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Event scripts.
Copies of presentations from the conference, which incl-ude slides and several full scripts, can be ...
Travel cover on site.
Screentrade, the online broker product from Misys Interactive Trading, has gone live with travel ins...
Insurers escape flood bill.
The Association of British Insurers has backed the latest planning guidance from the Department of E...
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Major scandals have left the medical profession reeling. And with patients increasingly prepared to sue, specialist professional indemnity cover has come under the spotlight. Lynda Hardy-Maskell reports.
HHH acquisitions.
Hill House Hammond has acquired the personal lines and commercial business of Plymouth-based firm Cr...
Insurers "only tinkering at edges".
The way insurers use technology is changing, but probably not fast enough, said Sue Hall, director o...
Lloyd's reforms to follow Election.
Widespread reforms to the governance of Lloyd's will take place after the General Election, under pr...
Professional conduct.
Alexander Forbes has had a busy few months of predatory growth. Trevor Moss, director, Alexander Forbes Professions fills Marcus Alcock in on the thinking behind the company's strategy, and warns that the shopping spree is far from over.
AA team home in.
Towergate has teamed up with AA Insurance Services to provide non-standard household insurance to AA...
Miller Fisher denies sale rings changes.
Miller Fisher has denied that the sale of its insurance arm Homecare, signals the start of a sell-of...
Chaucer: top Marque.
Chaucer Insurance has recruited another two ex-Sabre employees to its new non-standard motor team. S...
Industry must stop and listen.
Stop, look and listen. Three simple words. But apparently not simple enough for the insurance indust...
Three join network.
Acoat Bodyshop Services has added three new members to its network: LA Coachways of Weybridge in Sur...
Illegal stowaway cover launched.
Manchester-based broker JL Manson and Partners has devised a policy designed to protect internationa...
CGNU goes Hungary.
UK insurance giant CGNU has acquired Hungarian high net worth life insurer Mebit from Dutch banking ...
No Hope for Markel.
Markel Syndicate Management last week announced that David Hope is no longer the active underwriter ...
Poll finds MPPI scheme has fallen on deaf ears.
A joint industry and government initiative to raise the quality and profile of mortgage payment prot...
Ace rules out exit.
Bermudian insurer Ace denied speculation this week that the shock departure of the high-profile John...
Stocks shock hits insurers.
Insurance companies face increased threats to their bottom line, following the negative impact on eq...
Man-made effects.
A report by the Society of Fellows of the Chartered Insurance Institute has warned the insurance ind...
Penney to sell sales subsidiary DMS to Aegon.
The US's second largest department store JC Penney is to sell its insurance sales subsidiary Direct ...
RSA texts on claims.
Royal & Sun Alliance policyholders can now receive updates on the progress of their claims via text ...
South Essex joins QBE in the saddle.
South Essex Insurance Brokers has saddled up with QBE to create Equestrian Underwriting Agencies Lim...
McLarens to man round-the-clock claims line for AIG.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has been chosen to man AIG Europe's new round-the-clock property claim...