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Appointment at Rural Insurance Group.
Harrogate-based Rural Insurance Group has made two new appointments. Joanne Walker joins from Congre...
Ockham expects.
David Poole, chairman and chief executive officer of Lloyd's insurer Ockham, which operates motor su...
Employees commit 89% of frauds.
Some 70% of major companies in the UK reported they had been subject to economic crime in the previo...
Independent affair likened to Maxwell scandal.
Mark Batten, one of the provisional liquidators at Pricewaterhouse Coopers handling the scheme of ar...
AMP to buy Towry Law.
Australian financial services giant AMP is to buy independent financial adviser Towry Law for £75.7m...
Claims Direct bid follows loss
No win no fee company Claims Direct has recorded an annual pre-tax loss of over £20m, compared to a ...
Misys shuts direct insurance business
Computer software giant Misys is to shut down its Screentrade and the theformula.com internet consume...
Floating acquisition.
Yacht and leisure craft underwriting agent Mardon Insurance Brokers has acquired Michael Stimpson & ...
Reading the audience.
In an industry where often the only way to come out ahead of rivals is to compete on service, customer relationship management is an extremely valuable tool. If it is used properly, giving customers what you know they want can reap rewards, says Veronica…
Drake expelled by ombudsman.
Insolvent motor insurer Drake is believed to have become the first company to be expelled by the Ins...
Global strength.
Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has had its financial strength affirmed by two ...
Albion ditched in Sterling move.
The Albion insurance name is set to disappear at the end of the month, as parent company Sterling Ins...
Tackling stress is a great relief.
As stress claims rise with the cultural move towards litigiousness, insurers are being forced to look to their own workforces as they tackle the problem head on. Richard Adams reports.
Anti-bike theft scheme steered by Carole Nash.
Broker Carole Nash has launched a scheme to sell security products at discounted rates in a bid to h...
QGP: five adjusters.
Liability and loss adjuster The Quest Gates Partnership has appointed five adjusters to its nationwi...
Eagle Star defends website.
Eagle Star Insurance has attacked claims that its web-based insurance site is one of the worst perfo...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Unlike Michael Portillo, Penny was keeping a low profile this week after having been put straight by...
Cybercrime cover.
According to a survey carried out on behalf of information security company Integralis, financial se...
Stirling Cooke focuses on special risks
The London-based reinsurance intermediary of Stirling Cooke Brown Holdings of Bermuda has set up a sp...
Direct Line buys US giant's European book
Direct Line, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland, is to acquire the European motor insurance b...
Modest profits for DAS
Legal expenses insurer DAS Group has posted a modest increase in profits for 2000, with worse expecte...
Zurich Financial Services premiers first TV ad.
Zurich Financial Services has premiered its first television advertisement in the UK starring Peter ...
Paper-based solutions no answer to uninsured.
Where has Mr Nelson been for the last three years? (see below: 'Jersey initiative kept direct writers...
Coversure helps out.
Coversure Insurance Services is providing all 60 brokers in its franchise network with the facilitie...