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Groupama to lose 130 staff as it refocuses on SME sector
Groupama Insurance is to pull out of mid-market corporate commercial insurance lines, closing ten of...
Appointment at Amicus Legal.
Chris Beahan has joined Amicus Leal from Thornhill Technology to develop the new Staffrelations serv...
Marcus Hearn launches an updated airline failure insurance.
London broker Marcus Hearn has launched an updated version of its airline failure insurance in the w...
PricewaterhouseCoppers appoints a director.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Andrew King as director of its insurance claims services divisi...
GISC addresses warranty sellers.
The General Insurance Standards Council has asked motor manufacturers to again consider joining the ...
Unkempt roads are costing insurers millions of pounds.
Unkempt roads are costing insurers millions of pounds in windscreen damages, according to repair and...
Swiss Life shelves plans to expand in China.
Swiss Life has shelved its plans to expand in China and will instead focus on its core European mark...
Think twice before you blow that whistle.
The news that the Financial Services Authority has set up a "Whistle-blowing" hot line for employees...
Eversheds redundancies.
Law firm Eversheds' Birmingham insurance practice, seven-strong and led by partner Geoff Owen, has c...
Brokers' Indie deal set to go to the vote.
Settlement has been reached between brokers and Independent Insurance's provisional liquidator Price...
A medical diagnosis.
Post Magazine's Rehabilitation First campaign has raised the profile and stressed the importance of rehabilitation to professionals across the insurance industry, but what exactly does the term mean? Dr Edmund Bonikowski provides a full diagnosis.
Insurance Advisory Service has changed its livery and logo.
Poole-based insurer the Insurance Advisory Service has changed its livery and logo. Mark Gumbrell (p...
Home is increasingly where the work is.
The number of employees working from home is rising rapidly, according to several recent surveys, but their employers still have a duty of care to them. Chris Evans looks at the implications of this.
The Falcon Group signs strategic alliance with The Exchange.
Bristol-based independent financial adviser the Falcon Group has signed a strategic alliance with Th...
HHH acquires Cheam Insurance Brokers.
Hill House Hammond has acquired specialist motor broker Cheam Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed s...
London: no shaming plan.
A new benchmarking initiative designed to encourage modernisation of the London market will not be c...
Skills shortage on the agenda.
The Government is reviewing skills shortages across the UK financial services sector as part of a stu...
Zurich Financial Services appoints a chief executive officer.
Zurich Financial Services has appointed James Schiro as chief executive officer with effect from 17 ...
Willis broker in WTC row.
Timothy Boyd, assistant vice-president Willis New York is at the centre of the latest claim and coun...
Don't suffer the consequences.
The events of 11 September have had direct and indirect effects on a wide range of interrelated businesses across the world. Graeme Berry looks at the role and need for contingent business interruption cover in dealing with knock-on losses.
GAB Robins is handling one of the largest fire claims.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is handling one of the largest fire claims to occur in the Republic of Irel...
The honest test to help in rooting out dishonesty.
Twinsectra v Frances John Yardley and others (House of Lords - 21 March 2002).
Axa confirms 700 staff cuts.
AXA this week confirmed it is to cut hundreds of jobs across its UK general insurance business over ...
Premier Line had its knuckles rapped.
Premier Line, part of Lloyd's insurer Zenith, had its knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards A...