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No end to affinity benefits
Affinity schemes are soaring in popularity, with household and motor insurance leading the way, acc...
GAB shake up expected as Burke quits
Loss adjuster GAB Robins could be set to shake up its UK management structure, following chief oper...
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths
This site is an in-house effort by one of the firm's employees, but they still wanted me to review ...
Sirius quote system on track
Sirius expects to have several insurers' full complement of product offerings available on its Gemi...
The R3 Group acquires Harrison Beaumont
The R3 Group has acquired Harrison Beaumont Insurance Brokers based in Witney, Oxfordshire. The who...
S&C steps up purchase plans
The Harrogate-based Smart & Cook Group is stepping up its acquisition plans to purchase a broker wi...
Aegon funds Personal Touch
Intermediary Personal Touch Insurance aims to double its turnover to £25m this year and is building...
Linaker acquires Brian Chubb
Linaker Insurance Brokers has acquired Plymouth-based Brian Chubb Insurance Brokers for an undisclo...
Burning ambition
Arson attacks on schools are costing some £1m each week with pupils and ex-pupils, having specific knowledge of a building's weak points, the main culprits. The best way to halt the spread is to adopt an integrated risk management approach, says Jane…
10 years ago
The present crisis facing many smaller companies over employers' liability should come as no surpri...
Zurich instructs specialist division for claim
Zurich has instructed Capita McLarens' specialist Complex and Major Loss Division to handle a £20m ...
Rooting out problem areas
Flooding may be top of the claims agenda, but the risk of another subsidence event year - with the main culprits being trees on clay soil - cannot be ignored. New predictive techniques are proving valuable, but failure to act on findings could see…
What the papers said this week
FINANCIAL TIMES A two-pronged crack-down on misleading financial statements by companies has be...
Cox buys NMT assets
Cox Insurance has bought the assets of IT service provider NMT, following an initial decision not t...
St Paul looks set to withdraw UK personal from Lloyd's
US insurer St Paul is set for a £135m withdrawal of its UK personal lines business from Lloyd's this ...
Insurance industry should stop complaining
The insurance industry should stop complaining about a 'mythical' compensation culture and instead ...
King Lears wait in the wings for their cue?
I was interested to see the back page of the 26 December/2 January issue of Post Magazine, and the s...
Spanish firm eyes Manchester
The Spanish insurance company Ocaso, which specialises in household business, is looking to open a Ma...
The case for independence
As demand for assistance services grows, Steve Totty says providers need to be independent in order to meet customer expectations.
The emergency services
When something goes wrong, customers increasingly expect their insurers to deliver back-up services. Richard Adams examines the rapidly expanding assistance industry.
Insurers to act as theatres see premiums soar
The insurance industry is taking steps to help leading London theatres cope with crippling insuranc...
DTI steps in to give HLS cover
Following months of concerted action by animal rights activists against broker Marsh, the governmen...
IT provider MCS changes name
IT provider MCS has changed its name to Sectornet. The rebrand occurred after MCS introduced Net.Se...
A year of adjustment
Following a year that was anything but uneventful, 2002 has seen a period of adjustment across the board. Maggie Litster reflects on how the industry strived to regain its stability.