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Ensign motor close to MBO.
The management of Australian insurer QBE's motor syndicate 980 - Ensign Motor Polices at Lloyd's - is...
AA and Virgin sign new net deal.
Automobile Association Underwriting Services is set to sign a deal with the Virgin Group to sell its...
Class-conscious.
A spate of recent court cases and changes in legislation show a worrying trend of increased exposure for educators. David Fanning explains why a proactive approach may be the best solution.
Direct Line in credit hire deal.
Credit hire specialist Auto Indemnity has entered into an agreement with Direct Line to become a pre...
Almost half Drake policies cancelled.
Almost half the policyholders of motor insurer Drake, which went into receivership earlier this year...
Appointment at DJ Marshall & Others.
Lloyd's composite syndicate 839, DJ Marshal & Others, has recruited John Grant to join Graham Young ...
AMP rolls UK life operations into one
Australian insurer AMP has anounced it is to bring its UK life operations into a single business unit...
Link joins Egg panel.
Link Insurance, the general insurance arm of Kiln at Lloyd's, is to join the panel of online banker ...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Harry Tomczyk has become corporate marketing manager at Ecclesiastical Insurance. Mr Tomczyk joined ...
State Farm sparks tyre investigation.
Federal investigators looking into 62 deaths, allegedly caused by the failure of Bridgestone/Firesto...
100 000 Drake policies transferred to new insurers
The provisional liquidators at Deloitte & Touche have transferred 100 000 Drake Insurance to new insu...
Axa denies Asian agency problems.
Axa Asia Pacific Holdings has denied that the resignations of several agents in Hong Kong will hurt ...
AA look to Virgin.com for net sales
The Automobile Association is to team up with personal finance website virginmoney.com to sell motor ...
Gridlock on car debate.
With the growth in car ownership, Liberal peer Earl Russell introduced a Bill into the House of Lord...
Eastgate ULR product raises profile.
Eastgate Assistance is to target larger brokers with a new uninsured loss recovery product, as it lo...
Family values.
A worrying rise in the number of compensation claims and the amounts being awarded has sparked a major crisis among insurers. One way to counter the threat of increasing claims would be to include family legal expenses as part of cover.
Chubb boosts European Masterpiece.
Chubb Europe is set to boost its pan-European personal lines division with a significant seven-figur...
Sainsbury's fills gap.
Sainsbury's has said it has no plans to offer stand-alone motor insurance, despite its recent move i...
Garol targets online news.
Strategic consultancy firm Garol is launching a targeted online newsletter for brokers with the aim ...
Insurers target time-poor Britons online.
Insurers Hiscox and Halifax General Insurance moved into the online household market this week in a ...
Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon (and other cases).
House of Lords 27 July 2000 The claimant was a pupil at a school run by the defendant. An educa...
Cash back for care.
Internet intermediary insure. co.uk is to give cash back to policyholders in a new move to attract c...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has far more interesting things to do than get excited about Big Brother. Indeed, she finds pe...
Churchill swoops for Zurich staff.
Motor insurer Churchill Insurance looks set to gain from Zurich Financial Service's decision to clo...