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Insurers accused of ignoring low income people.
The Office of Fair Trading has slammed the insurance industry for ignoring the needy in favour of th...
New business up 60%.
The Bank of Ireland-owned Lifetime Assurance has recorded strong growth in 1998 with a 60% rise in n...
CGU divorces product duplication to go single.
CGU IS set to go solo next Monday when it unveils its single product range for new business. The ...
Saint fails to save sinners from jail.
Three directors of a Hampshire insurance broker which went bust in 1993 have been jailed at Winchest...
A thorough cheque-up.
Most insurers will replace a lost or stolen everyday household item, but as Steve Banner finds out, the rules change when a claim is received for something more out of the ordinary.
Home is where the work is.
Home-based insurance teleworking is becoming a reality. Barry Jones explains how it should work.
Guardian kicks off red card scheme for brokers.
Guardian Insurance has launched an initiative aimed at blitzing underperforming brokers in its priva...
Warning to small firms.
Insurance software provider KPMG Consulting has warned that smaller 'best-of-breed' software package...
RoSPA and Toyota warn children of road hazards.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has pooled resources with car manufacturer Toyota ...
Young men are poorest payers.
Ground-breaking analysis with statistical software has pinpointed the type of person most likely to ...
Nice one, Norwich.
Norwich Union General Insurance Ireland has completed its implementation of the Nice general insuran...
Truth detector' developed by insurers.
A 'truth detector' developed by insurers is saving thousands of motorists from being duped into buyi...
Call to sink software pirates.
Insurers have backed calls from UK businesses for stiffer penalties for software piracy. A survey...
Justice, sincerity, and the north-south divide!
Post Magazine opened up the old north versus south row with a story which looked at which side of th...
Broker withdraws advert after complaint from rival.
The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered motorcycle insurer Carole Nash to change one of its ...
AA chief predicts fall in motor players.
Director expects number of companies in the market to tail off.
Universal calls for speedier car claims.
A leading salvage company has called on insurers to speed up the disposal process or face higher rat...
What the papers say.
THE GUARDIAN The Chinese government, keen to show the country is meeting the Millennium Bug threa...
Insurers' worst fears on costs are realised.
The Government's rejection of all attempts by the opposition parties to build-in a permanent review ...
Aston & Associates celebrates recovery of antiques.
Irish loss adjuster Aston & Associates is celebrating after its involvement in the recovery of a £50...
Public face that would be better off kept private.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Farmers could come a cropper with Y2K.
The Millennium Bug could prove more costly to farmers than the Colorado Beetle or BSE, but many rema...
Stone me, what a gem of an idea.
Lloyd's insurance group Crowe has devised a way of letting brokers know which of its products were d...
Insurers go with the flow.
The yacht and pleasure boat market is almost becalmed according to insurers, with one leading underw...