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Freephone boards
An information panel with 12 adverts. Each has a button that, when pressed and used in conjunction w...
RSA offers Profin lines to SMEs
Royal and Sun Alliance has packaged a number of its professional and financial risks products into i...
HBOS joins motor top 10
Halifax Bank of Scotland has leapt into the top 10 of UK motor insurance groups only four years afte...
Post treatment advice cards
Distributed to patients by nursing staff from the A&E unit. Solicitors will pay between £8000-£30 00...
Taylor appointed
Former Groupama director of customer service, procurement and claims, Jacci Taylor, pictured, has be...
Norwich Union signs contract
Norwich Union has signed a three-year contract to be the sole supplier of payment protection insuran...
Hovell joins Leeds and Holbeck
Former Zurich regional manager David Hovell has joined the Leeds and Holbeck Building Society to hel...
What the papers said this week
- Hundreds of workers have had their unemployment protection cover abruptly withdrawn by their insur...
Lloyd's market sponsors cricketing
The Lloyd's market sponsored some of England's future cricketing talent last week at a mixed under-1...
Willis could face 100% of damages in C&W case
A £25m legal action against one of Willis' former senior managers could see the broker found liable ...
CIS seeks ethics mandate
Co-operative Insurance Society this week launched an ethical engagement policy after consulting its ...
A&E ad ban needs debate
The money earned by hospitals that advertise the services of claims farmers can net hospital trusts ...
Insurer plans £12m launch
A Group of former Churchill directors has thrown its weight behind an aggressive online personal lin...
AA considers cull over India move
Broker AA Insurance Services is considering axing employees after turning its back on offshoring job...
Reform Group delivers plan early to FSA
The Market Reform Group will thrash out its draft model plan for contract certainty today at its lat...
Mapfre Asistencia acquires broker
Spanish insurer Mapfre Asistencia has acquired a UK broker, adding EUR50m (£33.2m) of premium income...
Argent to merge with SIG
Argent Liability Adjusters has agreed to merge with rival SIG, forming a new com-pany under the form...
Towergate buys YIG
The Towergate Partnership has acquired Your Insurance Group (Brokers) as part of a £10m investment t...
CMGL appointed St Paul Travelers run-off provider
Claims Management Group has been appointed as the single run-off provider for St Paul Travelers thro...
Stuart Porter abandons attempt
Broker Stuart Porter has abandoned his attempt to appeal against two convictions of making, and two ...
QBE appoints Moss
QBE has appointed Paul Moss to the newly created role of head of claims, QBE European Operations. In...
Chubb targets younger niche for HNW
Chubb Insurance is hoping to introduce more customers to its mid and high net worth household produc...
Fraud
Insurers should lobby government to secure access to the proposed National Identity Register, says J...
Extreme weather warning
By the end of the century, the global insurance market will have to foot an annual bill of $27bn (£1...