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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...
PIA fines Westerby.
The Personal Investment Authority has fined Leicester firm Westerby Investment Management £20,000, o...
GE Frankona dumps cargo & freight.
GE Frankona Reinsurance is withdrawing from the UK cargo & freight liability market, worth some £18m...
Floating voters.
Approximately 1.7 million members of Friends Provident had the opportunity to vote on the insurer's ...
Npower launches insurance services division.
Npower, the electricity and gas supplier, has launched an insurance services division to sell travel...
Hot properties.
More people than ever own holiday homes and caravans so they can head for the sun at a moment's notice. Insurers are well aware of the opportunities of this burgeoning market and many now offer specialist cover for the risks associated with second homes,…
UIA in Napo deal.
The mutual affinity insurer to trade unions UIA Insurance has been appointed by Napo, the profession...
Homecheck site makes housework fun.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
ABI dismisses mould problems.
The Association of British Insurers has dismissed the potentially costly problem of mould as an issu...
Tyser fined by Lloyd's tribunal.
Lloyd's broker Tyser & Co has been fined £105,000 including costs by a Lloyd's Disciplinary Tribunal...
Second Sight for Ark & General.
Risk management specialist Ark & General has released a new software product Second Sight aimed at t...
Croweonline.com launch.
Lloyd's motor insurer Crowe syndicate 963 has launched croweonline.com, a unique facility allowing s...
GE Frankona Re exits cargo & freight liability
GE Frankona Reinsurance is withdrawing from the UK cargo & freight liability market, worth some £18m ...
GE Frankona Re exits UK cargo & freight
GE Frankona Reinsurance is withdrawing from the UK cargo & freight liability market, worth some £18m ...
AIG: speculation grows over personal lines.
Speculation that US-insurer AIG is to significantly increase its foothold in the personal lines mark...
Thousands wasted on the buses.
Insurance company engineers are wasting thousands of pounds a year on poor valuations of special veh...
InsurE-com total up.
Insurance software house insurE-com has claimed the registration of 278 more intermediaries followin...
St Paul legal stretch.
The St Paul has extended its free partnership replacement plan to all its 2-15 partner firms. Under ...