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Allianz prepares for trial
The House of Lords Appeals Committee has refused Allianz Cornhill leave to appeal in the Flora V Wak...
IUA welcomes US reform
Efforts to reform US collateral rules have been welcomed by the International Underwriting Associati...
Mooooving on up
Farm Web has announced that it has renewed its agricultural insurance partnership with NIG for a fur...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich has made changes to its group executive committee, with the appointments of Patrick O'Sulliva...
Hiscox raids its rivals for Manchester push in 2007
Hiscox is set to open its Manchester office on 2 January next year, hiring a host of staff from riva...
Insurance is out of alignment
The positioning of environmental insurance as a casualty problem is out of kilter with where the tak...
IFB to tackle arson alongside fire service
The fire service and the Insurance Fraud Bureau are planning a crack down on the multi-million-pound...
Budget fears losing its competitive advantage
Personal lines intermediary Budget fears that it could be losing a competitive advantage if there ar...
Liberty reveals fall
Liberty Syndicates has revealed its capacity for the 2007 underwriting year will be £725m, down from...
Appointment at Ascot Underwriting
Ascot Underwriting has appointed Richard Dearlove, the former head of the British Secret Intelligenc...
Environmental question time
delegates took the opportunity to quiz the environmental liability experts on a range of specific st...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny's arm sure hurts this week, with all the Christmas cards she has been sending out. She is alwa...
Costly UK legal system weakens clean-up law
The law regarding cleaning up contaminated land may have to be looked at seriously, as local authori...
Environmental insurance aids in M&A deals
Environmental insurance has improved significantly in recent years and can be instrumental in closin...
Market leaders hold talks over potential merger
The prospect of a merger between the UK's two largest premium finance providers moved a step closer ...
Lark acquires Somerville
Lark Group has acquired Somerville Insurance Services, a Lloyd's broker based in the City and Sudbur...
Apil uses report to back small claims view
The claimant legal lobby has thrown its weight behind a report from the Law Society, which revealed ...
Libel CFA issue not sorted
The debate around conditional fee agreements used in libel cases is set to roll on with a meeting ar...
ID theft launch
Sainsbury's Bank has begun marketing its identity theft protection cover, dubbed Privacy Guard, afte...
What the papers said this week
The Sun Pantomime stars have been told not to throw sweets to children in the audience for fear...
Experts hail government taxation decision
Experts have hailed the government's decision to abolish discounting provisions on general insurers'...
Evolution boasts that deal will help client retention
SME insurer Evolution Underwriting this week claimed a deal with Arc Legal Assistance, which include...
Appointment at Lincoln Financial Group
Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Keith Robertson, previously senior underwriting consultant wit...
Report finds issue with VAT regime
A new report by the European Commission has concluded that the current VAT regime has a negative imp...