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Scottish Widows closure - 650 jobs threatened.
Scottish Widows is to close its administration office in Andover, Hampshire, with the loss of up to ...
Home Office deal for Harvey.
Hampshire-based Stuart Harvey insurance broker has signed a deal with the Home Office to provide leg...
Small name, big ideas.
How did the UK's third biggest insurer, Axa Insurance, significantly improve spontaneous name awareness, asks Alex Broad.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was relaxing with a refreshing gin & tonic on the train this week only to overhear a group dis...
AC increases range.
Accident Care has said it is to "significantly increase" its product range through existing channels...
Big time for Coversure.
General insurance broker Coversure is embarking on a major expansion drive. It will open nine new of...
Nice design, but interaction's what you need.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Resolve in ID dispute.
Loss adjuster Resolve International is looking at taking action to protect its name and reputation f...
Ockham to accelerate HighCo transfer
Ockham Holdings, which owns Lloyd's motor insurer Highway, said at its annual general meeting today t...
ZFS cuts repairer network down to size
Zurich Financial Services is to slash its approved repairer network panel from 370 to 230 repairers i...
Cigna quits reinsurance.
US-based Cigna Corporation is to quit the reinsurance market, having sold its US individual and grou...
ING rebrands.
Dutch insurance group ING is to rebrand as ING Re its reinsurance operations in the US, the Netherla...
Wellington set to buy Limit.
Wellington looked set to acquire fellow Lloyd's insurer Limit as Reinsurance went to press. Extra...
CNA forms cat unit.
CNA Re has formed a global catastrophe unit to coordinate the underwriting and management of all its...
Interest in annuities.
Most reinsurers have been avoiding annuity risks, but XL Mid Ocean recently reinsured annuity business for Century Life. Adrian Leonard finds out why it bucked the trend.
New auction date set for IRB Brasil.
The much-delayed auction of Brazil's state-owned reinsurer, IRB Brasil Re, has been rescheduled for ...
Accidentcare group makes £42k
Accidentcare Group, supplier of vehicle accident assistance, has recorded a modest increase in turnov...
US property/casualty income down
Low premium growth, increased loss and loss-adjustment expenses, declining investment income and lowe...
Consortium threat to adjusters.
The pressurised loss adjusting sector faces further competition with the establishment of a national...
Beware: the worst of the US has yet to reach us.
Tim Diveley, worldwide general claims manager of Chubb, warned that many of the worst aspects of the...
Canny canoe cover.
A new insurance policy offering cover for canoes and manually propelled leisure craft has been launc...
RSA's AA- rating.
Royal and Sun Alliance group's below average operating performance has led ratings agency Standard &...
Devitt Insurance signs deal.
Devitt Insurance has signed a deal with CGU and Mondial Assistance to launch a new travel insurance ...
What the Papers Say.
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Insuring against the risk of being abducted by an alien may not be high on y...