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Figures from NFU Mutual show increase in theft.
Theft and property damage in rural areas have risen by a third in the first quarter of 2000, accordi...
MIIC: free seminars.
The Motor Insurers' Information Centre is to run two free seminars for IT professionals in the insur...
Tiredness kills.
The government has launched Think, a campaign to reduce motor accidents caused by people falling asl...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Macclesfield-based broker The Bollington Group has taken on Paul Stagg as motor trade underwriting m...
Insurers must focus on the fraud fight.
The huge jump in rural crime has a much wider relevance than simply being a blow for those insurers ...
McLarens reforms beat schedule set.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis has completed its structural review and put the findings in place thre...
Prudential's great Egg race.
Egg, Prudential's internet bank, is entering the motor insurance market this weekend with Egg Insure...
Rocky road to recovery.
The ice storm of 1998 did little to thaw frozen reinsurance rates, and fewer and fewer cessions mean improvement in the Canadian reinsurance market is likely to be slow. Adrian Leonard reports.
Indie Irish manager leaves for family reasons
Michael Gaughan, the man who help set up Independent Insurance's Irish operation and became its first...
Independent profits up
Independent Insurance reported strong growth with a 39% rise in underwriting profit to £24m in its in...
Rural crime on the up
There has been a dramatic rise in rural crime according to a new report from insurer NFU Mutual. Th...
Barclays and Woolwich unite
Barclays bank is to acquire the Woolwich for £5.4bn, doubling the bank's 4% share of the UK home lo...
CGNU close to US sale
CGNU is expected to announce it has found a buyer for its US property and casualty operations in the ...
Ecclesiastical dismisses bats claim.
A leading church insurer has dismissed pressure group claims that England's churches are under siege...
Eggs-pence accounts.
The rapid growth of payment alternatives means companies no longer have to keep all their financial eggs in one basket. After a decade of market expansion, premium finance has come of age, says Simon Threadgold.
Motor drives out online competition.
Motor insurance products have a stranglehold on the rest of the financial market when it comes to on...
Burgoynes new Welsh office is eighth UK base.
Claims engineers Burgoynes opened its eighth UK office in Cardiff this week to service Wales and the...
Argyll signs sponsorship deal.
Worthing-based broker Argyll hopes to slam dunk the opposition after signing a sponsorship deal with...
Bupa opens health clinic in India.
A ceremonial lamp was lit to mark the official opening of Bupa's first health and lifestyle clinic W...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Germaine Greer, the feminist author, has been burgled, just three months afte...
Zurich and Bupa make alliance
Zurich Life International and Bupa International have signed an alliance to enable the two to offer a...
Cunningham Lindsey sets the stage for expansion.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey International has expanded its media division with the acquisition ...
Insurers' rate-rise hopes dashed by reality.
Competition from direct writers, niche and international players will restrict rate rises on some li...
UK's top insurers surprise analysts.
The UK's two largest general insurers produced surprising interim results for different reasons last...