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Voluntary groups face having to down tools.
Voluntary and environmental groups have been warned of the difficulties they may face securing publi...
Cost of criminal attacks against churches doubles.
The cost of criminal attacks against churches and cathedrals more than doubled to nearly £7.3m durin...
View from the Top - Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive, Zurich Financial Services - UK Recently, at a conference on ri...
Bruce Stevenson takes over business of S Cooper.
The Edinburgh-based insurance broker Bruce Stevenson has taken over the business of Falkirk-based S ...
Drake: new deal for brokers.
The provisional liquidator for Drake Insurance plans shortly to send out offer letters to approximate...
Appointment at HealthSure.
Joanne Coulthard has been promoted by healthcare cash plan provider HealthSure to the position of ac...
New insurer on back burner.
Plans by three intermediaries to set up their own insurance company have been put on the back burner...
GAB Robins chief executive to do sponsored ride.
GAB Robins chief executive Clive Nicholls is to cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End on a sponsore...
Government targets for reduced work injuries will not be met.
Government targets for reduced work injuries, illness and sickness absence will not be met unless it...
St Paul enters into agreement to settle asbestos claims.
St Paul has entered into an agreement to settle asbestos and all other claims arising from a deal th...
Cracking solutions.
The cracks are showing in the insurance industry as subsidence claims lead to tensions between insurers, loss adjusters and engineers - leaving the policyholder stuck in the middle, says David Worsfold. Can modern approaches to handling such claims and…
Goshawk appoints Chris Fagan as group chief executive.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk has appointed Chris Fagan, pictured, as group chief executive. He replaces A...
More utility help needed over flood defences.
As well as developers helping to pay for flood defences (ABI urges developers to pay for flood defen...
Sherwood targets mid-life sector.
Software developer Sherwood International this week launched its life insurance quote and administra...
Appointment at Bearings Restorations.
Bearings Restorations has taken on Steve Davison as its new marketing manager. He joins from Cunning...
Almost three quarters of life and pensions insurers believe ...
Almost three quarters (72%) of life and pensions insurers believe the Financial Services Authority's...
Trisystems launches internet version of IMACS.
Software developer Trisystems has launched an internet version of its underwriting administration sy...
Royal London close to signing deal.
Royal London is close to signing its second major affinity deal, having recently secured a contract ...
Swinton set to cut 28 Colonnade branches in deal.
Acquisitive high-street broker Swinton plans to close around 28 of rival Colonnade's 88 branches and ...
TT Club in Swiss Re rescue deal.
Struggling transport mutual TT Club, a subsidiary of Thomas Miller, has signed a five-year quota-sha...
WTC claim not laid to rest.
The dispute between World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein and 22 insurers led by Swiss Re...
DL extends use of Chordiant.
Direct Line is to extend its use of Chordiant Software's technology from a user base of 1700 to 4000...
Belfast broker suspended.
The Financial Services Authority has suspended the trading activities of Belfast-based Northern Ire...