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Brit on up despite soft market fears
Shares in Brit Insurance maintained their strength this week after its latest round of buy-backs and...
Equity revs up for Clio cup
Equity Insurance Brokers has signed a deal to sponsor affinity partner Renault Insurance's participa...
APC to place £30m with Lloyd's partners
Anglo Pacific Consultants has agreed to place up to £30m in UK property owners' business to three of...
Ecclesiastical manager
Tony Bloomer has been appointed as manager of Ecclesiastical Insurance's Birmingham regional underwr...
NU to add two hubs in property claims push
Norwich Union is planning to roll out a property claims management strategy in a bid to cut "ineffic...
Second Kwik Fit sale in two years mooted
Telebroker Kwik Fit's holding company is understood to be up for sale, despite being sold by former ...
Heath base moved
Heath Lambert has relocated its Grampian operations to Aberdeen city centre, with a significant inve...
Yorkshire Bank cash to boost Call 24-7 expansion plans
A multi-million pound financing deal with Yorkshire Bank has allowed motor insurance claims manageme...
North of the Border: are the tables turning?
There must be times when insurers defending personal injury actions north of the border wonder why t...
Fletchers spinal donation
A donation from specialist motor insurance claims law firm Fletchers Solicitors has enabled Southpor...
Fraud on the rise in 2007
Fraud acts are on the rise in Q1 2007 compared to last year, according to CIFAS, the UK's fraud prev...
A crisis over
Volunteer coastguards was averted this week after the government agreed to underwrite their personal...
Boots rolls out PMI offering
Retail giant Boots began to offer private medical insurance in its 1500 stores yesterday, following ...
Allianz admits Home and Legacy toil
Allianz Cornhill's personal lines boss has echoed the comments of its chief executive in blaming IT ...
New Marsh UK head
Marsh has promoted Colin Grint to head of UK operations. Mr Grint will be based in Marsh's Norwich o...
Blue Swan director faces court
A main shareholder of troubled Jersey-based underwriting agency Blue Swan Insurance is to face a cri...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Canopius looks to buy and then float
Lloyd's insurer Canopius could look to float in the next few years, but its chief executive denied t...
RFIB linked to trade sale or listing after MBO
Lloyd's broker RFIB is expected to recruit a special accident and casualty team by July, following a...
Fairchild leaves Axa in surprise departure
Andy Fairchild, who was only recently promoted to the role of Axa UK chief operating officer, has re...
RSA enters brokered pet market
Swinton is set to make a push into the pet insurance market with plans to achieve £3m in gross writt...
QBE rating rise on cards
Moody's Investors Service has placed the 'A-' (Good), positive outlook, performance rating of QBE-ow...
Penny Black's insurance week
With Penny's bank account now exhausted from all the charitable donations she made to insurance peop...
Green insurance campaign
Royal and Sun Alliance joined Tony Blair in launching 'We're in this Together', a campaign aimed at ...