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Online policies prove popular
More than three quarters (76%) of consumers intend to buy their next home and motor policies online ...
Dodd leaves Acturis after just 12 months
Mike Dodd has left Acturis 12 months after joining from competitor SSP. In a brief statement, Act...
Network in broker outsourcing push
Network Central Electronic Trading Agency is extending its affinity scheme for brokers, offering the...
Salvage - Waste not, want not
Business Innovation
Wasted opportunities
Recycling and Re-use
Credit hire costs to rise
Credit hire and repair claims are projected to cost the insurance industry £1.2bn this year, accordi...
Appointment at KGM Motor Insurance
KGM Motor Insurance has appointed Neil Manvell as deputy underwriter. In this role Mr Manvell will b...
Appointment at DAS
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company has appointed a new chairman and two new members to its board o...
AIG banking deal struck
Insurer AIG has agreed to sell its private banking arm, AIG Private Bank to Aabar Investments PJSC, ...
Quinn reviews agencies as brokers fail criteria
Quinn Insurance has indicated it is tightening underwriting control by stopping writing commercial n...
Risk tool rolled out
Ecclesiastical and risk modelling and analysis company Sciemus have joined forces to develop a prope...
Anti-fraud firm in household push
Motor fraud specialist Absolute is expanding into the household arena after recruiting Will Gaskell ...
What the papers said this week
Greenock Telegraph Worried staff at a Greenock-based health insurance firm fear for their livel...
Westall revamps offering
Keelan Westall, part of Barbon Insurance, has revamped its property solutions for brokers. Bibalet i...
Travel insurance companies affected by weak pound
Travel insurance premiums must rise due to the weak sterling, according to travel insurer PJ Hayman and Company.
Prime Minister tackles mortgage repayment worries
People facing repossession of their homes will be able to partly defer their mortgage payments for up to two years, following the Prime Minister's discussions with eight major lenders.
Catlin benefits from AIG defections
Catlin Group has significantly strengthened its position in crisis management underwriting with the addition of two experienced product recall insurance underwriters.
Research highlights causes of personal injury claims
The most serious injuries at work arise from accidents involving machinery and defective equipment, according to a new analysis of almost 1000 personal injury awards made in 2007 by Injuries Board in Ireland
Ace Tempest Re will write business through Ace Switzerland
Ace Tempest Re Europe has announced that its Zurich-based reinsurance business will now be written through Ace Insurance (Switzerland) Limited, the newly formed Swiss insurance company. The move also follows the re-domestication of Ace Limited to Zurich…
AIG sells private bank
Stricken insurer AIG said that it has agreed to sell it's private banking arm, AIG Private Bank to Aabar Investments PJSC (Aabar), a global investment company based in Abu Dhabi.
Kindertons joins AMA executive committee
Chris Latham, general manager for Kindertons Accident Management, has joined the executive committee of the Accident Management Association.
Making the right brew
Hampden Agencies chairman Nigel Hanbury on leaving the Army, dealing with witches and the importance of getting it right
California wildfire residential losses to hit $800m
Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has estimated total insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre ...
Reinsurance launches new mobile friendly news service
Reinsurance Magazine has launched a new mobile phone friendly news service designed to make it easier and quicker for readers to access our breaking news on their Blackberrys and internet-capable mobile phones..