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DVLA in the line of fire.
Motor salvage company, Universal Salvage, is launching a national campaign to convince the governmen...
Sponsorship of police car.
Groupama Personal Insurances and car hire specialist One Stop Car Shop have joined forces to sponsor...
Seattle earthquake produces $330m of claims
Property/casualty insurers will pay $330m for claims resulting from the earthquake that struck Seattl...
Crowe changes follow Wallace resignation
The resignation of Andrew Wallace, active underwriter at Lloyd's motor syndicate 963 has resulted in ...
Credit hire association publishes prospectus
The prospectus for the newly formed Accident Management Association has now been published explaining...
PartnerRe shakes up US treaty underwriting
Bermuda-based PartnerRe has reorganised its US treaty underwriting operations into five teams concent...
Toyota buys controlling stake in Aioi.
Japan's biggest automaker Toyota last week secured a minority controlling stake in the soon-to-be-fo...
HHH acquisitions.
Hill House Hammond has acquired the personal lines and commercial business of Plymouth-based firm Cr...
AA team home in.
Towergate has teamed up with AA Insurance Services to provide non-standard household insurance to AA...
Industry must stop and listen.
Stop, look and listen. Three simple words. But apparently not simple enough for the insurance indust...
Illegal stowaway cover launched.
Manchester-based broker JL Manson and Partners has devised a policy designed to protect internationa...
CGNU goes Hungary.
UK insurance giant CGNU has acquired Hungarian high net worth life insurer Mebit from Dutch banking ...
Man-made effects.
A report by the Society of Fellows of the Chartered Insurance Institute has warned the insurance ind...
QBE profits climb.
Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group has recorded a 28% increase in net profits for the last six m...
Brokers in focus.
The broker will increasingly become "a service conduit", said Graham Harris, sales and marketing dir...
Japan: suspension.
Four Japanese general insurers, Nippon Fire & Marine, Dowa Fire and Marine, Fuji Fire and Marine and...
Insurers slam ratings slur.
Three motor insurers have hit back at a rating agency's claim that the chances of one of them going ...
Site attracts Ensign.
Town & Country Assistance's website, offering real-time claims tracking, has persuaded Lloyd's motor...
Uninsured cost UK drivers dear.
The Motor Insurance Bureau programme manager Donald Martin has supported findings by insurer Direct ...
Axa's results slip.
Axa's UK arm reported disappointing results last week, as the group posted a 24.2% increase in cash ...
Green Flag continues to sponsor on TV.
Motor assistance company Green Flag will race onto television screens next month, following its deci...
Aon wins BMS court battle.
Aon has won a settlement of £430,000, including legal costs, against former employees who passed con...
NIG has Advantage.
Broker-only insurer NIG's home screen-driven product Advantage Select is now available to intermedia...
Industry: failure to meet promises.
The industry must drastically improve its awareness of customer expectations, said Eddie Longworth, ...