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Appointment at Winterthur Life.
Winterthur Life has appointed three new business development managers to its professional advisers d...
Screentrade boost.
Screentrade, the comparative Internet service operated by Misys and Shaw Insurance Brokers, has trip...
Warranties looking up.
The extended warranty market is picking up again, though the less well-off are still vulnerable to s...
Appointment at Knights Commercial Insurances.
Former Willis Corroon employee Graham Wedgbury has started up his own insurance brokerage, called Kn...
Exclusive - St Paul in bid to convert medical sector.
An insurer is planning a major push into the medical liability market just as the Medical Defence Un...
Just who is a keyman?
Insurers that deal in keyman insurance believe many firms are approaching it in the wrong way, taking out cover just for their 'top dogs'. David Fanning finds out why they believe this is a mistake.
Appointment at Bond Pearce.
Bond Pearce has promoted Eliza James to an associate within the law firm. She is part of the company...
Adjuster calls for arson overhaul.
Arson claims investigation should be standardised, according to loss adjuster Crawford. Speaking ...
Bank entitled to refuse letting of house.
A mortgagor (borrower) granted Lloyds TSB Bank legal charge of a house in Oxfordshire to secure borr...
Pinnacle Insurance extends sponsorship deal.
Pinnacle Insurance has extended its sponsorship deal with Nottingham Forest Football Club - although...
Team transferred.
Robert Fleming Insurance Brokers has transferred its professional indemnity team to Alexander Forbes...
Buy for Bennetts.
Bournemouth broker chain Bennetts Insurance has bought local business David Sheppeard Insurance. ...
Appointment at Davies Arnold Cooper.
Melanie Isherwood has left law firm Hempsons to join the Manchester dispute resolution team of Davie...
Appointment at Cox Lee & Co.
Walsall brokers Cox Lee & Co has recruited David Thornton as account manager. Mr Thornton was previo...
Appointment at Town & Country Assistance.
Ipswich-based motor claims handling company Town & Country Assistance has formed a new sales and mar...
UPS sued for $14bn.
United Parcel Services is facing a $14bn (£8.5bn) lawsuit from 20 customers who claim it misled them...
Full house.
Despite a rash of new entrants, John Burke finds established household insurers see barriers to innovation and competition.
All change at Velo and VMAM
Broking giant Aon has taken over the controlling interest in Velo Motor Accident Management, the acci...
PI at Crowe.
Lloyd's insurer Crowe is to start writing professional indemnity insurance and reinsurance from 1 Ja...
Stuck in first gear.
Prospects for European motor reinsurers look grim, with the current woes of the market magnified at the reinsurance level. Cameron Andrews reports.
Lloyd's forecasts losses
Lloyd's latest forecasts show that the market expected to make losses of £94m ($150m) for the 1997 ye...
Axa forms Japanese joint-venture
Axa is to take control of Japanese life insurance firm Nippon Dantai and invest up to 1.9bn euros int...
CGU ties up £125m outsourcing deal
CGU has signed a seven-year, £125m contract with IBM Global Services, which will see IBM run its data...
Bennetts buys up Sheppeard
Bennetts Insurance, the independent motor and household intermediary has acquired David Sheppeard Ins...