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Brownsword leaves
David Brownsword, who sold his fraud investigation company to Capita in 2004 in a deal worth up to £...
Fees trigger claims action
The insurance industry is experiencing a marked rise in the number of pre-action disclosure applicat...
Quinn: no rush for rating
Quinn Direct maintained it has no need for a security rating offer, claiming it has become Ireland's...
Insurer shows profit rise
Halifax Bank of Scotland General Insurance reported profit before tax increased by 22% to £163m for ...
Motor Insurers' hotline
Two thirds of police calls to the Motor Insurers' Bureau hotline have resulted in cars being seized....
XL Capital plans reinsurance platform in Europe
XL Capital has announced plans to develop a new, integrated European platform for its reinsurance operations.
Insurecom makes a profit
Insurecom made a pre-tax profit of £203 000 for January-June, the broker software house has announced.
MMA launches Gibraltar based insurer
MMA Group has launched Gateway Insurance Company, a new general insurer based in Gibraltar, as revealed by Post Magazine last month, which will underwrite personal lines business.
Recruitment moves
Re-sume
Leaning toward growth
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ABI to debunk compensation myth
Independent research published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) claims to show that lega...
Fitch downgrades Swiss Re's ratings
Fitch Ratings has downgraded its issuer default rating (IDR) and insurer financial strength (IFS) ra...
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Insurers converting well to IFRS, claims survey
Major global insurers have responded well to the enormous challenge in moving to International Finan...
Hardy makes board appointment
The Board of Hardy Underwriting Group has announced the appointment of Richard Abbott as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 August 2006.
HSBC backed broking start up to create 400 jobs
A new insurance start up has opened for business with a plan to create 400 jobs and hit gross written premium of £100m within five years.
Periodical payment appeal defeated: Insurer seeks Lords review
The Court of Appeal this morning dismissed the defendants’ appeal in the case of Singh Flora v Wakom (Heathrow) Ltd, that periodical payments for future loss of earnings and future care costs should be indexed by reference to the Average Earnings Index…
JLT takeover talk scotched by analyst
Broker JLT has been tipped to report less than encouraging first half results next week, with prospect of it being taken over hampered by its pension deficit. The company recently held merger talks with rival Heath Lambert which came to nothing.
Claims firm to hire 75 staff
Motor claims management company Broker Assistance has outlined plans to hire between 65 and 75 emplo...
FSB issues heatwave guidance
Guidance to help employers cope with the heatwave across the UK has been published by the Federation...
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Terry Tooher has left loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey
Terry Tooher, formerly service centre director in Cardiff for loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey, has ...
What the papers said this week
The Scotsman Jack Straw has taken up the campaign to stop travellers being ripped off. The Leader o...
NU blames its online sales for 321 job cuts
Norwich Union is to close its customer service centre in Liverpool by the end of October, which coul...