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Big-hearted cyclists.
A joint PM/Woodgate & Clark team raised nearly £3000 for the British Heart Foundation last week on t...
Cover for LA law-breakers.
Drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco who cannot afford motor insurance are to be offered a bare-...
Grafting all the way to the bank.
Insurers are beginning to rival their well-heeled banking brothers as the search for staff with the ...
Edo does the job.
Premium finance company Amber Credit claims to have increased efficiency and cut processing costs by...
Appointment at Everard Insurance Brokers.
Tanya Butcher has joined specialist marine and allied trades insurance broker Everards as schemes ma...
Everybody needs good neighbour cover.
Cornhill subsidiary Lawclub Legal Protection has launched Family Lawclub Protect, a cover for mediat...
Lloyd's head joins London body
Max Taylor, chairman of Lloyd's, has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of London and ...
Mapfre buys Chatham companies.
Spain's Mapfre Re has completed its acquisition of US-based Chatham Holdings and its subsidiaries, C...
Sunderland opening.
B&CE Benefit Schemes has opened a new office in Sunderland. It will provide financial services, incl...
BIA winners announced
At last night's British Insurance Awards CNA Re won the reinsurance initiative of the year category, ...
QBE offer for Limit recommended
The board of Lloyd's insurer Limit has recommended a bid from Australian insurer QBE, ditching the de...
Acupuncture for all supported by insurers
Standard Life Healthcare said this week it supports the call by the British Medical Association to pr...
Swiss Re outlook negative
Rating agency Moody's has downgraded its rating outlook on Swiss Re from stable to negative. The ch...
Limit recommends QBE bid
The board of Limit has recommended QBE's offer of 140p per share for control of the Lloyd's insurer, ...
RSA continues to disappoint
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group's below average operating performance has led ratings agency S...
Merger pushed to the Limit
The proposed merger of Lloyd's insurers Limit and Wellington looks set to continue to remain in doubt...
Fox to oversee mortgage compliance
Richard Fox has been appointed as the first compliance director at consumer watchdog, the Mortgage Co...
Standard Life wins mutual battle
UK mutual Standard Life has fought off the bid to get it to demutualise as 54% of shareholders voted ...
SOC & Hampden to merge
SOC Group - formerly Sedgwick Oakwood Capital - and Hampden Agencies are to merge, creating the large...
Marsh to take on 1200 as it targets SME sector
Mega broker Marsh plans to create 1200 UK jobs over the next five years under plans to expand its br...
Family planning costs MDU £6m
The Medical Defence Union has had to pay out £6m in compensation over the past ten years over family ...
OECD names tax havens
The UK's Isle of Man and Channel Islands, Barbados, Monaco, the British Virgin Islands and the US Vir...
Direct Line in £5m travel and motor push
Direct insurer Direct Line is to spend £5m over the next three months promoting motor and travel insu...
School arson costs to double to £85m
The cost of arson in schools could double to £85m according to new figures produced by Zurich Municip...