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Norwich Union sells Sabre
Norwich Union has sold its non-standard motor subsidiary Sabre to BDML Holdings. It has previously ve...
Willis share offer.
Insurance broker Willis is to increase the number of shares publicly traded, with a secondary public...
What the Papers Say.
The Sunday Telegraph Boots is to reveal this week that its pension fund is shifting its entire £2...
EC rules on NCB.
The European Commission has requested Belgium and Finland to change national rules imposing a mandat...
APB all fired up.
The Arson Prevention Bureau has called for a clamp down on deliberately started car fires, which acc...
Open + Direct safe from sale.
Weekend reports that financial services company Open + Direct have been put up for sale by its paren...
DVT action raises fears.
The aviation insurance market is facing yet another potentially crippling problem, after the launch ...
Russian rules increase cross-selling.
Legislation that would make third-party motor liability insurance compulsory in Russia is expected t...
Appointment at Groupama Insurances.
Groupama Insurances has taken on Paul Gladwin as high net worth underwriting manager. He brings with...
Chubb posts losses.
US insurer Chubb has recorded a third-quarter operating loss of $240.6m (£165m), including a $420m p...
Cox selection leaves Crowe life hanging.
The future of Lloyd's insurer Crowe's life syndicate 982 remains uncertain, following Cox's decision ...
Fraudsters jailed.
Newport Crown Court has given a Royal & Sun Alliance policyholder a suspended sentence and her partn...
Primary to enter motor market.
The Primary Insurance Group is set to enter the motor market, after targeting acquisitions in the se...
Link future looks to be uncertain.
The future of Lloyd's retail motor insurer Link was again thrown into uncertainty this week, after i...
Directline moves into online claims.
Directline.com customers can now log home insurance claims online. The new claims registration facil...
Annabel trades places for new old masters.
Annabel Fell-Clark began her working life as a trader at the London Stock Exchange, but after a move into insurance, she has found her own niche and with it a greater sense of job satisfaction, says Richard Adams.
Motor breakthrough.
Insurers look set to end their long-running feud with bodyshops, after returning to the negotiation ...
South Korea motor shake-up.
Kyobo Life looks set to shake up the South Korean motor insurance market, after becoming the first l...
As flood season starts again self-defence is best solution.
Yet again, we are all in for a deluge of flood claims which, one assumes, has adjusters rushed off t...
Crawford, Miller Fisher and PCS dumped from Groupama loss adjusting panel
Groupama has announced that it has ditched Miller Fisher, Crawford and Company and PCS from its loss ...
Claims Direct puts forward franchisee exit offer
Troubled no win no fee company Claims Direct has offered its disgruntled franchisees a choice of thre...
What's in a name?
Over the last few years, there have been several incidents of big names suffering extensive brand damage - Firestone, Coca-Cola and Levi's for example. Kate Hinsley examines to what extent companies can insure against the disruption of brand profit…
View from the top - Andrew Torrance
Andrew Torrance, General Manager, Allianz Cornhill. Uninsured driving is a scourge on society and o...
Midlands Alliance unveils ambitious growth plans.
The Midlands Broker Alliance plans to have a premium income of £100m and 30 plus broker members by t...