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A selection of topical questions from the question banks of Ed.Learn - The CII's Online Training Resource
Kwik Fit recognised at CCI awards for Smart Co focus
Kwik Fit Insurance, has been rewarded at the Contact Centre Innovation Awards, winning the prize for...
KGM bucks training trend with CII day
KGM Motor Insurance has boosted its learning and development activity by inviting the Chartered Insu...
Hiscox up 51%
Hiscox has reported a 51% increase in premium income to £486.5m (2008: £321.3m) for the first three ...
What the papers said this week
Newcastle Chronicle An insurance company has apologised for threatening to take a schoolboy to ...
QBE wins mercedes deal
QBE has secured a deal with Mercedes in China. The insurer's UK-based payment protection unit won th...
New Arc Legal product
Legal expenses insurance provider Arc Legal Assistance has developed a non-fault motor legal expense...
Junction and Post Office renew affinity deal
BGL subsidiary Junction has renewed its home and motor insurance affinity partnership with the Post ...
A burning issue
Fire Risks: Timber Frames
Willis to cut the chaff in UK overhaul
Willis is to overhaul its UK retail business over the next 18 months in a bid to drive efficiency an...
Hastings bucks the trend
The market is always interested in stories about companies that are bucking the trend. Whether it i...
LMG swoops for Helphire business
Jewellery valuation company Loss Management Group has bought rival businesses Guild Claims Services ...
Appointment at Kwik Fit
Kwik Fit Financial Services has appointed Stevie Sutherland as business development director from ...
Appointment at QBE
QBE has appointed Jonathan Beck as class underwriter for kidnap and ransom, within its specialty d...
Amlin bolsters ranks with Zurich hires
Amlin has set out to establish itself as a major property insurance provider in the London market, a...
Brokerbility member snaps up broker
Alan & Thomas Insurance Brokers has acquired the goodwill and assets of Douglas King Insurance Services, based in Blandford Forum, Dorset. Douglas King Insurance Services have been trading since 1955.
Businesses warned not to under-insure in a recession
Budget conscious companies looking to cut premium costs need to be careful not to leave their businesses exposed, a corporate insurance expert has warned.
Kwik Fit Insurance strikes deal with Supercover
Kwik Fit has introduced a gadget insurance policy provided by Supercover Insurance, the specialist consumer-portable insurer.
Ecclesiastical comes out top in charity table
Ecclesiastical Insurance has been named the seventh biggest giver to charity in the UK, behind the likes of Lloyds TSB and Marks and Spencer and ahead of Shell and Fidelity Investment Management. The listing, produced independently by the Directory of…
Amlin sees GWP increase 39.2% in first four months of 2009
Lloyd's insurer Amlin this morning reported gross written premium (before deduction of brokerage) in the first four months ended 30 April 2009 was up 39.2% at £729.7m (30 April 2008: £524.2m). The increase was supported by the appreciation of the US…
Heath Lambert in retail push
Heath Lambert is restructuring in a bid to strengthen its retail operations.
Loss Management Group completes jewellery claims acquisitions
Loss Management Group has acquired Guild Claims Service and The Guild of Valuers and Jewellers from accident management company Helphire Group.
Post Office announces new five year home and motor insurance partnership
Junction has entered into a new exclusive five-year contract with Post Office Financial Services to provide home and motor insurance.
Helphire disposes of business
Helphire has disposed of the business and assets of its wholly owned subsidiary company E-Register to Loss Management Group Limited ("LMG") for total cash consideration of £0.3m to be paid over a period of 12 months following completion. E-Register owns…