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Driving test.
It is a testing time as rising motor insurance premiums fail to stop profits being driven down. Insurers are accelerating their efforts to achieve rates with road-holding power, says Simon Threadgold.
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was delighted to be invited by US insurer Chubb to attend the opening day, last week, of the w...
MMA moves in on motor trade as rates rise.
Reading-based insurer MMA has bucked the market trend with the announcement of marginal motor trade ...
Paying the price for regulation.
I read the letter from Mary Francis (PM, 8 March, p16) with interest, and agree it is sensible for t...
RSA's Management Assurance: four sign.
Royal & Sun Alliance has signed up four UK law firms as partners to its new portfolio of covers aime...
Blaze at Shopping Direct.
A blaze at satellite television company Shopping Direct may result in a multi-million pound claim, a...
Kiln to review Link business.
Kiln is to conduct a strategic review of its business, which could lead to the disposal of its retai...
Axa denies UK motor blacklist.
Axa has denied a situation could arise in the UK where it would blacklist an entire area for motor i...
QBE up 28% in first half
Lloyd's giant and acquisitive Australian-based insurer QBE Insurance Group has recorded a 28% increas...
UK insurer first into India
UK insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has become the first to sell general insurance in India through its j...
Storms cost £700m but fire and subsidence subdued
The insurance industry was hit by just under £700m of claims in the wake of the storms last autumn, a...
Repairers forced into fraud.
Insurers have been accused of breaching the Competition Act in an open letter sent to top UK motor i...
Fortis may escape £50m claim for Selby crash.
Flemish insurer Fortis could escape a £50m payout following last week's railcrash at Selby in North ...
WISe site raises the standards.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Broker still missing.
Scottish insurance broker David Gibson, who disappeared from his Stranraer home on 11 February amid ...
Irish broker jailed.
An Irish broker has been jailed for seven years, after pleading guilty to fraud and forgery involvin...
AA pays out £20m compensation.
The AA this week agreed to pay £20m in compensation to cartographer Ordnance Survey having admitted ...
Car wars.
The non-standard motor market has opened up, with specialist providers losing their pole position to the non-specialists, who have moved up a gear using sophisticated rating engines to quote. The race is on to recover lost ground, according to Edward…
Appointment at Alleghany Underwriting.
Julian Bosworth has joined the board of Alleghany Underwriting Risk Services and will be responsible...
War of words needs resolving.
The war of words between insurers and the independent bodyshop repair industry over labour rates and...
Friends in high places.
The advent of cybermediaries marketing high net worth cover on the net has raised a few eyebrows - personal service has always been central to HNW. Things are likely to stay that way, says Simon Threadgold, as insurers and brokers find new ways to add…
Axa to review involvement in motor market.
Axa is to undertake a full review of its involvement in the motor trade market and to drastically hi...
Transparency over Selby a welcome change.
The tragic Selby rail crash could result in the largest ever UK motor claim, as the insurer of the L...
AA to pay out £20m
The Automobile Association has agreed to pay £20m in an out-of-court settlement to map producer Ordna...