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UK insurer first into India
UK insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has become the first to sell general insurance in India through its j...
Storms cost £700m but fire and subsidence subdued
The insurance industry was hit by just under £700m of claims in the wake of the storms last autumn, a...
Repairers forced into fraud.
Insurers have been accused of breaching the Competition Act in an open letter sent to top UK motor i...
Fortis may escape £50m claim for Selby crash.
Flemish insurer Fortis could escape a £50m payout following last week's railcrash at Selby in North ...
WISe site raises the standards.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Broker still missing.
Scottish insurance broker David Gibson, who disappeared from his Stranraer home on 11 February amid ...
Irish broker jailed.
An Irish broker has been jailed for seven years, after pleading guilty to fraud and forgery involvin...
AA pays out £20m compensation.
The AA this week agreed to pay £20m in compensation to cartographer Ordnance Survey having admitted ...
Car wars.
The non-standard motor market has opened up, with specialist providers losing their pole position to the non-specialists, who have moved up a gear using sophisticated rating engines to quote. The race is on to recover lost ground, according to Edward…
Appointment at Alleghany Underwriting.
Julian Bosworth has joined the board of Alleghany Underwriting Risk Services and will be responsible...
War of words needs resolving.
The war of words between insurers and the independent bodyshop repair industry over labour rates and...
Friends in high places.
The advent of cybermediaries marketing high net worth cover on the net has raised a few eyebrows - personal service has always been central to HNW. Things are likely to stay that way, says Simon Threadgold, as insurers and brokers find new ways to add…
Axa to review involvement in motor market.
Axa is to undertake a full review of its involvement in the motor trade market and to drastically hi...
Transparency over Selby a welcome change.
The tragic Selby rail crash could result in the largest ever UK motor claim, as the insurer of the L...
AA to pay out £20m
The Automobile Association has agreed to pay £20m in an out-of-court settlement to map producer Ordna...
Jail sentence deterrent in motor fraud case
A man who made a fraudulent insurance claim along with three bogus passengers after an accident nearl...
Disease crisis cows insurers.
As the foot and mouth outbreak officially became a crisis - with the setting up of a Prime Ministeri...
Driving force.
In a change to traditional methods of catching uninsured drivers, a new initiative sees the insurance industry and the government working together on a database of registered vehicles. Hopes are high it will deliver the desired results, says Simon…
Joint cargo venture.
Tri-Mex International, providers of cargo monitoring telematics services, and Thomas Miller, which m...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Ecclesiastical has reorganised its claims department. As the new manager of claims operations, Derek...
What the Papers Say.
THE MIRROR When Cecily Gray's husband died, she wrote to car insurers Axa to request a refund on ...
Brokersure goes live.
Brokersure.co.uk, Cox's internet-based broking solution, has gone live and an additional 'low-user' ...
Fleets about Town.
Electronics and telecommunications giant Siemens has signed appointed motor claims specialist Town &...
Interim CEO for Lindsey Morden.
Canadian claims specialist Lindsey Morden, which owns UK loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey, has draft...