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SMFS extends board.
Smithson Mason Financial Services will extend its board to five with the promotion of Graham Douglas...
Claims Direct wins.
No win, no fee personal injury claims specialist Claims Direct was awarded Company of the Year at th...
Easyclaims.com plans to advertise on interactive TV.
Easyclaims.com. the internet-based no win, no fee multi-claims handling service launched last month,...
Inner city is the limit for insurers.
Society and insurance go hand in hand, and 15 years ago, in the Thatcher era, inner-city riots were ...
CNA strikes IT deal.
US-based insurer CNA is to dramatically extend its net of commercial insurance agents, brokers and p...
Bahrain or bust.
Litigation lawyer Abdullah Mutawi has joined Norton Rose's Bahrain office to lead its Middle East an...
Sports signing.
Kingsbridge, which specialises in the provision of financial advice to professional sports stars, ha...
Claims fraud director pleads guilty to charges.
A director of Bolton-based Claims Advance pleaded guilty to 11 of 19 charges relating to fraud at Pr...
GISC awaits OFT verdict.
The General Insurance Standards Council will know before the end of the year if it will be refused t...
Broking new ground.
The last year has seen several major changes for the broking community - from regulation to acquisit...
Chaucer signing.
Integrated Lloyd's vehicle Chaucer has signed up Malaysian reinsurer Labuan Re to participate in the...
CII qualified professionals stand up and be counted.
Yet again, this year, the Chartered Insurance Institute called for the need to increase the level of...
Churchill picks up Nationwide business
Direct insurer Churchill has secured the Nationwide Building Society account to provide branded home ...
When charity begins at work.
I applaud your decision not to send Christmas cards. As a Christian, I believe more companies shou...
Legal expansion.
Moore & Blatch Solicitors has moved its insurance and personal injury division to a new office in So...
Beazley pushes into US.
Lloyd's syndicate Beazley is to make a push for the US small and medium-sized business market, with ...
Escreet gets award.
Anthony Escreet, technical services manager with Scottish Widows in Leeds has been awarded the Worsh...
The big squeeze.
Bristol is being squeezed by rival cities, according to Edward Murray, but despite a rash of recent redundancies in the insurance sector, there are still some firms looking to grow in the region and compete for staff.
Opening up Irish market.
Belfast-based financial services operation Open+ Direct has expanded its broking operation with the ...
What the Papers Say.
THE TIMES Jan Howell, the teacher given £250,000 compensation for classroom stress, is seeking le...
Inter-Alliance in Equitable race.
Acquisitive independent financial adviser Inter-Alliance has emerged as the front runner to take ove...
Blind bidding site on trial.
A new blind-bidding online claims settlement site - eSettle.co.uk - is to be trialed over the next m...
Lovells goes Dutch.
The merger of Lovells with Dutch firm Ekelmans Den Hollander has been confirmed, with the combined f...
E-life in 20 questions.
Permanent Insurance, which has been put up for sale by parent Equitable Life, has expanded its e-com...