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Direct Line an also-ran.
Direct Line's bid to undercut the AA and RAC recovery services has already been bettered, according ...
Zurich plugs cover gap.
Zurich has launched a business interruption casualty cover aimed at closing a gap in the market that...
Take out cover', warns insurer.
Britain's biggest travel insurer has called on the travel industry to unite and ram home to holidaym...
Perth Motor Festival.
Spectators at this year's Perth Motor Festival quaked in their shoes at the prospect of Britain's wo...
Appointment at Association of Security Consultants.
Maurice Parsons has been made the new secretary of the Association of Security Consultants following...
Exclusive - RSA's one-stop motor shop.
Royal & Sun Alliance has launched a new one-stop-shop insurance solution for the motor industry, whi...
New CGU logo.
This is the first chance to see the new CGU logo ahead of its official launch, which is expected to ...
Untouchables of fraud scams.
Some cartels of conmen involved in multi-million pound fraudulent motoring claims operations are kno...
Consult in Doncaster.
Merescourt, a Doncaster-based mortgage and financial services company, has established an insurance ...
PI damages could rocket.
Damage awards in personal injury and fatal accident cases are likely to increase following the publi...
Homeowners warned on subsidence cost.
The British Insurance and Investment Brokers' Association is advising homeowners to make sure their ...
Lee Dixon signs for Orion.
Arsenal's double-winning defender and motor enthusiast, Lee Dixon (left), has signed for Orion in th...
Appointment at Crowe Insurance.
The Crowe Insurance Group has promoted head of marketing Quentin Crowe and compliance officer Norman...
Year 2000 - a people problem.
The millennium problem is about malfunctioning machines, isn't it? Not according to Richard Radevsky, who argues that people's behaviour is more of an issue for insurers to worry about.
Football fans face foul time with thieves.
France '98 is likely to be a time of rich pickings for thieves and pickpockets, yet thousands of Bri...
An alternative viewpoint.
Cologne Re's Milan Vukelic tells Alex Beatty why he is unimpressed with the market's craze for securitisation.
Feeling the heat at Rims.
This year's Rims conference saw the largest ever international delegation, but dissatisfaction from risk managers. Janina Clark reports.
General Re record despite soft market.
Operating income at US reinsurance giant General Re rose by nearly 10% to a record $250m in the firs...
Ship losses falling, says ILU.
Latest statistics from the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU) show that the fall in merchant shi...
Swiss Re expands in Latin America.
Swiss Re is increasing its Latin American premium income by more than a third with the acquisition o...
Cash offer from Exel/Mid Ocean.
Shareholders in Bermudian (re)insurers Exel and Mid Ocean will have the option of receiving cash ins...
Policy wording becomes a drag.
When damages to insured properties accumulate unnoticed, the courts must sometimes decide where liability ultimately lies.
Bricks and mortar.
Are equity release schemes the answer to the problems of funding care for an ageing population? Keith Sankey takes a look at what is on offer.
Lloyd's faces further profit decline.
Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor has warned that 1998 looks set to be a lean year for the Lloyd's market,...