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Rubicon to close Waltham Cross branch with job losses expected.
Rubicon is to shut down the Waltham Cross operation it acquired from Miller Fisher's receiver last m...
Appointment at Glass's Information Services.
Glass's Information Services has further expanded its business development team. Gina Millard joins ...
Fastrack Indemnity to launch accident management scheme.
Fastrack Indemnity is to launch an accident management scheme for cyclists under its Blue Legal Expe...
Zurich Financial Services enters new deal.
Zurich Financial Services has entered into a new, three-year, exclusive deal to provide fully brande...
Shouldering the burden.
Assistance companies are enhancing their role, with many providing more flexible, all-encompassing, problem solving services designed to take the pressure off a customer in distress following an accident. Hugo Cranmore reports.
Cyclists pose insurer threat.
I have just read the article Motorists to pay for all accidents involving cycles (insurancewindow.ne...
Using mobiles when driving could be banned.
A consultation on banning drivers from using hand-held mobile phones was announced this week by Road...
Finding today's talent to manage tomorrow.
The hunt is on for the high-calibre individuals that will become the chief executives of the future. David Cooper explains some of the prerequisites that are vital to the development of quality managers for the insurance sector.
Appointment at R3: Group.
Ipswich-based R3: Group, which specialises in facilitating business-to-business-to-consumer relation...
Academic achievement.
Zurich Municipal is to provide the University of Oxford's buildings and contents cover. The insuranc...
Appointment at Chem-Dry UK.
Chem-Dry UK, the claims management company for accidental damage, fire and flood claims, has recruit...
Standard Life denies PMI rates too high.
Standard Life Healthcare has rebutted claims in the latest Datamonitor report on UK health insurance...
70 jobs created as HGIS moves call centre to Leeds.
Halifax General Insurance Services is to re-house its call centre sales operation for household and ...
Flood defences funding gives cause for concern.
Steve Broughton takes a long hard look at the detail behind the government's spending plans on UK flood defences and does not like what he finds. However, despite the spin, he believes there are some grounds for optimism.
RSA admits action needed on personal lines.
Royal & Sun Alliance has accepted that there are significant problems in its UK personal lines opera...
Royal Bank of Scotland profits up.
Royal Bank of Scotland has made first-half pre-tax profits of £2.33bn, up 12% on last year's figure ...
Zurich Insurance teams up with AA Business Services.
Zurich Insurance has teamed up with AA Business Services to offer small fleet operators a tailored c...
The Exchange provides comparative quotation supplier.
Supported by Standard Life, Clerical Medical, Norwich Union, Scottish Mutual, Friends Provident and ...
Kwik-Fit retains management after sale.
The daily running of Kwik-Fit Insurance Services will remain in the hands of its current management ...
Royal & Sun Alliance boss should quit.
The news that 1200 employees are to lose their jobs at Royal & Sun Alliance (Insurancewindow.net, 8 ...
Appointment at Autoglass.
Autoglass has appointed Simon Robson as a business manager within its strategic business team. He br...
BT redcare's roadshow starts in Bristol.
BT redcare's insurance roadshow starts on 17 September in Bristol, with a total of 22 countrywide se...
Vincent Sherman Associates.
James Payne has joined Vincent Sherman Associates, the insurance fraud investigation subsidiary of C...
Who will foot the bill?
Laurie Kamaiko reviews the mountain of insurance litigation that has arisen since the events of 11 September.