Personal
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.
Avon to sell motor insurance
Avon, the beauty products company, has confirmed plans to diversify into financial services and could be selling motor insurance in the next five years through the extra 20 000 Avon ladies it plans to recruit, according to newspaper reports.
Rehab integrated into DAS claims process
Legal expenses insurer DAS has extended its relationship with Medcare to offer almost all injured motorists whose claims are pursued rehabilitation treatment, after defendant insurers’ requests.
Architects' PI scheme relaunched
The RIBA Insurance Agency, a division of Heath Lambert Group, announces that it is extending its relationship with The Royal Institute of British Architects and re-launching its professional indemnity insurance offering.
AIG reports record income
American International Group today reported that its net income for the full year 2004 increased 19.1 percent to a record $11.05 billion , compared to $9.27 billion or $3.52 per share in 2003.
CEOs: pessimistic about 2005
Fewer than half (44%) of the chief executives in the global financial services industry are optimist...
Style over substance
Drugs Testing
Industry waits on May fraud figures.
The insurance industry has confirmed its commitment to tackling commercial fraud by commissioning ma...
Is risk finally on the boardroom agenda?
We have all heard people within the insurance business musing on the question of whether risk has sc...
Giles strikes Forbes pact
Broker Giles looks set to face stiff competition from national rival Willis for a slice of Alexander...
ABI's findings disputed
The government has dismissed claims that 10,000 new homes will be at risk from flooding following th...
BTE is best left to the insurers
Neil Sugarman is right to highlight the proposed change to the financial threshold at which small pe...
Appointment at DAS
Bristol-based DAS has promoted Victoria Scott to head of claims and assistance. Formerly claims mana...
Directive report system applies only to the police
I would like to comment on the article about the Fifth Motor Directive ('Directive could raise compe...
Oops! I did it again
Britney Spears is taking a group of nine insurers to court to recover £5.3m in damages for breach of...
GAB Robins and Agrical expand their strategic alliance
GAB Robins and Agrical have expanded their strategic alliance for professional services in the high-...
Quinn Direct officially announces launch of motor cover
Quinn Direct has officially announced the launch of low-cost private motor cover in the UK. The insu...
Penny Black's insurance week
It would appear that the insurance industry may have played its part in Arsenal's defeat against Man...
Grow with the flow of home
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Appointment at Coface
Jon Lindsay has joined Coface as managing director of its UK and Ireland businesses. He was previous...
Appointment at Firebond
Liam Jolly has joined specialist broker Firebond's Cambridge office as account executive, where he w...
Making risk safer
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Motorists believe they have 'grace period'
Millions of UK motorists are driving around uninsured as they continue to believe they have a 14-day...
Price hike fears over dyslexia
The Association of British Insurers has dismissed research that claims dyslexia can slow drivers' re...