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Salvage online.
Accident management company Elite Repair Services is to pilot a new Internet-based salvage disposal ...
Key Broker scheme launched.
Allianz Cornhill has launched its Key Broker scheme. It will give brokers access to new profit deals...
Churchill has cash to splash on acquisitions.
Direct insurer Churchill, which last week acquired Devitt Insurance from the SBJ Group for an undisc...
Appointment at The Quest Gates Partnership.
John Waddell has been made managing adjuster for the Glasgow operations of the Quest Gates Partnersh...
Cunningham Ellis and Buckle called out.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis and Buckle was called out after arsonists made a pigs ear of the prem...
IFA's virtual dream nears realisation.
Independent financial adviser Towry Law's dream of creating a virtual operations firm through outsou...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny is still recovering from the excesses of last week when Post Magazine picked up two gongs at t...
Virtual business will kill off brokers.
A boom in e-commerce will send brokers to the wall - that was the grim warning at last week's Insura...
I would not take IIB to court, but ...
Following the article 'Broker slams IIB over symbol' (PM 30 September, p1) and a telephone conversat...
Trio named as target buys.
Top reinsurers Bermudian groups Ace and XL Capital and French reinsurer Scor are targets for acquisi...
Talking loyalty.
The feature 'Moving Targets' (PM 9 September, p23) explained why insurers often miss the mark when i...
IFAs' target areas.
Independent financial advisers have identified genetically modified foods, intensive farming methods...
Miller-time for liability division.
Loss adjuster Miller Pycraft has launched a dedicated liability division. The company, which was ...
Zurich backs police.
Zurich Financial Services has supported a call from Sussex police to report company car drivers who ...
Appointment at Euler Trade Indemnity.
Nicholas Delzant has been made director of risk underwriting at Euler Trade Indemnity. He joins from...
CSC merges outfits.
Computer Sciences Corporation has combined its financial services UK operations. The move will provi...
The £1.5m question.
Global broker Willis is still digging into the £1.5m hole in its Leeds Office accounts to find the r...
Compaq strikes deal with KPMG.
Computing giant Compaq and leading IT and business consultants KPMG have teamed up to deliver a comp...
We Arnott amused.
A leading broker chain aims to beat the skills shortage in the industry by making insurance 'sexy'. ...
Household rate cut.
Cox offshoot Equity Red Star is offering 15% off household rates for this month only. From 1 Novembe...
Guide for judges.
The Centre for Dispute Resolution has produced a guide aimed at helping judges who decide to refer c...
Appointment at Crawford-THG.
Michael Finlay has been made technical director for Crawford-THG's Taiwan office. In addition to his...
On the policy trail.
Mary Francis calls on insurers and brokers to unite behind the new employer's liability code which comes into force next month.
Busy Brumble bees.
England's second city has weathered the storm of jokes about its accent to establish itself as an internationally recognised business centre. Jonathan Swift reports.