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Integration of Direct Line and Churchill
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance this week announced the integration of Direct Line and Churchill ha...
Userve secures contract with Co-operative Insurance Soc
Universal Salvage, the vehicle salvage and auction services group, has announced its subsidiary, Use...
A quick fix
Conference Preview: Transparency
Brokers warned to check controls
Brokers have been warned to check their controls covering the treatment of client money to meet Fina...
Brit Insurance reports profit
London Market News
Commercial fraud bill put at £550m a year
The Association of British Insurers is unlikely to embark on any new major data-sharing initiatives,...
Alex Forbes in PI shake-up
Alexander Forbes has confirmed a shake-up to its professions team, following the departure of divisi...
Alea placed on creditwatch
Alea has been placed on creditwatch by Standard and Poor's. The insurance and reinsurance group anno...
Passive smoking claims dismissed
Claimant law firm Thompsons has dismissed claims that smoking bans will remove the right of claimant...
Broker Network acquires WWR
The Broker Network has acquired the goodwill and asset purchase of member Whitehouse Woodall Reeves,...
Wellington CEO predicts positive price impact
The chief executive of Wellington Underwriting said positive moves in its share price this week coul...
Beazley awards contract to Globix
London Market News
ABI releases fraud figures
Commercial insurance fraud is costing £550m per year and adds 5% to the cost of premiums, according ...
Zurich sell-off may lead to buys
London Market News
Council hails fraud success
Glasgow City Council this week heralded the success of a new approach to combating the hundreds of f...
Amlin to speed up non-Lloyd's plans
Amlin has admitted that it is likely to speed up plans for its long-touted non-Lloyd's platform, to ...
Cathedral recruits Liberty Syndicates' team
London Market News
Fitch to review 'stable' outlook
Ratings agency Fitch said on Tuesday it would reconsider its stable outlook for the reinsurance sect...
Reinsurance rendezvous
Monte Carlo Preview
Concerns of new fire regulations
Ecclesiastical Insurance said it understands the concerns of landlords who have complained about abo...
Katrina figures are misleading
Figures estimating insurers' losses for Hurricane Katrina are wildly misleading because "information...
Appointment at Brit Insurance
Brit Insurance has recruited Kathy Lisson as its chief operating officer. Ms Lisson previously worke...
Number of staged accidents increases
Staged motor accidents are increasing in frequency, and costing insurers thousands of pounds a time,...
Penny Black's insurance week
The great and good from the claims fraternity could be found at the Grand Ballroom, Hotel Inter-cont...