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Hastings Direct to recruit 400 staff
Motor broker Hastings Direct is looking to open a second office and recruit up to 400 staff, as part ...
Peace of mind comes cheap
Talking about the benefit of insurance to the public (Post Magazine, 3 October, p16), I have just r...
The ties that bind
As the rules governing the Lloyd's market change, some syndicates involved in binder business may find themselves in breach of the new regulations. Richard Teff explains why.
DAS realigns its senior management structure
Legal expenses insurer DAS has realigned its senior management structure, following the departure o...
Cars and stripes
Nostalgia, romance, speed, added-extras. For whatever reason enthusiasts choose to drive American cars, they all need insurance, and this specialist sector is proving profitable for insurers. But an understanding of what drives their customers is always…
Intermediary Systems builds new property risk database
Intermediary Systems has built a new property risk database Residata 360, which it claims is an in-de...
Appointment at Beachcroft Wansbroughs
National law firm Beachcroft Wansbroughs has strengthened its national catastrophic injury unit with ...
HSE slammed for being too "haphazard"
Law enforcement in the workplace by the Health and Safety Executive has been deemed "minimal and ha...
Zenith in India move
Premier Line, the direct commercial subsidiary of Lloyd's insurer Zenith, this week became the late...
Penny Black's insurance week
Penny has had a busy week as ever, which started with the Association of British Insurers annual medi...
Capita to cut staff in wake of Smith departure
Capita Insurance Services is to lay off 38 staff at its Colchester-based uninsured loss recovery di...
Managing direct of insurE-com quits
Ralph Ehlers, managing director of insurance business system provider and internet specialist insur...
Sunderland City Council head serves second term as chairman of Alarm.
David Fleetwood, head of procurement and risk management at Sunderland City Council, has become the ...
Axa staff may face further job cuts
Axa has not ruled out further UK job losses after announcing it will exit commercial non-motor and ...
Motor and household rates stabilise
Motor and household rates are stabilising, according to the AA's latest British Insurance Premium I...
IRM moves out of red as fund set up
The Institute of Risk Management is £30,000 in the black and has already raised £12,000 towards a new...
Integralis launches computer forensics service
IT and computer security specialist Integralis has formally launched a computer forensics service t...
Arepa eyes UK hi-tech market
Scandinavian hi-tech disaster recovery specialist Arepa Group has launched a UK division headed by ...
20 years ago
Employers' liability is in the spotlight at the moment, with reform of the system top of everyone's...
What's on insurancewindow.net this week?
There are now a host of additional elements to insurancewindow.net, on top of the daily breaking ne...
Lloyd's syndicates pick up share of claim
Several Lloyd's syndicates, including those managed by Wellington, Ace, GE Frankona and XL London M...
Watch out
Michelle Bannister, business development manager at the Financial Services National Training Organi...
Goss Group expands with Pendleton May merger
Broking and financial services company the Goss Group has acquired the Pendleton May Group, creatin...
Virgin enters market with own brand cover
Virgin Money plans to launch its own branded general insurance products next year, Post Magazine ha...