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Insurers in crunch meeting
The police will be given no choice but to relinquish responsibility for recovering crashed vehicles ...
Appointment at AIG Europe
AIG Europe has promoted Bryan Tedford to regional manager of the South-east region. Mr Tedford repla...
Appointment at Berwin Leighton Paisner
Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Pollyanna Deane, a specialist in corporate and regulatory insu...
Motor claims costs up by 5% at RBSI
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has championed the growth in its Continental European business afte...
Penny Black's insurance week
Counting the days before she gets her chance to follow the rest of the industry on holiday, Penny wa...
Mike Cowburn appointed board member of the BIBA
Mike Cowburn, director of Towergate Risk Solutions in Ilkley, has been appointed a board member of t...
Formal regulation of travel agents a step closer
Formal regulation of travel agents is a step closer after the government announced an investigation ...
Crawford and Company not offshoring its operations
Crawford and Company will not be offshoring its operations after reviewing the practice's benefits. ...
Appointment at Groupama Healthcare
Pete West has been appointed key account manager at Groupama Healthcare. Mr West, who joins from SPS...
Capita secures three-year Lloyd's insurer deal
Capita Insurance Services has signed a three-year contract with Chaucer Syndicate 1084 to provide it...
Admiral targeted in online broker push
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has singled out direct insurers such as Admiral as legitimate tar...
Appointment at Wilby
Wilby has made Richard Blackburn managing director. He was previously with Jardine Lloyd Thompson wh...
Airlines get terrorism cover
Aviation insurers will cover airlines against terrorist attacks involving weapons of mass destructio...
Fusion hires two technical underwriters
Fusion's London market presence has been bolstered with the hiring of two technical underwriters. Pa...
Aon reports static second quarter 2006 profit
Aon reported its second quarter 2006 profit was virtually static at $193m (£101.3m), compared to $19...
Hiscox overhauls claims operations
Hiscox is beginning a "radical overhaul" of its claims processes with the insurer's London market op...
Competition - Win cricket tickets
Post Magazine has teamed up with Brit Insurance to offer four pairs of ground tickets to the England...
Claims regulation to boss 120 firms
Only 120 firms are likely to seek regulatory authorisation under the Compensation Act, in marked con...
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman Swiss Re has made moves towards a bid for Scottish Widows, the insurance arm of Lloyds...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Allianz Cornhill has appointed Mark Pugh as head of product management for ACP Direct. Mr Pugh has e...
Bad dog
Hiscox and Royal and Sun Alliance will foot a bill of up to £500,000 for the destruction of antique ...
Home insurance on thin ice over margins
Home insurance could be in danger of imitating the motor market in years to come, with wafer-thin ma...
Axa boss sees future for 2 to 3 multi-year policies
Axa UK may consider offering multi-year policies as part of its drive to forge closer relationships ...
ILV results expected to be hit
Many of Lloyd's' stock market listed insurers could see a fall in their first-half performance from ...