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J and M snaps up Sunrise
J and M Insurance has acquired High Wycombe-based taxi broker Sunrise Insurance. Established in 1999...
Adjusters set for merger
Loss adjuster Axis International is set to acquire rival Miller International in the next two months...
Network Rail liability
Network Rail's admission of liability for the Cumbrian rail crash, which claimed the life of an 84-y...
US broking giant mulls UK acquisition options
Hub International this week became the latest acquisitive US broking giant to admit interest in the ...
Perkins Slade profits woe
Perkins Slade has reported a drop in pre-tax profit of 8% to £599,000, despite a 17% increase in tur...
PwC: run-off hits EUR204bn
Discontinued insurance business in Europe exceeds EUR204bn (£137.4bn) according to a new survey rele...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to spend a night last week in the company of a number of celebrities, from crick...
JLT heralds new joint venture with ICAP
Jardine Lloyd Thompson says it is hoping to corner the market for insurance-based derivatives throug...
Chubb preaches legal action threat to bosses
Chubb Insurance has relaunched its directors' and officers' offering for private and public companie...
What the papers said this week
Burnley Citizen A motorist who gave police a fake insurance document claimed he bought it for £35 f...
Aviva profit windfall forecast
Norwich Union parent Aviva is expected to announce an operating profit of between £3.1bn and £3.4bn ...
Teceris staff defection
Two members of Teceris' 14-man construction engineering team have defected to Cunningham Lindsey. Th...
Text-based motor quote
Insurance software house CDL has launched an aggregator service, via textcheck, the mobile phone-bas...
Competition: Win a day at the races
Which horse won the Brit Insurance Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham on 17th March 2006? Brit Insurance ...
Groupama in bike drive
Groupama Insurances has changed the cover, pricing and availability of Optima Bike - its tailored mo...
Petition kicks off campaign
The British Lung Foundation has launched the Action Mesothelioma Campaign, calling for better care a...
ABI young drivers call
Insurers have demanded the government restricts the number of passengers a young driver can carry as...
Favourable markets sees QBE profits soar worldwide
QBE's European and Lloyd's operations saw their combined after tax profits rise by 44% in 2006, with...
Barnett fraud challenge
Bob Barnett, managing director of Ravenstone, has quit the company. Mr Barnett, who has been with th...
Pleural plaques payment U-turn mooted
A successful pleural plaques test case could result in damages rising for the condition, in marked c...
Dower joins Lucas Fettes
Senior placing broker, Kevin Dower has joined broker Lucas Fettes and Partners as part of its contin...
Blue Swan shareholder court date is set
The liquidator for Jersey-based Blue Swan Insurance has set a court date for legal proceedings again...
Travel agents rail against FSA regulation
Travel agents have continued to deny the prospect of Financial Services Authority regulation, despit...
Allianz Cornhill set to bang musical insurance drum
Allianz Cornhill is relaunching its £6m musical instrument insurance division in the next few months...