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Focus on motor claims.
The motor insurance market faces enormous challenges as it struggles to keep a lid on claims costs. ...
CCC closure.
Peterborough-based accident repair management company CCC International has decided to focus its ene...
Club Direct pushes for change over DVT
Travel insurer, Club Direct, has changed its travel insurance policies in the wake of the debate ove...
Hiscox builds in Dublin
Hiscox, which recently rejected a bid from the giant US insurer Chubb, has acquired three-man Dublin-...
Halifax to pay £1bn for Equitable Life
Halifax Group is to acquire Equitable Life for up to £1bn under plans for the bank to diversify out o...
Bupa nets £3m Generali deal
Bupa has taken over the administration of £3m worth of group risk business from Generali. The portfol...
Cox increases stake.
Cox Insurance Holdings has increased its stake in insurancewide.com from 26% to 40%. Cox's own onlin...
AMP out of bidding.
Australian Insurer AMP and Dutch insurer Aegon have pulled out of the bidding for Equitable Life, le...
Argyll Insurance Service signs new chief executive.
Argyll Insurance Service has scored a transfer coup by signing up former CGU south east business man...
The old problem of dealing with sickness at work.
Sickness at work has long been an issue for both insurers and the government as Post Magazine report...
The intricacies of making a claim.
I was unfortunate to be run into by a policyholder of Axa Insurance last May. Axa admitted liability...
Hammond refocuses.
Hammond Suddards Edge has shut its claimant insurance practice to concentrate on higher-value corpor...
Motor facing long haul.
It will be years before most motor insurers reach breakeven, with combined loss ratios of 100%, desp...
Joining for Elite.
Lawclub Legal Protection, the Bristol-based division of Cornhill Insurance, has joined forces with b...
Helphire sustains personal injury.
Car hire specialist Helphire intends to push ahead with plans to develop personal injury legal produ...
Claims fraud cracked.
Police are on the verge of cracking a nationwide motor fraud ring after a series of raids on an acci...
Appointment at Merricks.
Michael Lambert has been recruited as chief executive of Merricks. In addition, Richard Tinkler and ...
Appointment at David Fagen.
Adam Patt has joined London-based David Fagen as financial services director....
Appointment at Ace Europe.
Ace has appointed Colin McDonnell as UK sales manager for the multinational risk solutions team. Mr ...
Broker wins endurance contract
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers has been appointed the official insurance broker to the British ...
Hiscox spurns Chubb.
Hiscox's management this week rejected the overtures of US giant Chubb despite being offered the opp...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Chubb's move for Hiscox last week did not come as a surprise to many in the London market. And certa...
Confusion of risk managers means insurers are missing out.
Insurers who specialise in technology risks are missing out on business because corporate risk manag...
Kennedys takes on Mills & Reeve partners for NHS legal panel.
City law firm Kennedys has been appointed to the National Health Service Litigation Authority legal ...