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Independent Insurance hearing: 25 January 2007
Bright and Condon face the camera Micheal John Bright, former company chairman and managing directo...
CILA demands BI closure
The President of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, Harry Roberts, claims the recent debate ...
Broker Oval broadens acquisition plan
Oval has acquired its first stand-alone IFA business - Futurity - adding a further £1.7m to its £13m...
DAS snaps up Amicus
DAS UK has acquired Amicus Legal and its subsidiary companies. Based in Colchester, Amicus was estab...
WR Berkley targets top spot
US giant WR Berkley's London-based operation has plans to create the largest engineering team in the...
Arriva uses CCTV evidence to defeat fraudulent claim
One of the country's largest transport companies has successfully prosecuted a personal injury claim...
Equity priced out of FJ deal
Equity has said it chose not to buy Footman James in addition to Open and Direct after price expecta...
Fraudsters blow up a storm
Insurers' adoption of primacy clauses in their contracts means some properties damaged by last week'...
RSA close to US victory
Royal and Sun Alliance's battle with US policyholders vying to halt the disposal of its US business ...
Penny Black's insurance week
The Financial Services Authority has often been criticised for making brokers jump through hoops in ...
£33m Windsor MBO
The independent directors and the executive directors of listed broker Windsor have agreed the terms...
Regulator steps in over pull-out row
The Irish government is set to examine whether current regulation of its health insurance sector is ...
Motor repair shop clash highlights lack of real progress
A "regrettable" outburst from a senior motor insurer manager at an industry forum has been described...
Mahoney off in Aon shake-up
Aon's long-standing UK chairman and chief executive Dennis Mahoney is to relocate to Bermuda as part...
Lawyer sceptical over Serious Crime Bill
The proposed Serious Crime Bill, which details new 'gangster Asbos' is unlikely to assist the insura...
Lucas Fettes buys HMB
Lucas Fettes has acquired London-based general practice, HMB. The link-up with HMB comes shortly aft...
NG hires Morgan
NG Insurance has appointed David Morgan in the new role of commercial director to oversee the day-to...
Distributors not tapping customer potential
Two thirds of distributors believe they could get customers to increase financial services spend if ...
PwC steps up hunt for owed Indie millions
Hundreds of Independent Insurance policyholders have received final demands from the collapsed firm'...
What the papers said this week
The Guardian The insurer More Than has come up with a novel way of making its call centres less f...
IIB slams travel loop hole
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has waded into the row over non-Financial Services Authority auth...
Marine market waits on beached cargo ship claims
The cargo ship beached on the UK's South-west coast is insured by at least four different companies,...
Re-launched CRS aiming to double staff numbers
London market broker Cameron Richard and Smith has unveiled ambitious growth plans and anticipates d...
MIB crackdown
The Motor Insurers' Bureau has warned that the number of bankruptcy orders against uninsured drivers...