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Appointment at Markel
Markel has promoted Mark Warrilow to head its crime book of business within the company's specialty ...
Subsidence charter hollow and worthless
As one of the few loss assessors who have specialised in subsidence claims for the past 25 years...
Appointment at Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold has appointed James Pilgrim-Morris as special counsel in the firm...
AA in motor panel warning over changes
One of the UK's leading brokers has told insurers it will have to exclude them from its motor insura...
Travel insurance complaints rise again
'Cowboy' travel insurance providers are being driven out of the market following Financial Services ...
Appointment at Budget
Clive Fulcher has been appointed as senior manager, motor products at Budget. Mr Fulcher will be res...
Hiscox estimates profit increase
Hiscox has estimated increases in profit for Syndicate 33's 2003 and 2004 years of account. It predi...
Appointment at Cox
Cox insurance has appointed former Wellington Underwriting chief executive Julian Avery, left, as it...
Appointment at Universal Salvage
Universal Salvage has made Matthew Briggs chief operating officer. Mr Briggs will be responsible for...
Fortis points finger at direct rivals
Fortis has highlighted continued growth in its travel, small to medium-sized enterprise commercial a...
Insurance claims that shook the industry
Historic losses
Beware the LNG boom
Global Review: LNG
BHSF signs new deal with Vauxhall
BHSF has signalled its relief at signing 5,000 policies from Vauxhall motors so soon after losing half that number when MG Rover collapsed.
Equitas makes $300m settlement
Equitas announced today that it has agreed settlements with a further 6 major policyholders at a total cost of $300 million. Included within these agreements are settlements with Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, Crane Company and Congoleum Corporation.
Fortis GWP creeps up, but motor book falters
Fortis Insurance UK has reported overall gross written premiums for the second quarter 2005 of £297m, an increase of 1% over the same period in 2004 (Q2 £294m).
Winners and losers
Post Magazine's monthly round-up of job cuts and gains
Appointment at MMA Insurance
Jim Meikle has become business development executive for Scotland for MMA Insurance. He will be resp...
Historic loss
Five historic thatched cottages in Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, have been severely damaged in ...
What the papers said this week
The Times Cancer and stroke sufferers who have taken out critical illness insurance could be denied...
Allianz personal lines records a drop
Allianz Cornhill has echoed its competitors' sentiments, by insisting that motor rates must rise, af...
Eye in the sky
Subsidence focus: Mapping
Hiscox buys Ascot's fine art business
Lloyd's insurer Ascot has sold most of its £4.45m fine art business to rival Hiscox, a little over a...
Direct Line sees red over spoof website clip
Broker-only motor insurer Markerstudy has withdrawn a spoof animation from its website, after a comp...