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Kevin Bonner to chair implementation committee.
Kevin Bonner, former secretary general of the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, is to ch...
RSA streamlines commission.
Brokers have cautiously welcomed plans by Royal & Sun Alliance to streamline its commercial commissi...
Lloyd's to merge its websites.
Lloyd's is to merge its two websites into a single offering by November. The first, www.loydsoflondo...
Children's homes face emergency over PL cover.
The National Association of Independent Resources for Children is to hold an emergency meeting next ...
Head axed.
Insurer Axa Art is set to payout up to £150,000 for the Margaret Thatcher statue decapitated by Paul...
Ladybird motors into niche.
Broker start-up Ladybird is set to join the small number of intermediaries in the niche market targe...
View from the Top - Andrew Torrance
Andrew Torrance, general manager, Allianz Cornhill Today, approximately 80% by number of motor pers...
Appointment at Car Care Plan.
Paul Newton has become group director of finance & IT at warranty provider Car Care plan and its und...
Argyll Insurance Group acquires Pharon Insurance Brokers.
Worthing-based Argyll Insurance Group has acquired Pharon Insurance Brokers, which operates out of H...
T&C eyes new sectors following sale.
Town and Country Assistance is set to enter new sectors and target larger composite insurers, follow...
London exodus is not the end.
Despite a "large-scale" exodus from the capital, the London market is still "the premier global trad...
Zenith Commercial sets sights on north west office by 2003.
Zenith Commercial, which formally launched this week, plans to expand its branch network with a new ...
Universal Salvage rocked by loss of Direct Line.
Universal Salvage has been rocked by the loss of its largest motor insurance customer Direct Line. T...
Appointment at Zurich Private Clients.
Chris Woollam has been appointed UK development manager for Zurich Private Clients, the recently-lau...
The Bermuda buy-angle.
New capital is opting for Bermuda rather than London, says Donald Kramer, who argues that London must embrace reform - now.
Number of motor complaints drops.
Motor insurance complaints dropped 19% for the year ended 31 March 2002, according to the the Financ...
Great Western.
Over the last year, the insurance sector in Bristol has seen rapid growth, but along with the companies that are expanding, the UK's hardening market has seen some operations failing to reach critical mass and having to rethink their strategies. Edward…
Sunderland's risk sweep.
Risk management has saved Sunderland City Council £6.4m to plough back into front-line service provi...
5 years ago.
Five years ago three staff walked out of Hiscox and set out on a new personal lines venture, later t...
Learning to adjust to damage management.
The route from loss adjusting to damage management is a winding one, as Maurice McCormack and Simon Berry, discovered.
HBOS moves Sainsbury's household in-house.
Halifax Bank of Scotland this week continued its strategy of bringing its insurance-related business ...
Schofield Insurance Brokers acquires contract.
Schofield Insurance Brokers has acquired the contract to provide vehicle insurance through the UK ne...
D&O takes centre stage.
Corporate collapses such as that of Enron have thrown the failings of directors' and officers' cover into sharp relief. Guests at last week's Post Magazine round table, hosted by Kennedys, considered the issue. Jane Bernstein reports.
End of the road for motor fraud ring leaders.
A Leicestershire motor fraud ring has been cracked following a two-year investigation by police and ...