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QBE profits climb.
Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group has recorded a 28% increase in net profits for the last six m...
Brokers in focus.
The broker will increasingly become "a service conduit", said Graham Harris, sales and marketing dir...
Japan: suspension.
Four Japanese general insurers, Nippon Fire & Marine, Dowa Fire and Marine, Fuji Fire and Marine and...
Insurers slam ratings slur.
Three motor insurers have hit back at a rating agency's claim that the chances of one of them going ...
Site attracts Ensign.
Town & Country Assistance's website, offering real-time claims tracking, has persuaded Lloyd's motor...
Uninsured cost UK drivers dear.
The Motor Insurance Bureau programme manager Donald Martin has supported findings by insurer Direct ...
Axa's results slip.
Axa's UK arm reported disappointing results last week, as the group posted a 24.2% increase in cash ...
Green Flag continues to sponsor on TV.
Motor assistance company Green Flag will race onto television screens next month, following its deci...
Aon wins BMS court battle.
Aon has won a settlement of £430,000, including legal costs, against former employees who passed con...
NIG has Advantage.
Broker-only insurer NIG's home screen-driven product Advantage Select is now available to intermedia...
Industry: failure to meet promises.
The industry must drastically improve its awareness of customer expectations, said Eddie Longworth, ...
Glazier cuts costs.
Emergency response glaziers Highway Glass & Locks has developed a new reconstruction service to redu...
Zurich goes digital.
Zurich's commercial business unit has teamed up with digital business facilitator Entranet to help i...
AA set to launch phone-based IFA operation.
The AA is set to launch a phone-based independent financial adviser operation next month to compleme...
Repairs slashed.
An internet-based system for trading repairer capacity could revolutionise the way motor insurance c...
Sharing out risk.
Axa Assistance has entered into a risk share agreement with Hamilton Insurance, a member of the HFC ...
Motor confusion.
I suspect very few motorists understand what business use, if any their policy provides. Policies co...
Database on target.
The drivers' database being deve-loped by the Motor Insurers' Information Centre is set to go live i...
Fusion takes another three Independent staff
Fusion, which is owned by Lloyd's vehicle SVB, has recruited another three senior development manage...
Chubb chief calls for peace
Dean O'Hare, chairman and chief executive of Chubb - policy adviser to President Bush - has called fo...
Concern over three motor insurers
The chances of another motor insurer collapsing like Drake last May is "not unlikely", according to r...
PIA crack down.
The Personal Investment Authority has suspended the investment business of three firms. Allied Finan...
New office for Brownsword.
Brownsword Nationwide Motor Claims Services has moved to a new head office in Denton, Manchester. Af...
ABI reveals storm damage.
The insurance industry was hit by just under £700m of claims in the wake of the storms last autumn, ...