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Builder sets up financial services company
House builder Westbury has launched a new financial services company, Incresco, which will provide ge...
MCS ties knot with Windsor.
Software provider MCS has teamed up with Windsor Insurance Brokers to establish a new broker network...
Aon gets horsey.
Aon is to sponsor international three day event rider Rodney Powell (above) in a three-year deal. Th...
Misys ditches Screentrade for new formula
Misys is to axe its online insurance brand, Screentrade, and replace it with a new internet identity,...
Cornhill buys Bankers' equine business
Cornhill Insurance is to acquire the Bankers Equine Direct business of the Bankers Insurance Group. T...
Kingsbridge: FA link.
Financial adviser Kingsbridge is to acquire Kingweb, a subsidiary of the League Managers Association...
New golden policy.
Sidcup-based Markerstudy has launched Eurogold, a policy add-on to standard motor insurance. Eurogol...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The 1970 film The Railway Children encouraged young people to play on the tra...
Home truths.
Many of those affected by the recent climatic onslaught have had cause to test how watertight their insurance is. With the scope, availability and distribution channels of household cover increasing, householders have no need to be left high and dry,…
West Sussex Council not responsible for damages.
The insurance industry was relieved this week, following a court decision ruling that a school's res...
E-clamp-down.
E-mortgage 'infomediaries' - websites offering home-buyers comparative mortgage tables and product i...
Axa Nordstern co-sponsors exhibition.
Fine art insurer Axa Nordstern is co-sponsoring the Brice Marden exhibition at the Serpentine Galler...
Free and easy - to a point.
Through the internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Manchester manpower.
Manchester's insurance sector is expanding rapidly, and with several major insurers having moved to the city, recruitment is again on the agenda, says Edward Murray.
SVB Holdings launches assault on commercial insurance market.
SVB Holdings is to launch a spring assault on the commercial insurance market through its subsidiary...
Ace hits the shops.
Ace Europe has made a push for high-street business by launching a new product aimed at the UK retai...
Kennell steps on high street.
E-business solutions provider Kennell Consulting is gearing up for a major push into the high-street...
Axa in branch expansion.
Axa Insurance is looking to open a string of new offices across the UK, under ambitious plans to bec...
Axa UK's mixed fortunes
French-owned insurer Axa Group has reported consolidated revenues up 29% to Euro 61.8bn (£38bn) for t...
ALARM finds replacement for Taylor
The Association of Local Authority Risk Managers has appointed a replacement for Liz Taylor, its chie...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Pains Fireworks, Britain's oldest and biggest firework display firm, has stop...
Appointment at Marsh.
Broker Marsh, a provider of insurance and risk management services, has appointed Liz Taylor as head...
Blinding solutions.
The introduction of online blind bidding systems to speed up the claims settlement systems is taking the insurance industry by storm, and it could save millions of pounds in claims and legal costs too, says Anthony Gould.
EasiEst launched.
Motex EasiEst, which specialises in computerised estimating and management systems for the motor rep...