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Zurich mix-up talks sought
Zurich has yet to confirm whether it would accept any request from Towergate Partnership for a meeti...
Appointment at Greenwoods Solicitors
Greenwoods Solicitors has opened a new office in Milton Keynes and appointed a number of senior prac...
What the papers said this week
Daily Mail Around 250,000 drivers could find they are not covered if they have a prang or their car...
Peddle power
Insurance software company CSC has extended its ongoing sponsorship of Team CSC whose leader Ivan Ba...
Prestbury Holdings secures deal
Financial adviser network Prestbury Holdings has secured a deal with underwriting agency Plus One to...
The Balcombe Group is part of the valuing consortium
The Balcombe Group has revealed it is part of the professional consortium valuing the disturbance cl...
First Assist: share plan
Health and well-being specialist First Assist is planning a shareholder scheme to provide incentive ...
Insurers expect liability extensions boost
Insurers could face a massive demand for extensions in employers' liability and public liability ins...
Penny Black's insurance week
With August almost upon us, the rumour mill is kicking into overdrive. NIG was very much the talk of...
NIG to unveil new integrated business model
NIG is planning to introduce a new business model, which will see the integration of its personal an...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill
Simon Cuthbert has been appointed as regional business manager at Allianz Cornhill Engineering's Bir...
EC probe holds no worries for Lloyd's
A senior Lloyd's figure has expressed concern about how the market will defend itself against the pe...
Winners
Journalists across the Incisive Media Insurance Division - publisher of Post Magazine, Insurance Age...
Nu-clear winner
Heath Lambert Group has been appointed as broker to the Atomic Weapons Establishment, after a compet...
Union name row frustrates Bill progress
Industry figures have expressed dissatisfaction at delays in drafting the Compensation Bill. The De...
Watson returns as Direct Line MD quits
The senior management merry-go-round at Royal bank of Scotland Insurance continued this week, as Dir...
Industry VAT paper out
The insurance industry has been given the chance to have its say on VAT exemption for insurance-rela...
Chaucer bid may happen
The anticipated takeover of Chaucer by its rival Amlin failed to go through last week, raising furth...
CIS union pay row intensifies
The Co-operative Insurance Society's spat with unions intensified this week after it decided to pres...
Government mandates dentists' insurance
All dentists will have to take out full indemnity cover before registration, ministers have announced.
Sabre Insurance founder honoured at CII
In celebration of his 75th birthday, a Sabre Insurance Company stained glass window was unveiled by Sabre’s founding chairman Alan Turner in the museum of the Insurance Hall in Aldermanbury.
British Crime Survey gives mixed results
Crime in England and Wales fell by seven per cent in the past year, according to the British Crime Survey (BCS).
QuestGates acquires Beachams
QuestGates, the specialist loss adjuster which recently set up international joint venture MYI QuestGates in conjunction with McLarens Young International, is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of the business of Beachams.
Moody’s eyes possible American Re upgrade
Moody's has placed the A2 insurance financial strength rating of American Re-Insurance Company and the A3 senior debt rating of American Re Corporation on review for possible upgrade.