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Axa UK records 24% decline in motor revenues.
Axa UK has recorded a 24% decline in motor revenues in the first six months of this year - largely a...
Indie bosses face legal quiz.
The law firm representing the liquidators of Independent Insurance has made contact with the former b...
Offshore health insurers stand to benefit.
Offshore health insurers stand to benefit from new government proposals to ban NHS care for pensione...
DL shakes up panel ahead of merger.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has been successful following Direct Line's recent adjuster panel re...
Miller plans to grow international network.
Miller International, which managed to complete a management buyout last year, following the demise ...
Cracking the cash plan problem.
Providers may regard cash plans as a simple 'nest egg' to help with everyday healthcare costs, however, the Financial Services Authority will regulate them as general insurance contracts. Lynn Rouse wonders if this decision could leave the regulator with…
Euclidian ditches Guernsey PL plans.
Lloyd's insurer Euclidian has ditched plans to write personal lines insurance from its Guernsey-base...
JLT eyes "ambitious acquisitions" as profits leap by 8%.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson looks set to a acquire several medium-sized UK brokers in the coming months, ...
Nurse's back injury claim caused by single incident.
Knott v Newham Healthcare NHS Trust (Court of Appeal - 13 May 2003).
Appointment at Aon.
Aon Professional Risks, Aon's professional indemnity business, has appointed Peter Sharp as a direct...
£3 household levy "outrageous".
Household insurers have slammed the government's proposal to impose a £3 levy on every home insuranc...
View from the Top - Mike Mitchell, distribution director, Lloyds TSB
The online personal lines insurance market is experiencing a rapid period of growth. In any industry...
FirstAssist seals Sona deal.
FirstAssist Group, formed in April after a management buyout of Royal & Sun Alliance's healthcare an...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection.
Allianz Cornhill Legal Protection has taken on Alison Hawkins as corporate business developer. She w...
Performance enhancing.
The competitive nature of the insurance industry has meant that human resources departments have had to evolve. Peter Collinson says using the right HR tools can result in the smooth performance of departments and, consequently, the business as a whole.
Pooled services could prevent India exodus.
The current tough economic climate has forced many UK companies to make cost savings, and their firs...
The CII to promote and provide technical training.
The Chartered Insurance Institute is to promote and provide technical training, qualifications and c...
No cover for FSA fines.
Regulated firms and individuals will not be able to use insurance to pay Financial Services Authorit...
ABS Bodyshop Services deploys software solution.
ABS Bodyshop Services has deployed a software solution to help speed up processing of accident repai...
GAB branch review ongoing.
John Castagno, chief executive of GAB Robins UK, said the adjuster would continue to look for opport...
Post Magazine journalists pick up accolades.
Post Magazine journalists picked up four accolades at the British Insurance Brokers' Association Jou...
Employers cannot take back e-mail control.
Prior to the advent of e-mail, business relationships were built through face-to-face contact and te...
FSA publishes fees proposals.
The Financial Services Authority has published its latest proposals on fees for insurers acting as i...
Appointment at Aascent Finance Company.
Aascent Finance Company has taken on Anne Brownfield and Grant Scott to the Aascent business develop...