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Smart acquisition.
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has acquired Keighley-based broker CS Horne Insurance Consultants. T...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas have joined Helphire Group to head the new national sales team of i...
Hiscox dump Fitch.
Hiscox has dumped Fitch IBCA as one of the ratings agencies it uses. At Hiscox's request, Fitch IBCA...
Pension alternative.
CGU Life has launched a new profit annuity product as an alternative means of providing income durin...
Metal gets heavy.
A law enforcement task force, Operation Twisted Metal, has arrested 31 members of an insurance fraud...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS An English couple who claimed they were victims of racial discrimination in a Scottis...
Target Terra Nova.
Bermuda's Terr Nova is to be bought by Virginia-based speciality insurer Markel in a cash and stock ...
Cyber-cover launched by Hiscox.
Companies with their own websites or intranet systems can now take out insurance to cover risks such...
Brokers urged to capitalise on legal upheaval - Legal expenses.
Brokers should get in early on new low-cost pre-event legal cover, claims Eastgate Assistance. It...
Polaris contract.
Broking systems supplier CSC has signed a contract with the Polaris board of insurers, the industry ...
Over to the GISC.
Institute of Insurance Brokers' director general Andrew Paddick has said the regulatory ball is now ...
RSA looks back over its UK life.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to undertake a full review of its UK life insurance operations. The news cam...
Court orders Nissan to honour contracts.
Nissan Fire & Marine has been ordered by the British courts to honour its obligations under two quot...
Pick 'n' mix travel suite.
HSBC, formerly Midland Bank, has a new 'pick 'n' mix' travel plan which it claims offers travellers ...
Tony calls it a day.
Tony Cornell, head of broker relations at CGU Insurance, is to retire at the end of next month after...
CU Polska's sales rocket with a touch of CLAS.
CU Polska, a Polish subsidiary of CGU, has sold over one million pensions in the first two months si...
Gan Lombard slams claims of favoritism.
Gan Lombard has hit back at rumours that workers from one company are being given preferential treat...
Racing for the prize.
Expertise is the key to success in the non-standard motor market. There is less of it about following some high-profile withdrawals as Jonathan Swift discovers.
Direct Line complains and is complained about.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received complaints about and from motor insurer Direct Line...
Motor market needs further consolidation.
The article 'CGU slams report' (PM 29 July, p3) does not provide a true reflection of the Bacon & Wo...
Chubb insurance hopes of healthy profit.
Chubb Insurance hopes to ring up a healthy profit with a new package for the telecommunications indu...
Broker pins future hopes on the Internet.
Motor insurance specialist H & R Insurance Services plans to capture 20% of the UK motorcycle market...
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths - The best yet for
The first thing you notice about Ironsure's new website is that it automatically opens a second wind...
Unlocking problems.
Anew scheme from Privilege Insurance aims to solve the problems faced by small businesses when keys ...