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RSA nets Derbyshire deal
Royal and Sun Alliance has won a contract with Derbyshire Building Society potentially worth £30m in...
FSA principles focus
The Financial Services Authority business plan for 2007/8 will focus on the organisation's move towa...
RAC plans consolidation
RAC has said it plans to broaden the horizons of its accident and legal services, by merging the two...
Markel appoints Finn
Markel International has appointed Conor Finn to the newly-created position of director of business ...
Dual revenues rise 26%
Dual International has announced record results for the financial year to September 2006 and has cit...
Appointment at GAB Robins
GAB Robins has promoted George Bentley to client services director for its UK operations. Mr Bentley...
Hollard to launch slew of motor products
Hollard Risk Partners is adding to its motor warranty offering, with an accident repair product and ...
Appointment at Acumus
Sean Bloomfield has joined Acumus as a business development manager from Premium Credit. In his 30 y...
Fire sector goes mutual
Fire authorities are the latest sector to shun the insurance market, with plans for a UK-based mutua...
What the papers said this week
The Financial Times Swiss Re has confirmed it has sold the distinctive Gherkin building in the Ci...
PWS brokers bailed until April following probe
Last week's raid on Lloyd's broker PWS by the Serious Fraud office is believed to have stemmed from ...
Brokers must comply with Act
Brokers were warned this week of the need to comply with the new Companies Act 2006, or risk facing ...
DOC abuse set for insurer crackdown
Insurers and police are hoping to stamp out widespread abuse of the 'driving other cars' extension o...
FirstAssist MD move
FirstAssist Services has appointed Ian Sparks as its managing director. Other appointments to the co...
Appointment at Zurich
Zurich has appointed Emma Morgan as head of motor claims supply. Prior to taking this role, Ms Morga...
Groupama boosts team
Groupama Insurances has boosted its frontline team with the appointment of three new key account man...
Axa overhauls Select
Axa has continued the revamp of its household portfolio with an overhaul of its mid net worth produc...
RIP paper dockets
Upgrades to the recently-launched electronic processing system at Lloyd's could mark the final coffi...
MIB opens database access up to public
The Motor Insurers' Bureau is launching a year-long campaign to keep its database of insured drivers...
Appointment at Chubb
Chubb has appointed Paul Wareham as branch development manager of the Reading office. He will be res...
APC secures £20m capacity
SME insurance underwriting agency Anglo Pacific Consultants has secured £20m in underwriting capacit...
This is the week that was
Anthony Gould, editor in chief of Post Magazine provides a run down of the major stories in the UK general insurance sector this week. News includes the launch of yet another mutual insurer as insurers's shunned; the arrests of four insurance executives;…
ABI - New guide on ICA launched by the Insurance industry
The Association of British Insurers (ABI), in partnership with ILAG, the IUA, Lloyd’s and the LMA, last week published ‘A Guide to the ICA Process for Insurers’. The guide complements the updates made to the ICA regime on 31 December 2006 with additional…
Axa confirms Swiftcover buy
AXA UK announced today that it is to acquire the UK’s only 100% online insurer, swiftcover.com, jointly owned by international insurer Primary Group and Swiftcover’s management. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain…