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Appointment at insurE-com.
insurE-com has announced the appointment of Iain Brogden as insurer account manager. Mr Brogden has ...
AMP to close pension subsidiary.
AMP is closing its UK pension subsidiary NPI to new clients with the loss of 900 jobs. The Australia...
BTE moves herald big legal expenses shake-up.
The news last week about another firm of solicitors' direct entry into the before-the-event legal ex...
Bringing security into focus
CCTV can provide businesses with a strong weapon against criminal attack. Adam Wiseberg examines this system of monitoring and some ways insurers can encourage companies to make sure they are well protected.
Ecclesiastical drops Capita for Crawford.
Ecclesiastical Insurance has dropped Capita Insurance Services from its general adjusting panel and ...
Rebriefs - Tokio Millenium Re assigned A rating.
Rating agency AM Best has assigned a rating of 'A ' (superior) to Tokio Millennium Re, a Bermuda-bas...
The City fights back
Man of letters Samuel Johnson wrote that by seeing London he had "seen as much of life as the world...
Rebriefs - Scor expected to announce buyer.
French reinsurer Scor was expected to announce a buyer for its loss-making, Bermuda-based specialty ...
EL should be "put out of its misery".
Out-going Airmic chairman David Ireland has called on the government to scrap the current tort-based...
Lutine Lineslip Regatta.
This year, Post Magazine is once again sponsoring the Lutine Lineslip Regatta, the premier yachting ...
Chown sets new standards.
Incoming Association of Insurance and Risk Managers chairman Nick Chown, director of risk management...
RBS is top dog in motor.
The acquisition of Churchill by Royal Bank of Scotland makes the combined group now the largest motor...
ABI holds action day.
The Association of British Insurers is to address the insurance crisis blighting the volunteer and c...
Zurich relaunches vehicle policies online.
Zurich has relaunched its commercial car and goods-carrying commercial vehicle policies online in an...
Dyslexia claims must know the limitations - Adams v Bracknell Forest
(Court of Appeal - 6 May 2003) This case considered the date of actual knowledge and the date of ...
MBO broker aims for £15m.
Preston-based Catteralls Insurance Services is poised for strong organic expansion, following a seve...
Get fees on the road to recovery.
The practices of vehicle recovery agents - and in particular the fees charged for the recovery of HGVs - are causing increasing concern among insurers. Phil Gledhill calls for the Home Office to implement and enforce a fair fixed-price structure.
BIA finalists reception.
Last week, the shortlisted finalists in the British Insurance Awards gathered in London to be presented with their certificates and to check out their rivals ahead of the final winners being announced at the official awards dinner at the Royal Albert…
Royal & Sun Alliance returns to FTSE 100.
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has returned to the FTSE 100. The company, which was booted out in Marc...
Norwich Union launches Liability Factfinder.
Norwich Union has launched a Liability Factfinder in an effort to encourage good health and safety s...
Adjusting to a changing brief.
Long-serving chief executive of Cunningham Lindsey UK Gerry Loughney has seen the company through its ups and downs. He talks to Anthony Gould about his views of the market and how his own business is changing.
Norwich Union hits out at law change
Norwich Union, the UK's largest car insurer, has hit out at the law change that will see uninsured ...
Imarket set to sign up more UK firms ahead of launch
Electronic trading infrastructure Polaris imarket is stepping up its efforts to sign up the UK's le...
Appointment at Charrington Insurance
Charrington Insurance has appointed Simon Stokoe as liability director. Mr Stokoe will be responsib...