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Appointment at Vale Insurance Brokers.
Kevin Roberts is to run the new Llandudno office of Vale Insurance Brokers. Mr Roberts was previousl...
CGU out to woo IFAs with pensions overhaul.
CGU Life hopes to woo independent financial advisers by making its pensions more stakeholder friendl...
St Paul Syndicate goes global.
St Paul Syndicate Management syndicate 1211 has acquired a global property team from troubled Lloyd'...
Offline brokers.
Over 60% of brokers have no website and only 10% are working towards developing one according to a n...
Crowe at Solihull supports local hospital.
Motor insurer Crowe at Solihull rallied to support a local hospital where underwriter Jimmy O'Reilly...
The human touch.
Even though technological advances are moving at a furious pace, there are areas where men should not be replaced by machines. Neil Harris explains why.
Tackling legal loopholes.
Six months into the new Woolf regime, Post Magazine surveyed a wide range of insurance claims managers to see if they felt they had adequately prepared. Alex Broad looks at the comments made.
Lloyd's/ILICA joint conference in Milan.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor addressed Lloyd's underwriters, brokers and members of Lloyd's Italian C...
A well-travelled road for agents.
Brokers and agents have always faced the challenge of being missed out of the insurance sales chain,...
Broker challenge.
Zurich Financial Services threw down the gauntlet to it brokers at an activity day in Newbury. Guest...
Radio competition winner.
Carole Nash customer adviser Sarah Cathcart (left) started her job on the right note after entering ...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Although newly-formed London market insurer The Underwriter has come racing out of the blocks with a...
Taking note.
Post Magazine asked a selection of law firms to profile a recent landmark case which they believe has serious implications for insurance companies. Their wide-ranging choices impact on almost all sectors of the industry.
LIA backs mortgage rules.
The Life Insurance Association has joined the call for statutory mortgage regulation - despite conce...
Bad press - and rightly so.
What is happening to the insurance industry? One insurer is not accepting telephone calls until 12.3...
Widows win.
Scottish Widows has reported a 44% increase in new business for the first nine months of this year, ...
Axa merger on the cards.
Axa has finally conceded that Axa Re and Axa Global Risks are likely to merge. At a star-studded vid...
Talking dictation.
Executive Business Services has launched a new digital dictation system which it claims will revolut...
A design disaster.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Appointment at QBE Insurance.
Adrian Fox has joined QBE's Syndicate 1223. He will be responsible for underwriting and developing i...
The rewards of rehabilitation.
The proposal for a Code of Practice on Rehabilitation is welcome and must be widely implemented by t...
Getting technical.
The legal sector is turning to technology to speed up the way it carries out its claims handling. Craig Smith explains.
Simmering in FOIL.
Alex Broad met the president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, Martin Bruffell, and found him less than impressed with the reforms.
Regulations breathe life into overseas business.
There was good news last week for UK firms that conduct overseas life assurance business (OLAB). New...