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Roadrunner to be renamed.
Motor trade specialist broker Roadrunner is due to be renamed as part of a major relaunch of the bus...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Green Flag is often seen as the third motoring organisation and buying a Green Flag policy online is...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Richard Woodhouse has been appointed to the newly-created position of underwriting audit manager at ...
Appointment at Smart & Cook.
Brendan Harker has been made associate director within the insurance broking division at Smart & Coo...
Picture perfect.
The French and US governments have followed the UK's lead and will provide indemnity scheme cover fo...
NMT makes new alliances.
Stevenage-based New Millennium Technologies is in discussions to expand its current household, comme...
Appointment at Claimsplus.
Motor claims specialist Claims-plus has made Stephen Tripp head of call centre. Mr Tripp was formerl...
Tacit secures funds for UK push.
New Zealand-based insurance software vendor Tacit Group has secured funding to further its expansion...
From Celtic Tiger to paper tiger?
The Irish insurance market is in dire straits: with too little competition, costs are going through the roof. Although company chiefs are adopting long-term recovery strategies, Marcus Alcock wonders whether the Celtic Tiger has lost its bite.
View from the Top - Martin Long
It is now some eight months since the launch of the Motor Insurers' Database. The police are understo...
Unite to fight motor menace.
The call this week by one insurance industry chief executive for action over uninsured drivers, see ...
Putting the viva into Espana.
It is easy to dismiss the Spanish insurance market as a bit of a backwater. In actual fact, the country's life sector is behaving bullishly giving those in the European arena a run for their money, while general insurance is also putting up a good fight…
4th EU Motor Directive: a tall order for insurers.
The government's proposals on how the 4th EU Motor Directive is likely to be implemented in the UK will pose several problems for insurers, argues Jo Dagustun.
GISC addresses warranty sellers.
The General Insurance Standards Council has asked motor manufacturers to again consider joining the ...
Home is increasingly where the work is.
The number of employees working from home is rising rapidly, according to several recent surveys, but their employers still have a duty of care to them. Chris Evans looks at the implications of this.
HHH acquires Cheam Insurance Brokers.
Hill House Hammond has acquired specialist motor broker Cheam Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed s...
GAB Robins is handling one of the largest fire claims.
Loss adjuster GAB Robins is handling one of the largest fire claims to occur in the Republic of Irel...
Axa confirms 700 staff cuts.
AXA this week confirmed it is to cut hundreds of jobs across its UK general insurance business over ...
Premier Line had its knuckles rapped.
Premier Line, part of Lloyd's insurer Zenith, had its knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards A...
That sinking feeling.
Bad press had caused the income protection sector to founder, but now it has been thrown a life line in the form of moves to simplify policy wordings and introduce best practice. Francis Higney says improved public perception is adding to its renewed…
Appointment at Glynns.
Insurance law firm Glynns has appointed solicitor Jennifer Renney as litigation partner in its Brist...
Lloyd's climb-down on modernisation proposal.
Lloyd's has been forced to back down on a key proposal to modernise, after opposition from investors...
Community spirit.
The Labour government has put corporate social responsibility at the top of the business agenda. But as many insurance businesses, such as Lloyd's, have discovered, involving staff in doing good works can pay dividends, says Lynn Rouse.
Axa records strongth growth in UK premiums during first quarter
Axa's UK general arm recorded an 8.2% increase in gross written premium during the first quarter of 2...