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Coface upbeat despite fall.
Credit solutions provider Coface UK saw a 19% increase in turnover for 2001, down from 23% in 2000, ...
No Triumph.
A fire that started last Friday evening at the Triumph motorcycle factory in Hinkley, Leicestershire...
Markerstudy in car lease deal.
Broker wholesaler Markerstudy, in conjunction with First Active Cars, is offering a flexible car lea...
Lord Chancellor to increase statutory level of bereavement damages.
The Lord Chancellor is set to increase the statutory level of bereavement damages for fatal accident...
More Th>n signs sponsorship deal with Channel Five.
Royal & Sun Alliance subsidiary More Th>n has signed a six figure deal with Channel Five to sponsor ...
Fortis plans to widen scope after profits rise.
Fortis Insurance in the UK, which recorded a profit before tax of £32.7m in 2001, compared to £26.5m...
Spencer to quit RSA
Paul Spencer, UK chief executive of Royal & Sun Alliance is set to quit the troubled insurer. RSA ...
QBE chief supports liability payouts cap.
QBE chief executive Frank O'Halloran has thrown his support behind growing calls to cap public liabi...
British Touring Car Championship sponsored by Green Flag.
The 2002 season of the British Touring Car Championship will be sponsored by wholesale insurer and m...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has had a busy week, hobnobbing around the capital, flitting along with the rest of the indust...
What the papers said this week.
The Daily Telegraph A woman reported her husband for exaggerating his injuries in a car accident,...
The personnel touch.
Managers in the insurance industry are gradually getting used to the idea that to get the best performance from their staff, it is essential to make contact with them on a regular basis. David Fanning urges senior personnel to make that call.
Flood and fire.
Disaster recovery specialist Ark & General has written to the UK's major insurers in an attempt to g...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Dave Lennon has joined Devitt Insurance Services as sales manager for the company's Romford call cen...
Daniel Bunyan youngest to gain insurance qualification.
Daniel Bunyan, left, has become the youngest person to attain the Chartered Insurance Institute's Fo...
All that glisters?
On the whole, the high net worth sector is relatively low on fraud, however, insurers still take preventative measures, while, of course, treading carefully to avoid losing valued customers. Duncan Robertson finds out how.
Cut IPT to 4% say insurers
The Association of British Insurers has written to the Treasury calling for it to act over insurance ...
Rebrand for the Debt Exchange
The city3k Debt Exchange has been rebranded on its first anniversary as The Run Off Centre. It allows...
Guilty hands.
Police forces across the UK are increasingly adopting British crime prevention system, SmartWater to...
Under the hammer.
The consequences for auction houses of unknowingly selling a stolen item can be severe. A code of due diligence has been hammered out and by following it, they show good faith - a vital defence if the worst should happen, says Richard Ellis.
The fine art of staying up to date.
The art and antiques market is in a constant state of flux and the insurance industry needs to be fl...
Water companies bound to maintain their sewers.
Peter Marcic v Thames Water Utilities (Court of Appeal - 7 February 2002).
On the right track.
The advent of DNA-based security techniques has been a major boost to the tracking and recovery of stolen pieces of art or antiques. And with the growing support of insurers, the police and policyholders, fine art thieves had better watch their backs,…
Royal & Sun Alliance joins forces with Leeds United FC.
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance joined forces with Leeds United football club to promote the injury pre...