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New Choice Quote.
Leeds broker Choice Quote is to open a new arm on Monday after acquiring part of Fielding Mann, a su...
... a claims manager.
Technology has greatly changed the face of claims management, but the challenges are still there. This is what fires Mike Noonan with enthusiasm for his job at Iron Trades, as David Worsfold discovered.
Churchill gets A&L motor.
Direct insurer Churchill has won a contract with Alliance & Leicester to offer motor insurance to it...
Hanover Park fined.
The Personal Investment Authority has fined Hanover Park Financial Services of Upper Norwood, London...
St James woos Italian market.
The UK financial services group St James Place, which includes J Rothschild Assurance Group, plans t...
Database detection.
A new company aims to assist insurers in their investigations. The database, www.investigatorsworld....
Unsmooth operators.
A survey of 300 business managers from industry sectors including the insurance market, has shown th...
Appointment at Insurex Expo-Sure.
Two new staff have joined the underwriting team at Insurex Expo-Sure. Tracy Roberts was previously a...
Rate war hampers new legal market.
The £250m solicitors' indemnity market is in turmoil only a month before the start of the new commer...
Appointment at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed Chris Lemar as partner in charge of the dispute analysis & inve...
Chinese insurers seek a listing.
Two of China's three state-owned insurers have suggested they could seek a listing in response to th...
Insurers in line for online savings.
Online insurance exchanges could save the general insurance market $20bn (£12.5bn), according to a r...
Through the net.
Internet-based purchasing systems have been implemented by only 14% of the Chartered Institute of Pu...
Appointment at International Risk Management Group.
The International Risk Management Group has recruited employee benefits specialist Markus Mende. Mr ...
SM seeks new funds.
To promote its unit-linked, risk-graded funds, Scottish Mutual is sending out new sales packs to 450...
Kingsbridge scheme.
Niche independent financial adviser Kingsbridge, which recently floated on the alternative investmen...
Miller Pycraft to investigate £250,000 loss.
CGU has instructed loss adjuster Miller Pycraft to investigate a £250,000 loss at Scrooges retail an...
What the Papers Say.
THE TIMES The owner of a factory bombed by the United States in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, i...
Appointment at Scottish Widows.
Scottish Widows has made a series of appointments to its investment management teams. Lloyd Branford...
Gunning for the ageists.
Your article Young guns can be low calibre (PM, 20 July, p24) hit the nail on the head. Employers...
Chubb profits rise.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a 10% increase in its profits for the second-quarter of the year with ...
Drawing the battle-lines.
Post Magazine reported a wake-up call to loss adjusters at this year's CILA conference with the headline "Lawyers pose real threat to adjusters". Veronica Cowan finds out how true this really is.
Calls for LTC rules to cut mis-selling mishaps.
The government must act quickly to introduce new legislation to avoid mis-selling over long-term car...
Audatex: BMW seal.
The new real-time bodyshop management system from estimating specialist Audatex has been approved by...