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Helphire acts to secure future
Credit hire specialist Helphire plans to raise £17.6m through a new share offer in a last ditch attem...
Allied Dunbar brand axed
Zurich Financial Services has announced that it is to rebrand its customer facing Allied Dunbar franc...
AIIB takes up case against Direct Line
The Association of Insurance Intermediaries and Brokers has made a formal complaint to the General In...
Paddick looks to fight OFT decision
Andrew Paddick, director general of the Institute of Insurance Brokers may appeal against the Office...
GISC gets green light
The General Insurance Standards Council has been given a green light by the Office of Fair Trading an...
Midlands brokers form new alliance.
Four Midlands-based brokers have formed a new alliance with a joint premium income of £17m, with fou...
Australian run-off.
Australia's largest general insurer NRMA Insurance Group has put its inwards reinsurance portfolio i...
The Direct approach.
Insurers and no win, no fee claims management company Claims Direct do not see eye to eye. Colin Poole tells Anthony Gould he believes the company is misunderstood, and is keen to redress the balance.
Swiss Re to net life.
Swiss Re is understood to be planning to sell life assurance products over the internet in the US an...
Misys targets IFA sector
Software specialist Misys has announced pre-tax profits of £62m in its interim results for the six mo...
Egg makes play for household market
The Prudential owned online financial services company Egg has launched a household insurance superma...
IIB and BIBA in war of words.
The war of words between the Institute of Insurance Brokers and the British Insurance Broker's Assoc...
Net-working.
Although complex risk management issues still require the human touch, the internet is proving its worth where smaller risks are concerned. Insurers are clamouring to take advantage of the benefits it offers, says Edward Murray.
Lats the way to do it.
Latvia's 2000 gross premiums totalled 94.3m lats (£102m), down 0.26% year-on-year, according to offi...
Appointment at Brownsword.
Brownsword has taken on six new members of staff. Rob Evans joins the liability department from Axa ...
Sullman quits as Claims Direct shares dive
Tony Sullman, chairman and founder of no win no fee claims management company Claims Direct has resig...
Hiscox set to resist Chubb bid.
Quoted Lloyd's vehicle Hiscox looks set to fight a proposal from US insurer Chubb that values the co...
Merger mishaps.
With consolidation the current watchword in British industry, Angus Ogg explains how warranty and indemnity insurance can provide protection for the risks that can arise from merger and acquisition activity.
Appointment at Goodhealth.
Jean-Sebastien Nenon joins Horsham-based Goodhealth as European corporate sales manager. Before this...
Blaze investigation.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has been instructed to investigate a fire at a printing company CRM...
How much should you earn?
When it comes to renegotiating your work package, do you know how your salary, perks, working condit...
Weather hots up.
Global temperatures last year were around 0.7 degrees Celsius above the long-term average, making 20...
Cox raises £90m.
Cox Insurance has raised £90m in the syndicated loan market to refinance existing debt and for gener...
IFAs: Equitable risk.
Independent financial advisers should act now to protect themselves against the risk of compensation...