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Top sites toppled.
Direct Line has toppled Royal and Sun Alliance from the top of the internet scorecard run by Gomez, ...
Drop in fourth quarter earnings fails to dent Ace's year
Bermudian insurer Ace posted a drop in net income for the quarter ended 31 December 2000, at £78m ($1...
All hands on deck.
The marine sector is beginning to pick up. With increasing co-operation between insurers and shipowners and risk management issues high on the agenda, this market is more attractive than ever before. Eric Alexander discovers why.
Change of fortune.
Commercial legal expenses cover is stacking up as the latest must-have for risk-conscious businesses. Insurers are making the most of this with new products, says Rachel Gordon.
Avon denies football exit
Avon Insurance has denied suggestions it is set to exit the football insurance market next season, de...
Ockham slips on motor
Shares in insurer Ockham Holdings dived almost 15% today as it warned its full year results would mi...
Direct Line ahead in internet race
Direct Line's website was given the highest overall ranking in the latest Gomez UK internet insurance...
Specialty business boosts Scor
Scor, France's largest reinsurer, has announced a 14.5% increase in its premium income in 2000 to Eur...
The perils of insurance sites.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Hiscox: Ireland buy.
The UK's Hiscox Group, which recently rejected a bid from the giant US insurer Chubb, has acquired t...
BEIB signed up by riding association.
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers has been appointed the official insurance broker to the British...
Slowly does it?
Over half of drivers between the age of 55 and 66 believe the current motorway speed limit of 70 mph...
Hiscox secures cybercrime cover.
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox has teamed up with security services companies Integralis and Activis in its ...
Zurich extends online offering into the office.
Zurich has extended its online commercial offering to include office insurance cover with further pr...
Calls for clarity.
The Financial Services Consumer panel has urged the Financial Services Authority to make "radical ch...
Learning the Equitable lesson.
The rescue of Equitable Life by the Halifax banking group, which will, however, probably still leave...
Chubb considers US insurer.
Chubb is considering its options over its 27% stake in Hiscox, which rebuffed a takeover approach la...
Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Alasdair Fraser has been made the new branch manager at Ecclesiastical's offices in East Grinstead a...
Motor no easy ride for insurers, but ...
Your report suggesting motor syndicates will close their stalls at Lloyd's (PM, 25 January, p2) is n...
SBJ kicks injury claim into touch.
Sports insurance specialist SBJ has refused to comment on press reports that it is in dispute with S...
Bupa backs Generali.
Bupa has taken over the administration of £3m-worth of group risk business from Generali. The portfo...
Lloyd's exodus claim is outrageous.
The scaremongering headline Road ends for Lloyd's motor (PM, 25 January, p2) is based on totally mis...
Appointment at Miller Fisher.
Philip Austin has been made an associate director of Miller Fisher Loss Adjusters to head its fine a...
Classic cover.
High net worth specialist RK Harrison has teamed up with Axa to offer an exclusive product Classic P...