News
Financial advisers hit back at damning results of poll.
The regulator has "a tough job" to improve consumers' confidence in financial advisers. This is t...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny hears the cost of TV licences could be set to rise again following news that the BBC's insuran...
Exclusive - Treasury bombshell.
The Treasury has insisted that the Code of Practice for general insurance intermediaries will be mai...
Willis acts on fires.
With over 15% of all serious fires in the UK being storage fires, broker Willis has produced a techn...
Appointment at Anakin Seal.
Anakin Seal has opened new offices in Manchester city centre. The company already has a presence in ...
Appointment at NIG Skandia.
Stephen Hodson has joined the marketing department of NIG Skandia as senior marketing executive. Pre...
Website finds IFAs.
A new Internet venture aims to make independent financial advice more user friendly. The IFA Shop is...
CGU in PI launch.
Bland Bankart is going on the road to promote its latent defect product for new commercial buildings...
Glass cracks fleet estimates.
Motor repair specialist Glass Information Services has launched an electronic estimating system for ...
Mozambique claims.
Loss adjuster Crawford is handling several large losses in Mozambique for local insurers following t...
Losses last year were second worse ever.
Insurers suffered their second-heaviest claims burden ever last year - only 1992, the year of Hurric...
RSA's Pacific premiums up.
Royal & Sun Alliance's operations in Asia Pacific have reported substantial increases in premiums wr...
BLM not an RSA casualty.
Law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer has kept its role as a member of Royal and Sun Alliance's commercial l...
Exclusive - Digital TV turns off IT chief.
Direct Line has rejected an immediate entry into digital television and predicted the demise of mult...
What the Papers Say.
The Times A yoga teacher has been forced to quit her job running classes at a Swansea leisure cen...
ABI Internet guide.
The Association of British Insurers has published a Best Practice Guide to the Internet. The guide i...
Court ruling could save life insurers thousands.
A High Court ruling could save life insurers thousands of pounds in their pension review work. La...
Appointment at AIG Europe.
AIG Europe has made two key appointments. Jeffrey Malkovsky has been made assistant regional preside...
Heed the dotcom warnings.
The Internet can offer a lot for business in terms of reducing costs to market, such as taking out c...
Holman addition.
Holman Marketing has added holiday car hire to its portfolio and is available on the Internet at www...
Appointment at Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Company.
Peter Foreman has been appointed chairman of Mitsui Marine & Fire Insurance Company. He takes over f...
Fire training.
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection will be running a series of training courses this spr...
Norwich Union under fire from 'green' groups.
Norwich Union has been singled out by two leading environmental pressure groups for its investment r...
Rapid rise to television
Channel 5 television has taken an 8% share in the new online insurance shop, RapidInsure.co.uk, in a ...