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Roberts takes over at Thatcham
Peter Roberts has been appointed the new chief executive of Thatcham, the automotive research body. H...
Hiscox-Chubb talks collapse
Hiscox has rejected the approach by US insurance giant and shareholder Chubb to acquire the company, ...
New accident management society launched
A new accident management association is to be set up by a group of industry players, which will even...
Egg makes play for household market
The Prudential owned online financial services company Egg has launched a household insurance superma...
Appointment at Brownsword.
Brownsword has taken on six new members of staff. Rob Evans joins the liability department from Axa ...
Hiscox set to resist Chubb bid.
Quoted Lloyd's vehicle Hiscox looks set to fight a proposal from US insurer Chubb that values the co...
Blaze investigation.
Loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey has been instructed to investigate a fire at a printing company CRM...
Higney in court.
Ex-Norwich Union employee John Higney was ordered to do 180 hours community service at Preston Crown...
Claims drag motor down
The UK motor market's recovery has been hampered by a 10% hike in claims frequency, according to Stan...
NIG revs up motor.
NIG has added two new products to its Sovereign motor insurance product portfolio. Sovereign Prime w...
Saga rules out insurer route.
Over-50s insurance specialist Saga has ruled out becoming an insurance company, and is looking to si...
Fraud uncovered.
An insurer's refusal to pay excessively high credit hire charges has exposed a £7000 fraud in a case...
Plain ridiculous.
Insurers have poured cold water on government plans to impose heavy restrictions on the building of ...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
George Bentley has moved to GAB Robins as a national account director. He was most recently director...
To the manor born?
High net worth clients have not all made their millions in the same way, but the lords of the manor and the nouveaux riches all want the same sort of protection from HNW insurers - don't they? Jane Bernstein finds out.
ABI links up with i2 for fraudbusting analysis.
The Association of British Insurer's Crime Prevention Bureau has linked up with Cambridge-based tech...
PIA fines insurers.
United Friendly Insurance and Refuge Assurance have each been fined £350,000 by the Personal Investm...
Swinton is on acquisition trail.
Broking chain Swinton Insurance, which took over North-West personal lines intermediary Deansgate In...
Road ends for Lloyd's motor.
The motor market is "almost certain" to exit Lloyd's because of reduced profits and high charges, a ...
Vizards/Wyeth merger is on the cards.
City law firm Vizards, Staples & Bannisters is understood to be close to a merger with Dartford-base...
Inspop talks with ISP may lead to London takeover.
Internet insurance intermediary Inspop.com is in discussions with a London-based internet service p...
Appointment at The Bollington Group.
The Bollington Group has made four new appointments to its motor trade division. These include David...
Motor database targets not naive.
Hubert Green's letter (Post Magazine, 11 January, p12) suggests that I may be somewhat naive regardi...
Appointment at Allianz Cornhill.
Andy Beddall is the new personal lines underwriting and marketing manager at Allianz Cornhill, and w...