Regulation
CBG Group acquires ET Knagg
Manchester-based CBG Group has acquired broker ET Knagg for around £1.4m. ET Knagg, a commercial bro...
Liberty bosses not forced out
Liberty Syndicate Management has denied suggestions its managing director and underwriter were force...
Prudential restates GI market ambitions
Prudential's latest £8.3m motor insurance marketing campaign has been described as a reminder that i...
Life Insurer of the Year - Friends Provident - Flying high
The British Insurance Awards 2006
Amendment to Compensation Bill
The latest Compensation Bill amendment, Clause 3, was described as a potential "dirty piece" of legi...
Small claims court in danger, says ABI
The "popular and user-friendly" small claims court is in danger of becoming obsolete unless the limi...
Introduction - Awards reveal dynamic industry
The British Insurance Awards 2006
Sterling Insurance and Sterling Life’s IFs ratings upgraded
Sterling Insurance Company and Sterling Life today announced that their IFS (Insurer Financial Strength) ratings have been upgraded to A- (A minus) from BBB+ by Fitch, the global rating agency. Both companies are part of the Sterling Insurance Group.
CBG Group acquires broker
Manchester-based CBG Group has acquired the broker ET Knagg and Co for around £1.4m.
Europ Assistance ties up claims outsourcing with Citybond Suretravel
Europ Assistance is opening a dedicated claims unit for its major corporate client, Citybond Suretravel. This news follows a recent two-year extension of the contract between the two organisations.
European insurance assets top €6 trillion in 2005
CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, has published provisional figures showing that 2005 saw the total investments of the European insurance industry passing the €6,000bn mark for the first time, reaching €6,371bn ($8,091bn).
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers
Insurers shunned in offshore exodus
Local authorities have further shunned the insurance market, with plans for an offshore mutual to la...
Appointment at Assurant Solutions
Sue Northend has been made learning and development officer at Assurant Solutions. Ms Northend joins...
Called to account
Broker Focus: Client monies
A sticky situation
Broker Focus: Commission disclosure
Warm reception
Ed Balls, MP and Economic Secretary to The Treasury, addressed members of the Post Magazine Business...
Companies agree to drop unfair contract terms
Norwich Union, St Andrews Insurance and Amtrust have agreed to drop unfair contract terms from payme...
The saga of The Accident Group continues
The saga of failed personal injury firm The Accident Group continued after a new timetable was set f...
Moody’s reviews SCOR ratings for possible upgrade
Moody's Investors Service has announced that it has placed the Baa1 Insurance Financial Strength Ratings of SCOR and its various subsidiaries, as well as SCOR's Baa1 senior and Baa3 subordinated debt ratings on review for possible upgrade.
Regulator slaps NU and HBOS for 'unfair' PPI terms
Three insurers have agreed to drop unfair contract terms from their payment protection insurance policies, after the regulator found they were detrimental to consumers. Norwich Union, St Andrews Insurance and Amtrust have been forced by the Financial…
Towry Law rebrands as TL Risk Solutions
Towry Law Insurance Brokers has changed its name to TL Risk Solutions, following its acquisition by Broker Network.
FSA report: 'The sale of payment protection insurance - results of thematic work'.
In November 2005 the FSA published a report, In this work, we came across terms in payment protection insurance (PPI) contracts that prevented consumers from receiving any refund if they repay their loan early outside the statutory cancellation period (…
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