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Direct motor rise drops down a gear.
The Annual Swiss Re Insurance Report has said the brakes have been put on the rise in direct motor i...
Appointment at Gouldens.
Stephen Pearson has been made a partner in Gouldens insurance and reinsurance law group. Mr Pearson ...
Appointment at Independent Insurance.
Independent has promoted Peter Hadden and Stuart Pettet to assistant general managers. Mr Hadden, pr...
Crane crashes into house.
Insurers are bracing themselves after a crane fell and smashed into a house. Nobody was hurt when th...
Appointment at Weller Russell & Laws.
Kevin Salter has joined Boston-based insurance broker Weller Russell & Laws as life and pensions exe...
Have web, will travel.
Holiday makers can now get 24-hour information and quotes following the launch of Columbus Direct Tr...
Pru faces up to pensions scandal.
Sir Peter Davis's appearance in front of the Treasury select committee last week to answer questions...
Standard Life meets demands for fund.
A new Pension Ethical Fund has been launched by Standard Life following the success of the company's...
Exclusive - It's business as usual for bought-out underwriter.
Brokers who had agencies with the personal insurance operation of Wellington Underwriting are to get...
Lloyd's reaches settlement.
Lloyd's has reached a settlement with the designers and construction firm in the long-running disput...
Royal & SunAlliance support 999 Challenge.
Royal & SunAlliance Engineering were behind a series of major emergencies in Manchester last week as...
Birmingham workers get travel sick of Brum Brum.
Insurance staff in the Midlands are UK's most stressed getting to work.
Checkout travel cover.
Tesco Personal finance has launched travel insurance in its 550 stores in the UK, offering customers...
GAN deadline is surprise all round.
That will teach me to be sarcastic about the French (GAN deadline is set but don't hold your breath,...
Risk booklet published.
The Institute of Actuaries and the Institution of Civil Engineers have produced a booklet which they...
SEIB celebrates a win at the horses.
South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) is celebrating a win at the horses, after clinching the largest...
Swiss Life go Dutch.
After being thwarted in its attempt to take over GAN, Swiss Re has completed the acquisition of NCM ...
Sensitivity needed to guarantee global market.
The simmering discontent in some European markets about the role of ratings agencies is yet another ...
Groupama beats Swiss Life in bid to acquire GAN.
Groupama has won the battle to take over previously state-owned GAN, following the decision by the F...
ISS in Edinburgh move.
PEP specialist Investment Software Solutions has moved its Scotland headquarters to Edinburgh, follo...
Irish Life rocked by mis-selling scandal.
Leading Irish insurance firm Irish Life is under investigation by government officials following all...
Watchdog raps broker over Yellow Pages advert.
Essex Broker MRB has been ordered to change the wording of one of its Yellow Pages adverts following...
Cash 'n' grab set for year 2000.
Retail outlets across the country have been urged to check their insurance policies after the millen...
PIA fines 41 firms.
The Personal Investment Authority has slapped fines on 41 small independent firms for failing to com...