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Fire costs flare up.
UK fire costs exceed £5bn a year, according to the World Fire Statistics Centre's annual report to t...
Colgate in legal push.
Accident management specialist Colgate has purchased legal expenses provider Motor Law from The Acci...
Adams leaves Axa.
Mark Adams, chief executive for Axa PPP healthcare is to leave the company at the end of the month. ...
Driving the point home.
I read with interest the article "Who is in the driver's seat?" (PM, 11 October, p24). One of the...
BDML buys Sabre book.
Norwich Union has cut its involvement in the non-standard motor market with the sale of Sabre to BDM...
Wellington joins Pool Re
Lloyd's insurer Wellington has become a member of the UK government-backed reinsurer for terrorism ri...
Zenith launches small business operation
Lloyd's motor insurer Zenith has launched a new commercial insurance operation aimed at the small bus...
Claims Direct rekindles insurer feud
Personal injury specialist Claims Direct has slammed insurers in a report in today's Daily Telegraph,...
Norwich Union sells Sabre
Norwich Union has sold its non-standard motor subsidiary Sabre to BDML Holdings. It has previously ve...
Willis share offer.
Insurance broker Willis is to increase the number of shares publicly traded, with a secondary public...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph Boots is to reveal this week that its pension fund is shifting its entire £2...
EC rules on NCB.
The European Commission has requested Belgium and Finland to change national rules imposing a mandat...
APB all fired up.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has called for a clamp down on deliberately started car fires, which acc...
Open + Direct safe from sale.
Weekend reports that financial services company Open + Direct have been put up for sale by its paren...
DVT action raises fears.
The aviation insurance market is facing yet another potentially crippling problem, after the launch ...
Russian rules increase cross-selling.
Legislation that would make third-party motor liability insurance compulsory in Russia is expected t...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has taken on Paul Gladwin as high net worth underwriting manager. He brings with...
Chubb posts losses.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a third-quarter operating loss of $240.6m (£165m), including a $420m p...
Cox selection leaves Crowe life hanging.
The future of Lloyd's insurer Crowe's life syndicate 982 remains uncertain, following Cox's decision ...
Fraudsters jailed.
Newport Crown Court has given a Royal & Sun Alliance policyholder a suspended sentence and her partn...
Primary to enter motor market.
The Primary Insurance Group is set to enter the motor market, after targeting acquisitions in the se...
Link future looks to be uncertain.
The future of Lloyd's retail motor insurer Link was again thrown into uncertainty this week, after i...
Directline moves into online claims.
Directline.com customers can now log home insurance claims online. The new claims registration facil...
Annabel trades places for new old masters.
Annabel Fell-Clark began her working life as a trader at the London Stock Exchange, but after a move into insurance, she has found her own niche and with it a greater sense of job satisfaction, says Richard Adams.