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Stress levels in schools escalating
Stress levels in schools and colleges are escalating at an alarming rate, according to figures from ...
How about pay-as-you-go EL insurance?
Good to see Norwich Union is to pilot pay-as-you-drive motor insurance (PM, 19 August, p3). Presumab...
Stolen works of art not insured against theft
Edvard Munch's The Scream and Madonna, which were stolen from Oslo's Munch Museum at gun point, were...
Rodilosso leaves Folgate
Julie Rodilosso has left The Folgate Partnership after less than six months with the business, reports James Salmon from Insurance Age.
HBOS launches women-only insurer
Halifax Bank of Scotland has launched First Alternative Woman, promising average savings of up to £130.
Scream and Madonna insurance failure
Edvard Munch's The Scream and Madonna which were stolen from Oslo's Forsikring museum at gun point yesterday were not insured against theft. Many of the world's famous works of art are not covered for theft due to the high cost of insurance.
Confidence trick
Confidentiality Concerns
Chubb: litigation trends a concern for SME bosses
Chubb Insurance has joined Royal and Sun Alliance in raising concerns about the long-term trend towa...
NAIC head quits
Ernie Csiszar has resigned as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and as South Carolina Director of Insurance.
GISC reprimands Riding and suspends membership
The General Insurance Standards Council has suspended independent intermediary Riding’s membership following the decision that Riding failed to provide information requested by GISC after an unsatisfactory monitoring report.
Velotti joins Rosemont Re
GoshawK, the parent company of Rosemont Re in Bermuda, has announced the appointment of Stephen Velotti as senior US property underwriter.
Facing up to the after effects
The past seven days have seen two catastrophic events put the insurance industry under the spotlight...
Hiscox sale completes standard scheme wind-down
Insurer Hiscox has said the sale of its independent financial adviser home insurance scheme to R3 Gr...
A slice of PI
Legal Report
RSA buoyed by results
Royal and Sun Alliance has begun talking tough after it posted "better than expected" results for th...
Invaro sister companies set to be investigated
Two sister companies of Invaro are set to follow the failed personal injury specialist by going into...
Greenaway is good news but support is needed
If comprehensively implemented, the recommendations in the Greenaway Report, published last week, wi...
What the papers said this week
The Times The cost of insuring directors against legal actions by disgruntled shareholders has begu...
One size does not fit all brokers
Contrary to what Zurich managing director, UK commercial, Peter Burrows claims (PM, 5 August, p1), t...
Appointment at Sterling Insurance
Sterling Insurance has appointed Clive Cullen as senior account manager for its motor creditor divis...
Norwich Union confirms two-year pilot
Norwich Union has confirmed it will roll out a full two-year pilot of its pay-as-you-drive motor ins...
Little help from Greenaway
I wholeheartedly agree with everything Steve Tidd said in his letter last week (PM, 12 August, p8). ...
NU aims to grow motor share after £120m buy
Norwich Union has intensified efforts to increase its share of the private motor insurance market by...
Travellers Protection Services renews its contract
Norwich-based Travellers Protection Services has renewed its contract, for the seventh consecutive y...