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Tesco Personal Finance delivers profit
Tesco Personal Finance delivered an £84m profit for the 24 weeks ended 14 August 2004. The retail gi...
The IOMA group sets up new company on Gibraltar
The IOMA group has set up a new general insurance company on Gibraltar to write its after the event ...
Deadline sparks CFA fears
Regulations governing conditional-fee arrangements will be implemented in March next year, but lawye...
ABI hails House of Lords report
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed a House of Lords report on gender in insurance, whi...
MDU keeps faith with Converium
The Medical Defence Union has promised to retain Converium as capacity provider of its indemnity sch...
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans put on hold
Michael Wade's Lloyd's consolidation plans have been put on hold until the New Year. Mr Wade's firm,...
Conflicting Voices: How claims policy has lost its clarity
Jonathan Clark of the Faculty of Claims was very clear about the claims sector's problem: "There hav...
Network reveals global ambition
Beachcroft Wansbroughs is set to launch a global legal network to cater for international insurance ...
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance confirms review
Royal Bank of Scotland Insurance has confirmed it is beginning a review of its loss adjusting panels...
Zurich review sees Capita downsized
Capita Insurance Services has claimed its business offerings are becoming increasingly popular in th...
DTE Risk acquires David Scott Insurance
DTE Risk and Financial Management has acquired commercial insurance broker David Scott Insurance. Th...
Broker looks to raise profile after shake-up
Broker D&D Homecare is aiming to snatch the title of market leader in accident sickness and unemploy...
NU outlines next offshoring move with 150 redundancies expected
UK inurance giant Aviva today confirmed plans to increase its offshoring capacity by creating around 950 jobs offshore in 2005 to service its existing Norwich Union businesses. This builds on the 3 700 jobs Aviva has already created in India.
Gender equality on motor insurance wrong say Lords
A House of Lords EU Committee Report has called on the European Commission to re-think details of proposals designed to extend gender equality legislation to trade in goods and services.
Polaris announces sixth imarket deal
Polaris today announced it has agreed terms with Sectornet for imarket integration. This brings the number of software houses who have committed to integration to six, with deals already having been agreed with Acturis, Cheshire Data Systems, insurE-com,…
Citybond Suretravel snap up Woldcare travel book
Citybond Suretravel, a division of Citybond Holdings has bought the travel insurance book of business from Worldcare Travel Insurance Services, a division of Worldmark, a specialist travel insurance broker in Shropshire, Trading as Worldcare and Rescue…
Goshawk returns to profitability
Goshawk Insurance Holdings has announced group profit after tax of $10m after a loss of $50.9m in 2003 in its interim results to 30 June 2004.
Motor insurance drives £84m Tesco profits
Tesco Personal Finance delivered an £84m profit for the 24 Weeks ended 14 August 2004.
Government departments should take more risks
The National Audit Office wants government departments to take risks and accepts that sometimes things will go wrong, Jeremy Colman, assistant auditor general, told the Institute of Risk Management at its annual forum at Keele University.
Alea interims show underwriting profit increase
Insurer and reinsurer Alea Group has announced underwriting profit before allocated investment return increased by 108% to US $23.1 million (£12.9m) for the first half of 2004, reflecting growth in earned premiums.
S&P affirms ERC rating
Standard & Poor's has affirmed its 'A+' (strong) counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance and affiliated insurance/reinsurance entities (collectively ERC). The outlook remains negative.
Misys steps up business continuity solution
IT solutions firm Misys has formed a partnership with Taradale Consultancies to extend the business continuity solution for brokers it launched in June this year.
Fitch withdraws Axa Direct's AA rating
Fitch Ratings has affirmed and simultaneously withdrawn Axa Direct Insurance's insurer financial strength rating 'AA'.