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Appointment at Countrywide Insurance.
Simon Trott has been made sales and marketing director of Countrywide Insurance. He joined the compa...
Coming up with the goods.
When a policyholder makes a claim on their household policy, different insurers have different procedures. Simon Threadgold talks to some of the main players in the market.
In Pole position.
Norwich Union has been granted a licence to set up a life insurance company in Poland. The new compa...
Exclusive - Downside to cheaper cars.
Fraudulent motor claims could escalate and free insurance for new purchases disappear if UK car pric...
Armed against crime.
You would think that most medium-sized to large companies would insist on having fidelity insurance - or crime cover - against theft by their employees. Not so says David Fanning, who finds out why.
Bollington on move.
Motor trade insurance specialist Bollington Group has relocated its corporate risks division to a bi...
Appointment at Chartwell Underwriting.
Fine art specialist Graham Young has joined Chartwell's Syndicate 839. Previously he was with the...
Penny Black's insurance week.
It is good to see that the insurance industry is still full of free-thinking and politically correct...
Fire destroys school.
Zurich Municipal called in Cunningham Ellis & Buckle's Specialist Adjusting Network after a fire dev...
Reinsurance online.
News, features, technical reports, conference details, job advertisements ... what single source giv...
Munich Re sees less capacity, harder rates.
The Munich Re group has predicted a fall in global reinsurance capacity in 2000, partly in response ...
Time to talk tough.
Reinsurance hears the hard-hitting world view of Herbert Haag, head of Bermudian group PartnerRe.
Aon Group CFO.
Eric Warner (above) has been appointed chief financial officer and board director of Aon Group, the ...
Mapfre Re makes US acquisition.
Spanish reinsurer Mapfre Re is to gain a physical presence in the US by acquiring Chatham Re. Map...
Lloyd's unveils new rules for brokers.
Lloyd's has published proposals that would allow greater broker access to its market. Its plans w...
Turkish pool worries insurers.
A plan by the Turkish government to set up a compulsory domestic property insurance scheme and insur...
Crowe at Solihull supports local hospital.
Motor insurer Crowe at Solihull rallied to support a local hospital where underwriter Jimmy O'Reilly...
A well-travelled road for agents.
Brokers and agents have always faced the challenge of being missed out of the insurance sales chain,...
Art for Chartwell.
Chartwell Underwriting, the Lloyd's professional indemnity specialist with a capacity of £90m for th...
What the Papers Say.
DAILY MAIL A factory worker has been awarded more than #190,000 for a repetitive strain injury ca...
Broker introduces compulsory add-ons.
A broker has introduced compulsory legal expenses insurance add-ons for all its commercial clients. ...
Union specialist.
Insurance intermediary BDML Connect is to provide specialist union affinity schemes insurer UIA Insu...
Sink or swim for car pools.
Lloyd's motor insurer Highway has hit out at the industry for refusing to support environmentally-fr...
Northern Star eclipsed in merger.
Northern Star is to lose its name and staff as part of its integration with Bishopsgate. The two ...