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Collins made MD.
Kevin Collins has been appointed as managing director designate of Ipswich-based broker Poundsgate. ...
Back IT up.
With a growing number of UK companies relying on increasingly sophisticated technology and the e-commerce opportunities it offers, it is vital this valuable asset is adequately protected, says David Fanning.
CGNU to sponsor exhibition at Tate Modern.
CGNU will sponsor the first major exhibition at Tate Modern from 1 February to 29 April next year. C...
Appointment at Chubb Europe.
Chubb Europe has appointed Simon Mobey to the newly-created position of European personal lines unde...
Shipping team weighs anchor.
Bournemouth-based law firm Lester Aldridge has recruited a shipping and marine insurance team from S...
QBE puts Iron Trades retail into run-off.
Australian insurer QBE has placed Iron Trades' Retail Division into run-off, with the potential loss...
1000: right on Cue.
Composite Legal Expenses has signed up its 1000th agency to its computerised insurance quotation sys...
Cracking up.
Subsidence is unsettling for homeowners and insurers alike, and the freak weather conditions the UK has been experiencing of late are likely to exacerbate the situation. Preventative measures are the key to averting a landslide of claims, says Simon…
InsurE-com: new tailored internet connections from Impeganet.
Internet specialist, insurE-com, has opened a new internet service business division ImpegaNet that ...
Motor database to take to the road at last.
It might have taken a lot longer than expected, but this week, the insurance industry finally took a major step towards tackling the problem of uninsured driving that is expected to cost the industry £215m this year alone. Jonathan Swift reports.
Carrying the can.
Product recall is every manufacturer's worst nightmare, but the market is ripe for development by creative brokers and underwriters, argue Chris Lemar and Tom Battell.
CGNU predicts floods will cost it £200m as it announces loss
The UK's largest general insurer CGNU said it expects to pay out less than £200m in insurance claims ...
ABI defends claims record
The Association of British Insurers insists that insurers are responding promptly and positively to t...
Words of warming.
The severe storms and floods witnessed over the past month could become much more common throughout ...
Broker scraps network plan.
Shropshire-based Millennium Insurance has abandoned a deal with financing company Cheque Centres tha...
Convoy from Bosnia Red Cross and Land Rovers Club take supplies.
Insurance professionals Max Spurgeon, right, and Paul Devlin of Medical Sickness Society and Devlin ...
Methven v Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
Court of Appeal 10 October 2000 The defendant's vehicle was attending an emergency and the flas...
Aon acquires high net worth broker
Aon Risk Services has acquired high net worth broker Needham Jobson and Co. The fine art and antiqu...
ABI counts costs of storms and floods.
The Association of British Insurers has said it is too early to put a figure on the storms and flood...
Christmas cover.
Telebroker Peoples Choice is offering free fire and theft cover on new Christmas technology purchase...
Technology-driven solution.
Uninsured drivers are a blight on society. The insurance claims they generate are costing honest pol...
McLarens Toplis handles claim for train derailment.
Loss adjuster McLarens Toplis is handling a £3m claim on behalf of St Paul Insurance, after another ...
Negative result for Folgate.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
A site of safety.
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a new website, www.hse-databases.co.uk/prosecutions/, w...