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Premium Credit shortlists potential investors
Premium Credit moved a step closer to finding a new owner this week when it began a second round of ...
Biba makes its personal accident facility available online
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has made its personal accident facility, administered by ...
Broker Marsh's third-quarter profit rises
Broker Marsh's third-quarter profit rose 19% on the back of higher comissions, the company said this...
What the papers said this week
The Sunday Times The Sunday Times has seen copies of the confidential Lloyd's of London Blue Books,...
GAB Robins appointed by insurers
GAB Robins has been appointed by insurers in connection with a recent suspected arson attack, which ...
Appointment at Morley Fund Management
Morley Fund Management has appointed David Watson as chief financial officer. He will also be appoin...
Policyholders of FM Global to receive a collective $325m
Policyholders of US mutual insurer FM Global will receive a collective $325m (£195m) on 1 Jan 2004, ...
Appointment at The Folgate Partnership
Corporate and banking lawyer Sam Clark, formerly at ASB law, has joined the Folgate Partnership's in...
Start-up to relaunch with HSBC backing
Multi-lines insurer Bluesure is set to relaunch in mid November, after securing backing from HSBC, w...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was one of the 608 attendees at last week's Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters annual dinne...
Crawford pleads guilty in fraud case
Loss adjuster Crawford & Co's Norfolk- and Baltimore-based subsidiary Crawford Healthcare Management...
Parliament proposes tax relief
Munich Re's net loss for the first six months of 2003 of EUR365m was partly caused by the company ta...
Royal & Sun Alliance shares snapped up
The 119.8 million Royal & Sun Alliance shares not taken up by investors in the rights issue have bee...
SMEs face cover crisis over Act
The insurability of houses and small businesses in inner city and deprived areas could be under thre...
Appointment at Ace Captive Solutions
Robert Davis has been made senior vice president of the Ace Group's recently-formed Ace Captive Solu...
The French government pulls out of preliminary settlement
The French government has pulled out of a £530m preliminary settlement with US authorities over the ...
Insurer voices Gibraltar concerns
The head of the non-standard motor insurance start-up, First Alternative, has taken a swipe at rival...
ALM abandons Perry EU fight
Roy Perry MEP is continuing the fight for Lloyd's Names seeking compensation for the insurance marke...
RSA outsourcing deal imminent
Royal & Sun Alliance is understood to be close to signing a major outsourcing contract with Accentur...
Allan Gore correction
Alan Gore, Norwich Union head of claims technical development, pictured, is not the treasury of the ...
Assurex forms Bermuda-based captive
International broking group Assurex, which numbers HSBC Insurance Brokers as its UK representative, ...
Merged adjuster targets panels
Yorkshire-based loss adjuster Williams and Partners is aiming to win a place on the larger insurers'...
Munich Re to raise billions following losses
Munich Re intends to raise EUR3.8bn (£2.66bn) through a rights offering, in order to enhance its cap...
Usdaw appoints UIA as provider
UIA Insurance, the specialist affinity insurer to the not-for-profit sector, has been appointed the ...