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Appointment at HealthSure.
Manchester-based HealthSure has taken on a new manager to oversee its product range. Howard Blythe w...
Appointment at Axa Sun Life.
Axa Sun Life has appointed Gary Tarleton as director of sales and client management. Mr Tarleton was...
Northern soul.
Insurance has played a key supporting role in the development of Liverpool's economic soul, and despite the city's past image problems, says Marcus Alcock, its popularity as a base for insurers is now challenging that of its neighbouring rival Manchester.
Fraud going gone.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to underwrite insurance cover to be provided by internet company Yahoo giv...
IFAs must net costs.
Independent financial advisers have been warned they could go bust within a year if they fail to emb...
A mark of industry determination.
The new Raising Standards quality mark scheme, launched this week, has been endorsed by the life & p...
Industry quick off gene mark.
The insurance industry has denied it is dragging its feet in its attempts to clear up the issue of w...
Reported value.
Medical reports should not always be taken at face value, said Dr Joe Slesinger of Independent Medic...
Working together towards a generic portal.
The broking sector has been bombarded over recent years with an array of software and IT development...
Goshawk Syndicate Management to pay out £500,000.
Lloyd's insurer Goshawk Syndicate Management looks set to payout £500,000 after several people claim...
Open-all-hours initiative unveiled.
In a separate move, a new online service from Rarrigini & Rosso - called 24 7 Broking - aimed at com...
Age a positive boon for expert witnesses.
I was interested to read the letter from Colin Devenny (Unwanted fraud services cop it, Post Magazin...
Non-stop shop.
A new insurance industry initiative to create a shopping mall for insurance products, and a new constant-access online broking service, look set to propel the broking industry forward. Anthony Gould reports.
Phoenix assesses the damage restoration.
A new consultancy has been set up that aims to save insurers and insureds money by offering independ...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Phil Jones is the Bollington Group's new IT manager. He will be responsible for developing new initi...
Anti-fraud funding.
Insurers will benefit from seven government IT projects to combat fraud and project security. Fundin...
Academics move to centre on risk.
The academic analysis of risk took a major step forward last week, with the launch of the Centre for...
All in the mind.
The Miller Insurance Group has launched an intellectual Property Rights insurance site, www.millerin...
Policing claims a duty of care.
Waters v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis House of Lords, 27 July 2000 The claimant, a ...
ACG given the elbow by NU.
Manchester-based Access Computer Group has become one of the first casualties of the merger of CGU a...
Flushing out fraud.
Richard George, director of specialist investigations at McLarens Toplis, said loss adjusters were a...
A credit for brokers.
Two ex-Heath Lambert brokers at Alwen Hough Johnson have established a new credit, surety and politi...
Association of British Insurers underestimates flooding.
The Association of British Insurers has underestimated the cost of flooding in the south-east of Eng...
Appointment at The Davis Group.
The Davis Group has appointed five new directors. Peter Bridges (divisional director) and Bryn Jones...