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Fitch upgrades Royal London’s ratings
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Royal London Mutual Insurance Society's Insurer Financial Strength rating to 'A' from 'A-' and the Issuer Default rating to 'A-' from 'BBB+'. The Outlooks on both ratings remain Stable. At the same time, Fitch has upgraded…
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Red tape is bad for small businesses
The Federation of Small Businesses has said that "heavy-handed" health and safety legislation is hol...
First Assist employee awarded
Robin Jeanes, sales agent at First Assist Insurance Services' call centre in Plymouth, has won the D...
Resignation rates top of the league
Resignation rates are higher in the insurance industry than the national average, despite mean earni...
Fraud fight takes a good turn
Police and insurers have stepped up their fight against fraudsters, arresting seven members of a fra...
Equity pushes Lloyd's to alter capacity rules
Equity Red Star is aiming to increase by £15m the household business it transacts by EDI over the ne...
Network offers cost-cutting service
A new medico-legal network has launched with an online service aimed at cutting costs from typical a...
Appointment at Alexander Forbes
Alexander Forbes has made David Wicks executive director of its international division's constructio...
Appointment at Langleys
Langleys has recruited Waseem Khadri as solicitor for its York-based industrial disease unit. He wil...
A new liability underwriters group established
A new liability underwriters group has been established by the International Underwriting Associatio...
War and terrorism remain excluded
Underwriters are expected to carry on excluding war and terrorism risks from airline insurance, desp...
Toad renews contract with Admiral
Car stereo replacement specialist Toad has renewed its contract with Admiral to supply car audio rep...
Chubb dumps RAC in shake-up
Chubb Insurance has switched its personal lines motor claims providers, appointing Lawshield UK and ...
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman Scottish residents paying for private medical insurance make half as many claims on th...
Fatalities in road accidents falls by 1%
The number of people killed in road accidents fell by 1% in 2005, according to the Department of Tra...
The Primary Group launches new broker service
The Primary Group has launched a new broker serving the needs of the social housing market under the...
Appointment at RK Harrison
Michael Carr has been made a new business executive within RK Harrison's UK commercial division. Aft...
Appointment at RGL
RGL has made Adrienne Kouwenhoven, Justin Crick, Kevin Harding and Gordon Hodgen directors. All have...
Insurers shunned in offshore exodus
Local authorities have further shunned the insurance market, with plans for an offshore mutual to la...
Paul Jarvis to give up his role at Glass's Information Services
Paul Jarvis is to give up his role as managing director of Glass's Information Services, the UK subs...
Motor insurance complaints rise
The Financial Services Ombudsman report for the year ending 31 March 2006 shows motor insurance comp...
Appointment at MMA Insurance
Paul Brierley has been made head of business development at MMA Insurance. Mr Brierley, who joins fr...
Last week's report on Fyfe chairman Michael Slack
Last week, Post Magazine reported that Fyfe chairman Michael Slack had received a 200% pay increase ...