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Aon: D&O rates to fall by up to 30% in some sectors
Rates for directors' and officers' insurance could be set to return to levels not seen since 2000, w...
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HIFX launches insurance division
Foreign exchange broker HIFX has launched an insurance division to provide home insurance for custom...
Broker outlines twelvefold growth plan
Motor retailing giant Arnold Clark has announced plans to grow its motor insurance business by incre...
Appointment at Huntswood Outsourcing
Huntswood Outsourcing has appointed Cliff Harrison and Andrew Wheeler to its insurance consultancy t...
Zurich releases new guide
Zurich has released a new guide, entitled How to Help Stabilise Premiums, to help brokers advise cus...
What the papers said this week
Metro A director of Swiss Re is suing a topless club, claiming it fleeced him of £16,000. Mitchell ...
Misys Financial Systems appoints corporate development manager
Misys Financial Systems has appointed Paul Matthews to the role of corporate development manager. Mr...
Brokers at risk from fine wine and food
The results of First Assist's mini health assessments at the conference showed that male brokers, bo...
Ascot named as Saatchi art insurer
Post Magazine understands Lloyd’s managing agent, Ascot Underwriting, is the insurer for Charles Saatchi's art collection which was destroyed in a warehouse fire.
Former RSA head joins GAB
GAB Robins has appointed Vic Noble as operations director – field force for both personal and commercial lines adjusting.
IIF president calls for heightened safety legislation
The new president of the Irish Insurance Federation, Paul Donaldson, has called for the allocation of greater resources to the enforcement of workplace safety legislation to reduce the cost of liability insurance.
80 jobs lost in Lytham as Axa adds to Indian workforce
Axa has announced 80 jobs at its Lytham St Annes office will be moved to India in the next year.
Axa in strategic alliance with NAG
Axa UK has announced a strategic alliance with National Australia Bank to offer Axa commercial insurance products and services to customers of the National’s three UK banks.
FSCS names interim chief executive
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has announced that Ron Devlin, OBE, has agreed to act as interim chief executive following the departure of the current chief executive, Suzanne McCarthy, at the end of May.
Motor giant replaces Misys with InsurE-com
InsurE-com has been contracted by Arnold Clark Insurance Services to implement its insur-E.tamCentral and insur-E.quote software as a replacement to Misys.
Time to test yourself
A selection of questions from various past-CII qualification papers. Whether you are studying for Chartered Insurance Institute exams or just want to test yourself, see how you do
Cox sets out to save £40m with major outsourcing deal
Cox today announced that it had entered into a ten year outsourcing agreement with CGI.
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny was delighted to be a guest at the high-powered ABI chairman's dinner this week - the guest li...
Call for new crime of insurance fraud
Insurers have welcomed the government's proposals to reform the law on fraud, but have warned there ...
Incoming president warns lawyers
Incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Colin Ettinger, is due to warn law...
IOC in WTC insurance warning
The International Olympic Committee has come under fire from the insurance industry for not finalisi...
Damages allowed after foreseeable risk of injury
Donachie v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (Court of Appeal - 7 April 2004)