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Ford Customer Service Division launches fordprotect.
Ford Customer Service Division - Europe has launched its web-enabled fordprotect extended warranty p...
Cox Retail completes rescue deal of Brokersoft.
Cox Retail has completed its rescue deal of troubled software provider Brokersoft. It said brokers u...
Churchill acquires broker Wilson Dean.
Churchill Insurance Consultants has acquired broker Wilson Dean in a deal that will take its premium...
Ruth Kelly made Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Ruth Kelly was made Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the cabinet reshuffle last week. The new ...
Benfield angling for insurers with Big Fish hook.
Benfield Group's subsidiary Benfield Premium Finance is to formally launch its Big Fish premium finan...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
There is no mistaking who this site is aimed at. The url says it all. In fact, it has been set up by...
TheClaimRoom.com joins forces with ADR.
Commercial mediation organiser the ADR Group has teamed up with theClaimRoom.com to launch what it c...
Sainsbury's Bank targets insurance for growth.
Sainsbury's Bank has said it will unveil plans for financial services growth within the "next few mo...
Acturis broking solution selected by HBOS.
Software provider Acturis has confirmed it has been selected by Halifax Bank of Scotland to provide ...
Appointment at Lincinsure.
Lincinsure, the specialist consumer-based insurance subsidiary of Henderson Insurance Group, has mad...
Towergate: HNW acquisition aim.
Towergate Underwriting remains committed to growth by acquisition despite speculation that it would ...
Bupa announces it is to acquire Axa Health Australia.
Bupa this week announced it is to acquire the Melbourne-based private health insurer Axa Health Aust...
Events.
10-11 June Alternative Risk Transfer/financing (IIR) London Tel: 020 7915 5055 11 June ...
Voluntary groups face having to down tools.
Voluntary and environmental groups have been warned of the difficulties they may face securing publi...
Cost of criminal attacks against churches doubles.
The cost of criminal attacks against churches and cathedrals more than doubled to nearly £7.3m durin...
View from the Top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK Recently, at a conference on ri...
Bruce Stevenson takes over business of S Cooper.
The Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has taken over the business of Falkirk-based S ...
Drake: new deal for brokers.
The provisional liquidator for Drake Insurance plans shortly to send out offer letters to approximate...
Appointment at HealthSure.
Joanne Coulthard has been promoted by healthcare cash plan provider HealthSure to the position of ac...
New insurer on back burner.
Plans by three intermediaries to set up their own insurance company have been put on the back burner...
GAB Robins chief executive to do sponsored ride.
GAB Robins chief executive Clive Nicholls is to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End on a sponsore...
Government targets for reduced work injuries will not be met.
Government targets for reduced work injuries, illness and sickness absence will not be met unless it...
St Paul enters into agreement to settle asbestos claims.
St Paul has entered into an agreement to settle asbestos and all other claims arising from a deal th...
Cracking solutions.
The cracks are showing in the insurance industry as subsidence claims lead to tensions between insurers, loss adjusters and engineers - leaving the policyholder stuck in the middle, says David Worsfold. Can modern approaches to handling such claims and…