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Morrisons admits potential insurance interest
Embattled supermarket giant Morrisons could be the next big retailer to join the insurance market, a...
Events
13-15 June The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers conference The Brighton Centre, Brighton...
Capita claims role change
Capita Insurance Services has confirmed that Tomas Romero, formerly of Marsh, will assume the respon...
Esure looks to India to meet growth plans
Insurer Esure is to triple its offshore presence after admitting it lacks the resources to satisfy i...
Quinn Direct attracts customers to low-cost motor insurance
Quinn Direct has revealed that it has attracted more than 20,000 customers for its low-cost motor in...
Kwik-Fit set for liability policy push
Broker Kwik-Fit is set for an aggressive commercial push next year, following an encouraging start t...
S&P's Rating Services loweres rating of AIG
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt r...
CMIB builds brand with new logo
Country Mutual Insurance Brokers has moved to distance itself from its parent company NFU Mutual and...
Appointment at Huntswood
Huntswood has appointed Clive Williams as non-executive director. Mr Williams was previously chief e...
Just 5% of UK motor accidents took place on motorways
Just 5% of all UK motor accidents took place on motorways last year, a new survey has revealed. This...
Compliance suite added to EMoneyfacts
EMoneyfacts, the financial adviser portal, has developed an insurance compliance section.
Chaucer confirms takeover approach
Lloyd's insurer Chaucer this morning confirmed it has received a takeover offer for the company, in response to speculation about sharp rises in its share price.
Profits at DAS despite market wobbles
Legal expenses insurer DAS has recorded increased pre-tax profits, but bemoaned the troubles in the after-the-event insurance market.
Insurers sue over WTC shortfall claim
A group of 10 (re)insurers that includes members of Lloyd’s of London is suing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over a claim by the Authority that it is separately insured for a $2.1bn shortfall in Silverstein property insurance.
New entrant in price boast
Quinn Direct today revealed that it has acquired over 20 000 customers for its "low cost motor insurance" since its launch in the UK in early February 2005. The company said it is currently gaining around 1000 motor customers a week with half of its…
NU boss lauds Ebay potential
The head of one of the UK's leading affinity insurers has predicted that non-insurance internet brands are likely to represent one of the most fruitful areas moving forward.
Broker takes on Marsh team in £5m push
Independent Lloyd's broker Crispin Speers and Partners is starting an aggressive recruitment push to...
Fraud Bill finally drafted
The publication of the government's long-awaited Fraud Bill was overshadowed by concerns that the po...
Can we avoid the price hikes of the 1990s?
Buyers of motor and home insurance are faced with a huge choice of providers with an even wider rang...
Sinclair's spectrum of ideas
New AA director Kevin Sinclair talks to Guy Anker about his plans for the company, his ideas for expansion and how running marathons helps keep him ahead of the competition
Events
2 June - Infoline Conference - Claims Reserving for General Insurers, London. Tel: 01323 430816 - E-...
What the papers said this week
The Daily Telegraph A woman who is wheelchair-bound and "virtually blind" drove her boyfriend home ...
Dirty cash
Legal Comment: Money Laundering
Hiscox reveals estimate for Syndicate 33
Hiscox has revealed its current estimate for Syndicate 33 for the 2003 and 2004 years of account rem...