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What a gay day.
The fate of sterling may be uncertain, but the 'Pink Pound' is on the march. If analysts are to b...
Feedback via web.
The Motoring Uninsured Loss Recoveries Association is seeking feedback through its new website www.m...
Which way now?
A vast underwriting loss, Ogden and Woolf, NHS charges, rating action - the UK motor insurance sector has a lot on its plate at the moment. Andrew Newman discovers how it plans to cope.
Pay at the pumps at Tesco.
Supermarket giant Tesco is offering customers the chance to pay insurance premiums when they pull up...
Appointment at Merricks Solicitors.
Motor liability experts Andrew Neill and Michael Chan have joined the Chelmsford office of Merricks ...
Plates say it all.
Directors of liabilty adjusters Specialist Liability Services Michael Woolston (left) and Andrew Whi...
New insurance entities wait in the wings
The UK could see almost a dozen new insurance entities starting up over coming months according to th...
Scor singled out as acquisition target.
Leading French reinsurer Scor has been named as one of three European insurance company stocks most ...
Who, what, when?
Dates, disclosure and the status of brokers were all under the spotlight in Callaghan v Thomson. John Butler examines a complex case.
Markel closes Terra Nova purchase.
Markel has announced that it expects to complete its acquisition of Bermuda-based reinsurer Terra No...
Gen Re looks at financial products unit.
General Re is "exploring strategic alternatives for General Re Financial Products", the US reinsurer...
HHH reach claims agreement
A shown down between broker Hill House Hammond and the claims outsourcing company Motor and Legal Gro...
Centrica in online drive
Centrica, owners of the Automobile Association, aims to broaden the AA's range of operations to inclu...
Service from the heart will always win over doubtful minds.
I read with interest your Comment 'Insurers reject calls for cash to back services', (PM 10 February...
Commentary - Can hostages claim damages?
Aeroplane hijacks are back in the news, and with them comes the question of what claims stem from su...
Iron Trades shares own experience.
Giles Quartly, liability manager, Iron Trades, said that it used an independent medical service base...
MSF furious over leaks.
Foul play is suspected over the timing of the CGNU deal. MSF national secretary Bill Walsh has wri...
£30m Olympic deal.
US insurer John Hancock has signed a new four-year deal to sponsor the Olympics - despite criticism ...
Appointment at Road Runner Insurance.
Specialist motor trade insurer Road Runner has promoted Jill Muncey from underwriting manager to ope...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical Insurance.
Ian Henderson has been appointed as manager of Ecclesiastical Direct Personal Lines. He joined the c...
Provident accelerates to £25.4m
Provident Financial, which owns Provident Insurance, Colonnade Insurance Brokers and Colonnade Direct...
Appointment at CNA Insurance (Europe).
Martin Duffield has been made regional underwriting manager at the Birmingham office of CNA Insuranc...
Appointment at Zurich Personal Insurances.
Zurich Personal Insurances has made three new appointments. David Swann has been made underwriting m...
Body of evidence.
Companies offering rehabilitation services have track records proving their success rates. Now all they need, says Steve Banner, is for insurers to take notice of them.