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Broker assault off.
Bristol-based independent healthcare broker Insurety has temporarily abandoned its plans to make a ma...
PIA fines Westerby.
The Personal Investment Authority has fined Leicester firm Westerby Investment Management £20,000, o...
Towergate makes army move.
Towergate has acquired the military insurance arm of employee services specialists Hogg Robinson, ma...
Ace move gains Momentum.
Ace Europe's minority shareholding venture Momentum Underwriting Management is set to exceed its tar...
Speedy action needed on lead cases.
The indications this week are that lead is set to become the new asbestos for insurers, as a result o...
LMP slips up.
The 1 July renewals in the London market will no longer utilise new standardised slip wordings put t...
Lead liability: fears mount.
The possibility of the insurance industry facing another multi-million-pound compensation headache -...
What the Papers Say.
THE GUARDIAN The magnificent, but increasingly veteran, flying machines of the second world war c...
Learning the hard way.
Stress is emerging as a major problem among teachers in schools, but this is only one of the risks local authorities have to address, as they have learned from several recent high-profile court cases, says Veronica Cowan.
Pensions sales up.
Sales of new life and pensions products was buoyant in the first quarter of 2001, according to new f...
Slow and steady.
The numbers of women represented at all levels of the traditionally male-dominated arena of insurance is rising, albeit slowly. Richard Adams finds out what is attracting them into the sector.
Bland wins SBS deal.
Bland Bankart has won the contract to administer a household insurance scheme for Swansea Building S...
GE Frankona dumps cargo & freight.
GE Frankona Reinsurance is withdrawing from the UK cargo & freight liability market, worth some £18m...
Brockbank: an entertaining finish.
Lloyd's Managing Agency XL Brockbank has closed its sports, leisure and entertainment account with i...
Miller Fisher future poser.
The prospect of further redundancies and office closures at the loss adjusting arm of insurance servi...
GISC blamed for sale.
Haverhill-based broker Clare Insurance Consultants has blamed the General Insurance Standards Council...
Court of appeal hearing could impact CFAs.
The Court of Appeal hearing on after-the-event insurance Callery v Gray, which could have a serious i...
Making contact.
The 'call me' button is one way the internet channel is helping to drum up more business for users. This facility, rapidly being introduced across the sector, boosts service standards, generates good quality customer response and also allows insurers to…
IIB to appeal.
The Institute of Insurance Brokers has said it expects a hearing with the Competition Commission App...
Euler targets SMEs with online quotes.
Credit Insurer Euler Trade Indemnity is now offering online quotes for credit insurance on its websi...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Following the cloak-and-dagger tactics used by Norwich Union over its loss adjuster panel last week,...
Floating voters.
Approximately 1.7 million members of Friends Provident had the opportunity to vote on the insurer's ...
Npower launches insurance services division.
Npower, the electricity and gas supplier, has launched an insurance services division to sell travel...
Getting the benefit.
More than 70% of companies recognise the benefits of income protection yet still do not buy it as an...