.
A new virtual insurer was launched this week boasting the "fastest way to buy insurance online". ...
Chips are down for pet insurers.
Insurers have been put on alert following reports that pet passport chips are not as foolproof as ha...
Headquarters in Edinburgh for new merger.
The £90bn combined asset management business resulting from Scottish Widows' merger with Lloyds TSB ...
L&G's £413m.
Legal & General's operating profit grew 12% to £413m in 1999. UK new premium income exceeded £500m f...
Act fails to ruffle insurers.
The insurance industry is taking a relaxed approach to the new Data Protection Act (1998), which cam...
Changing times.
The fundamental re-shaping of the insurance industry and the huge commitment it is making to new tec...
A lot of Zlotys.
Poland's largest insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen saw gross premiums rise to from 6bn Zlotys to...
Suing hamburger chain.
A couple who claim they were assaulted by staff at a McDonald's restaurant following a complaint abo...
Don't ignore value of adjusters.
Ken Little of Total Services ('CILA Under Fire Over Networks', PM 17 February, p8) is concerned abou...
RSA down but determined to stick it out alone
Royal & Sun Alliance chief executive Bob Mendelsohn has insisted that the company is not looking for ...
Royal wins UA race.
Britannic Assurance has effectively pulled out of the race for United Assurance, leaving it to compl...
Judges could prompt PHI rethink.
Private health insurance could receive a boost following the pivotal Court of Appeal personal injury...
Allstate to pay £9m.
A US court has ruled that Allstate Life must pay out £9m ($15m) on a policy after an accountant who ...
Adjusting its name.
Sutton Coldfield-based adjusters Applied Technology Adjusting this week changed its name to Engineer...
Motor sector giants accused of illegal deductions.
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn has filed lawsuits against 16 motor insurers alleging they have u...
Industry holds its breath as judges deliberate.
This could prove to be an uncomfortable couple of weeks for insurers in the courts. In addition to t...
Appointment at Keogh Ritson Solicitors.
North west law firm Keogh Ritson has made six promotions. Defendant personal injury specialist Micha...
ABI urges greater investment.
Insurers were exhorted this week to invest more heavily in private capital ventures. The call was...
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition of the works of Gwen John and Lucie Rie shown at...
Behind the times.
Anne Cumberpatch explains why insurers are data dinosaurs when it comes to exploiting the latest marketing techniques.
Platform's Premier.
Mortgage provider Platform Loans has enhanced its portfolio with a new product range. The Premier Ra...
JLT's profits £63m.
Broker Jardine Lloyd Thomson said it expects its e-commerce strategy to play a major part in its dev...
Record payout.
Finsure Premium Finance, a subsidiary of NIG, has paid out a record £1.4m to brokers participating i...