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ABI's anti-fraud push focuses on Midlands
The Association of British Insurers is set to launch an anti-fraud campaign in the East Midlands thi...
Back-to-work launch
A new national network of rehabilitation services, aimed at enabling people to remain in work or to ...
Axa draws the line over broker commission rises
Axa Insurance could be set for a stand-off with commercial brokers in 2007, after its chief executiv...
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Cathedral fine boost
The regulator opted against fining motor dealer Cathedral Motor Company this week, despite its failu...
Olympic plant theft targeted in launch
The Olympic Delivery Authority is being urged to utilise a new plant vehicle registration system, wh...
AIG set to insure Man United fans
AIG is set to become Premiership giant Manchester United's new insurance partner, Post understands. ...
Arc reaches 33% of police
Arc Legal Assistance has claimed it now arranges legal protection cover for one in three members of ...
Lloyds TSB gains from rising creditor presence
Lloyds TSB significantly increased its exposure to the creditor insurance market in 2006, with a 42%...
Quinn slams State health 'meddling'
Quinn Group traded blows with the Irish government this week after its attempts to prise the insurer...
Advent recovers from 2005 catastrophe
Castrophe reinsurance specialist Advent has returned to profitability, following one of its worst ev...
Clinicare boosts Groupama
Groupama UK has reported that premium income totalled EUR605m (£407.4m), an increase of 20% compared...
Looking back
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance ne...
Layton Blackham bids to prove independence
Layton Blackham is actively looking at insurers - other than its new owner Axa - for new scheme arra...
Lockton target tenants
Insurance broker Lockton has launched a specialist tenant's insurance service at its Newcastle offic...
FSA and trade bodies called to task over goodwill
The regulator must reconsider the ban on brokers including goodwill on balance sheets or risk breach...
New liability-cover restrictions on horizon, Aon report warns
Vigilance among insurers on emerging and already-recognised risk is on the rise, according to a new ...
Bank of America tests Lloyd's with $65m start-up
The Bank of America Insurance Group, part of US financial giant Bank of America, has announced it is...
PWS brokers bailed until April following London January arrests
January's raid on Lloyd's broker PWS by the UK's Serious Fraud Office is believed to have stemmed fr...
EC queries common reinsurance practice
The European reinsurance industry could be acting in a manner that restricts competition, the Europe...
CEA boss addresses public inquiry
Gerard de La Martiniere, president of Comite Europeen des Assurances (CEA), the Brussels-based repre...
White appointed as Lloyd's deputy chair
Lloyd's Names' agency Argenta's boss, Graham White, has been appointed deputy chairman of Lloyd's to...
Quanta faces class actions over 2005 loss estimates
Quanta is facing a shareholder class action relating to alleged losses arising from increases in 200...
Swiss Re sells iconic 'Gherkin' building
Swiss Re has sold its iconic London office building, 30 St Mary Axe (known to Londoners and tourists...