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QBE plans Lloyd's giant.
Australian insurer QBE is to establish the largest managing agent at Lloyd's, however it admitted it...
Technology Supplement - Policing cyberland.
Insurers are increasingly selling over the net, but issues of security and fraud are keeping potential customers away. Dom Pancucci believes it is vital companies police their sites and make them secure, if this trend is to be reversed.
GE nets travel cover.
GE Insurance subsidiary WorldCover Direct has launched its online travel insurance site at www.world...
Credit hire goes to Appeal Court.
It appears the Court of Appeal will, next year, be asked again to explore and give judgement over a ...
Lincoln UK sale collapses
US insurer Lincoln National has decided not to continue with the sale of its UK operation and cease w...
Arson Prevention Bureau releases latest figures.
Almost half of the 42,000 fires occurring on commercial properties each year are due to arson, accor...
Up to speed.
The motor market is beginning to show signs of rate recovery, following a volatile period which has seen insurers, such as Drake, go under, but the sector is divided over how long it will take to reach a return to profitability. David Fanning reports.
Technology Supplement - Crowd control.
While the world is tuning in to e-commerce, the insurance industry is lagging behind in the online profit stakes. Simon Threadgold explains how insurers can encourage the huge numbers of net users to visit their sites.
Adjuster role threat.
The "biggest threat to the loss adjusting industry is if we fail to evidence what it is we do and in...
Scot Prov and NPI Focus on goal:proposal.
Focus Solutions Group has won contracts with both Scottish Provident and NPI to provide them with it...
Appointment at Weather Direct.
Outdoor events insurance expert Steve Warner has joined the recently-launched Weather Direct Insuran...
Hiscox covers losses outside Lloyd's
Hiscox has recorded a fall in group operating profit for the first six months of this year to £900 00...
Students learn value of cover.
Students have been warned about the importance of home and contents insurance, after two rival studi...
Survive expands.
Business continuity group Survive relocated to new larger premises this week. The new UK headquarter...
Members better than corporates at Lloyd's
Syndicates managed by members' agents have consistently out-performed corporate syndicates of Lloyd's...
SVB - profits begin at home.
SVB Underwriting Services has launched a new product to help brokers profit from the rising number o...
Eversheds relocates.
National law firm and insurance specialist Eversheds is shutting its Middlesbrough operation, leavin...
Fastrack for lawyers.
Small Liverpool chambers 42 Castle Street has won the contract for indemnity work worth an estimated...
Appointment at DJ Marshall & Others.
Lloyd's Syndicate 839, DJ Marshall & Others has recruited Simon Abbott to the position of deputy und...
Hiscox to form joint venture with Leon Eeckman.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to form a joint venture with Leon Eeckman of Belgium to tap into that coun...
Sporting take-over.
Knightsbridge Holdings, the provider of financial advisory services to sports professionals, has ann...
Berwin: Drake deal.
City firm SJ Berwin has scooped one of the biggest insolvency contracts of the year, advising on the...
No solution to pension problems.
The pensions industry faces an extended period of uncertainty over minimum funding requirements, fol...
Clunk click cuts claims.
Insurers could save millions of pounds in claims if a test case is brought to challenge the present position on seat belts and contributory fault, argue Richard Ellis (left) and Andrew Pieri (right).