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Appointment at Wesleyan Assurance Society
Wesleyan Assurance Society has made Callum Girvan its new marketing director. Mr Girvan joins Wesley...
Lawyer insures rare cigars
A lawyer bought a box of 24 rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire. Within a mont...
XL Europe in Zurich Swoop
XL Europe has formed a new $50m (£26.5m) US liability underwriting unit after it acquired the busine...
Driven away
The National Plant and Equipment Register (TER) has aided the prosecution and conviction of five men...
Content in the knowledge
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IFA giant looks to £15m GI boost
UK independent financial adviser group the Tenet Group is aiming to achieve £15m gross written premi...
Appointment at Oak Underwriting
Oak Underwriting has appointed Andy Rolph as regional development manager, based in the Northern reg...
LIME launches new GI Introducer Facility
The Tenet Group’s Lifetime Insurance & Mortgage Experts, (LIME) is augmenting its general insurance (GI) proposition with the launch of a new GI Introducer facility.
Sorrow at passing of Benson AKA "Lucky" the dog
It is with very much sadness that More Than announces that Benson, the dog that plays the role of Lucky in the company's adverts, passed away yesterday. Benson, aged 12, had played the part of Lucky since the company's launch in June 2001, and died…
Alec Finch acquires
Alec Finch Group has acquired Oakley Financial Solutions Limited, a Manchester based independent financial advisor.
AIG woes felt at Lloyd's
Lloyd's insurer Ascot Underwriting has been impacted by the troubles at AIG, with AM Best placing its ratings under review.
Calling out for help
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Four-wheelers are not always at fault for two-wheeler accidents
The recent article 'Think once, think twice, think bike' (PM, 21 April, pp31-32) did a good job of p...
Appointment at Hill Dickinson
Hill Dickinson has appointed Jamie Taylor, former head of insurance claims fraud at DLA Piper Rudnic...
What the papers said this week
THE GUARDIAN AIG, the world's largest insurer, has cut $2.7bn (£1.4bn) from its net worth and detai...
Heritage board mulls takeover approaches
The Board of Lloyd's managing agent Heritage Underwriting was due to meet yesterday afternoon to dis...
IT in need of 'good' stress
Too often, a state of mutual suspicion exists between the IT department and the rest of the organisa...
RSA axes 100 in repairer restructure
Royal and Sun Alliance has axed a third of its body-shop partners, after completing the restructure ...
Biba looks to help ex-cons
The British Insurance Brokers' Association is launching a campaign to give ex-convicts access to mot...
Utley to wipe out PLC costs in private move
Former Cox chief executive Neil Utley has branded the insurer's recent time as a listed vehicle a fl...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be a guest interloper at the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters' AGM last ...
The roots of subsidence
The inability of policyholders to differentiate between the natural movement of buildings and subsidence has prompted industry calls for better customer education. Simon Threadgold reports on ideas aimed at cracking the problem
Kwik-Fit group expected to be sold by end of summer
The Kwik-Fit group, including its broking arm, is expected to be sold by the end of the summer. A sp...
Independent witnesses are key
Shaw v London Borough of Redbridge (Queen's Bench Division - 16 February 2005) In 1995, the claiman...