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Appointment at Royal and Sun Alliance
Aaron Devitt has joined Royal and Sun Alliance as professional and financial risk area business mana...
Industry pushes for £100m saving
The Association of British Insurers has urged the Department for Transport to introduce a new motor ...
Is insurance calling for Avon in 2006?
Door-to-door sales of insurance could be set for a renaissance after national cosmetics company Avon...
Compensation culture action group in first meeting
A joint Action Group focussing on compensation culture issues met for the first time today. Comprising almost thirty Government, public and private sector bodies the group aims to deliver initiatives identified by the Better Regulation Task Force and…
One in five law firms sacked their brokers in 2004
Almost one in five of the top 100 UK law firms by revenue sacked their insurance broker over the past year, according to a survey carried out by Legal Risk, which specialises in risk management.
Zurich Municipal appoints underwriting director
Zurich Municipal has appointed Cliff Skeates to the role of underwriting director. Cliff will direct a team of over ninety underwriting staff dedicated its public service clients.
ABI looks at financial advice proposals
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has put forward what it describes as ‘innovative’ proposals to reform the way in which financial advice is paid for.
CBI to honour businesswomen
The Confederation of British Industry has unveiled plans for the First Women Awards, with the inaugu...
Cargo care - Ready to party
Overseas Focus: Brazil
Appointment at Fortis
Fortis Insurance has appointed four new managers to its senior team. Dave Swann, former head of moto...
US loses attraction for reinsurance giants
Reinsurers plan to expand business in China as the US liability market loses its attraction, accordi...
Appointment at James Chapman and Co
James Chapman and Co has expanded its personal injury team with the appointment of Michele Hardy. Sh...
The Queen visits Lloyd's to launch Appeal
Her Majesty The Queen visited Lloyd's last week to launch the Red Cross Emergency Response Appeal fo...
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Ascot targets terrorism after exiting Pool Re
Lloyd's insurer Ascot is hoping to grow its terrorism business throughout the UK, and is discussing ...
Insurers count losses
Spain's largest insurer, Mapfre, has revealed that its share of the losses incurred when the 32-stor...
Rainbow International creates technology to calculate toxic mould levels
Restoration company Rainbow International has created a method to establish toxic mould levels to he...
Deemed date of knowledge may be much earlier
Gravgaard v Aldridge and Brownlee (a firm) (Court of Appeal - 9 December 2004)
What the papers said this week
The Times Tesco has started selling motor insurance online in an attempt to break into the EUR1.7 b...
Proceed with caution
Careful long-term planning is essential to ensure the success of the government's proposal to build 200,000 homes in the South-east, says Dr Sebastian Catovsky
Biba urges MID support
The British Insurance Brokers' Association has urged its members to give their full support to the M...
Road safety awareness was sufficient
Slater v Buckingham County Council and Stigwood (Court of Appeal - 10 November 2004)
Travel giant in broking move
Travel specialist Insure and Go launched a new broking operation this week, kick-starting an aggress...
New research highlights UK underinsurance problem
More than one in ten (13 per cent) Britons don’t have cover to protect the contents of their home. This figure rises to one in five (21 per cent) in London, while in Scotland just 5 per cent having no contents insurance according to new research.