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Sherwood sales falter.
Sherwood International this week announced the departure of its chief executive officer George Matth...
Awarding times for highest-flyer.
Nichola Williams, winner of the British Insurance Awards Young Achiever of the Year for 2001, took a short break from her hectic schedule to talk to Post Magazine about her progression from graduate to having personal responsibility for 25% of Zurich's…
Boots recovery plan.
Boots Insurance Services has teamed up with Inter Partner Assistance to offer its Halfords motor acc...
Appointment at Ince & Co.
Giles Adams has joined the international law practice Ince & Co. Mr Adams, who was a partner at Barl...
Appointment at The Quest Gates Partnership.
Liability and loss adjuster The Quest Gates Partnership has made two appointments. Greg Molyneaux jo...
ABI moves on asbestos rescue package.
The Association of British Insurers has finally published long-awaited details of the rescue package...
Aussie insurers will face closure.
Up to 50 Australian general insurers could be shut down, or forced into mergers, if they fail to mee...
ZFS chief backs PM campaign.
Patrick O'Sullivan, chief executive of Zurich Financial Services' UK general insurance operation, ha...
Kiln sells Link to Ockham
Kiln is to sell its Maidstone-based retail motor business, Link Insurance Services to Ockham Holdings...
Appointment at Freeth Cartwright Solicitors.
East Midlands law firm Freeth Cartwright has taken on Charles Powell as a partner based in Nottingha...
Amex strikes deal with Costco.
American Express Insurance has struck a deal with retailer Costco as it tries to expand the insuranc...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Euler Trade Indemnity, the UK-based credit insurer, has taken on Ian Hollyhomes as assistant directo...
Mould issue in denial.
Following last year's floods, the problem of mould is growing in the UK and mould-related damages of $30m awarded in the US are worrying insurers, warns Jeff Charlton.
Travel complaints.
The Insurance Ombudsman Bureau this week reported that complaints about travel insurance accounted f...
A blazing row.
William Jackson & Sons v Oughtred & Harrison (Insurance) (Commercial Court - 11 July 2001).
Code survey shows insurers lagging behind.
The insurance industry this week hailed the success of its Claims Code, declaring that its benchmark...
Further adjournment in NU criminal damages case
John Withan, charged with criminal damage after driving his BMW through the glass entrance to the No...
BB&N Synaptic deal.
Financial services and insurance broker Berry Birch & Noble has chosen UK-based Synaptic Systems as ...
AMP under scrutiny.
The Australian parent of NPI, Pearl and London Life, is set to come under the scrutiny of the Austra...
Alarm on the farm.
Foot and mouth has cut a swathe through British agriculture. There's panic in the farmyards as insurers now refuse to cover against the disease, and the rates for other farming-related risks - employers' liability and farming equipment cover - see huge…
NU appeal decision slammed.
Norwich Union's decision to appeal to the House of Lords over Callery v Gray has been slammed by the...
Flagging sales?
Despite the growing likelihood of companies falling foul of Britain's increasingly complex employment legislation, the number of employment practices liability insurance policies bought in the UK is lagging behind the US. Charles Boorman explains why…
Building & Civil Engineering Insurance.
Building & Civil Engineering Insurance, which sells insurance to members of the construction industr...
Guardian shares slump as profits fall.
Surrey-based computer disaster recovery firm, Guardian iT, saw its share price halved as it issued a...