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Appointment at Chubb.
Chubb Europe has made Jalil Rehman claims manager for Europe and has promoted Jonathan Dye to the po...
Feeley at the wheel.
Kevin Feeley has been appointed active underwriter of Lloyd's motor syndicate 963, part of the strug...
Kwik-fit recruits 100 following panel additions.
Telephone-intermediary Kwik-Fit Insurance Services, which delivers car, household and travel insuran...
Public should reflect on motor rates hike responsibility.
When an insurance item makes it onto BBC Radio 5 Live's Breakfast Show, you know it will not be doin...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
Macclesfield-based the Bollington Group has appointed Simon Richards to its motor trade division. He...
Funds for testing.
Thatcham, the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre, has been given £1m of extra funding by UK moto...
Gerling looks forward with impending acquisition.
Lloyd's managing agency Gerling, which runs troubled personal accident and health syndicate 1206, is...
Hiscox to host photography exhibition.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to host an exhibition of abstract photography that will give the audience ...
Whiter shade of ...
I really must protest. Why is it that Penny sees things in such black and white terms (Penny Black, 3...
CGNU expands general insurance business
CGNU is to acquire the Australian general insurance business of insurer Fortis for £111m in cash, in ...
Eureko takes Friends role.
European insurance group Eureko and some of its partners have confirmed they are to take a 10% stake...
Norwich Union recovers clock.
A very early complete British clock with a pendulum, made in 1658 and worth a six-figure sum, has be...
GISC fear in ULR.
Companies at the smaller end of the uninsured loss recovery market are becoming increasingly worried...
Euler: a corporate feast on the menu.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Insurers invest £1m to combat rising claims
Thatcham, the motor insurance repair research centre, has been given £1m of extra funding by insurers...
Time to change.
The latest Reinsurance Lunch Forum showed that, on many issues, the LMP2001 programme to modernise the London market has yet to satisfy everyone. Janina Clark listened in.
NU continues to quit niche markets.
Norwich Union has continued to streamline its general insurance business by withdrawing from the eque...
Jersey initiative kept direct writers at bay.
One of the main reasons for the forecast 25% hike in motor insurance premiums is the 1.5 million uni...
Insur-e: high street claim.
Rival insurance software providers have dismissed claims by insure-com that a quarter of high-street...
VSIB extends its code of practice.
The renamed Vehicle Systems Installation Board officially launched its extended code of practice thi...
Subsidence focus.
Post Magazine's first technical masterclass looked at the problems of investigating and reserving for...
easyclaims.com denies market exit.
Internet-based personal injury specialist easyclaims.com has denied it is considering pulling out of...
Fortis records loss.
Belgian-Dutch insurer Fortis has recorded a 5% fall in profits for the first three months of this ye...
Friends Provident votes to float
Members of mutual life insurer Friends Provident voted 97% in favour of floating the company on the s...