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Homeowners FS and UK Civil Service Benefit to merge.
Homeowners Friendly Society and UK Civil Service Benefit Society have agreed to merge. It is intende...
Heath Lambert director elected president of Insurance Institute.
Derek Thornton, director of Heath Lambert, has been elected president of the Insurance Institute of ...
Zurich relaunches vehicle policies online.
Zurich has relaunched its commercial car and goods-carrying commercial vehicle policies online in an...
Dyslexia claims must know the limitations - Adams v Bracknell Forest
(Court of Appeal - 6 May 2003) This case considered the date of actual knowledge and the date of ...
Court of Appeal prevents potential claims.
A Court of Appeal ruling is said to have prevented thousands of potential claims in the case of Bons...
Appointment at Alan Boswell.
Paul Marshall is the new manager of the Alan Boswell Insurance Services office in Attleborough, Norf...
MBO broker aims for £15m.
Preston-based Catteralls Insurance Services is poised for strong organic expansion, following a seve...
Get fees on the road to recovery.
The practices of vehicle recovery agents - and in particular the fees charged for the recovery of HGVs - are causing increasing concern among insurers. Phil Gledhill calls for the Home Office to implement and enforce a fair fixed-price structure.
Appointment at Aon.
Aon has made two senior appointments to its risk consulting division. Steve Barnett and Hans-Kristia...
Have a drink on Penny.
Penny, You may be interested to know that there is a pub in Singapore named after yourself - The Pen...
BIA finalists reception.
Last week, the shortlisted finalists in the British Insurance Awards gathered in London to be presented with their certificates and to check out their rivals ahead of the final winners being announced at the official awards dinner at the Royal Albert…
Appointment at UnumProvident.
Dr David Cook has been appointed company medical officer at UnumProvident, where he will focus on cu...
London Market Insurance Brokers' Committee shows figures up.
Figures from the London Market Insurance Brokers' Committee show usage of London Market Principles s...
Benfield Group sells shares.
Reinsurance broker the Benfield Group sold shares at 250p each for its initial public offering last ...
Royal & Sun Alliance returns to FTSE 100.
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has returned to the FTSE 100. The company, which was booted out in Marc...
Continuity top for risk managers.
Nearly all risk managers - 86% - expect to make greater use of self-insurance over the next five yea...
HBOS appoints First Assist as health partner.
First Assist, the new healthcare and assistance business founded by a management buyout from Royal &...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Heidi Higgs has been promoted to account development manager at Allianz Cornhill Engineering, West E...
Appointment at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.
Ian McKennal has joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw as a reinsurance partner. Previously, Mr McKennal w...
Folgate to regulate members under FSA scheme.
Broking giant the Folgate Partnership is to offer to regulate members under the Financial Services Au...
Appointment at Hazell Carr.
Hazell Carr Pensions Consulting has appointed Colin English from Towers Perrin. Mr English joins as ...
Brit goes on spending spree
Acquisitive Brit Insurance is understood to be close to another buy, following its purchase of the ...
Norwich Union launches Liability Factfinder.
Norwich Union has launched a Liability Factfinder in an effort to encourage good health and safety s...
Appointment at Standard Life.
Caroline Southwood has become Standard Life Healthcare's first director of corporate affairs. She ha...