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Halifax: £320m household book to go in-house.
Halifax General Insurance Services intends to bring its household book in-house when the contract r...
Ace plans to reduce capacity at Lloyd's.
Lloyd's could be facing further reduced involvement from insurers in the London market following plan...
Appointment at Ace European Markets Insurance.
Laila Hougaard has been made vice president, professional lines, at Ace European Markets Insurance, ...
Clouds gather on floods.
The rain continues to fall, the claims continue to flood in and the black cloud hanging over both ins...
Appointment at Winchester White.
Winchester White, the financial services management consultancy specialising in insurance and invest...
HSBC Bank records increase in general insurance income.
HSBC Bank recorded an increase in general insurance income in the UK of 11% - mainly through an incr...
Rise in fat cat PI firms puts strain on liability insurance.
I must take issue with David Clark (Biased viewpoint on Woolf Reforms ignores equality objective, PM...
Cox recruits Latter to front online trading.
Cox Insurance has seconded Liz Latter from Broker Network's Red Box Systems, as general manager for ...
Appeal courts remain silent over all but most unfair cost decisions.
Excelsior Commercial & Industrial Holdings v 1) Salisbury Hamer Aspden & Johnson 2) Betesh & Co (Court of Appeal - 12 June 2002).
Wise-up to back-up.
Do insurers and brokers always practise what they preach over the need for robust disaster recovery and IT back-up plans? Simon Threadgold investigates the industries own risk management strategies.
Belfry Golf Day goes with a swing.
Post Magazine's inaugural Golf Day, held at the Belfry in Birmingham, was not only blessed with good...
Appointment at Stamford Associates.
Stamford Associates has recruited Nick Davies as fixed income specialist. He joins from Aon Consulti...
Crawford cuts executive salaries.
Atlanta-based loss adjuster Crawford & Company is to cut all corporate officers' salaries, including...
Appointment at James Chapman & Co.
Manchester law firm James Chapman & Co has strengthened its insurance litigation team with the appoi...
SIF faces £9m bill in City case.
The Solicitors' Indemnity Fund could face a £9m bill, after Sinclair Roche & Temperly, one of the Ci...
Penny Black's insurance week.
When it comes to marshalling the troops, Penny was glad to see one managing director obviously rules...
An autumn of top PM conferences in store.
Post Magazine is looking forward to a busy autumn of top-level conferences covering some of the key ...
Appointment at Bradstock.
Bradstock has taken on Maurice Curitz as a senior non-marine reinsurance broker specialising in prop...
Belfast-based brokers set to be charged.
Investigations into Belfast-based Northern Ireland Insurance Brokers, which has been implicated as p...
Strong performance by Legal & General.
Legal & General said stakeholder pensions contributed to a strong performance in the first half of 2...
Standard & Poor's plans to launch new assessments.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's plans to launch new assessments of Lloyd's syndicates in September,...
Lloyds TSB selects Sterling in HNW push.
Lloyds TSB Insurance formally launched into the high net worth market this week, in partnership with...
ABI turns up pressure on government over EL
The Association of British Insurers is to raise the pressure on the government to reform the existing...
Munters helping to restore Jacobean house.
Property damage restoration firm Munters is helping to restore one of England's finest Jacobean hous...