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Appointment at Ecclesiastical.
Harry Tomczyk has become corporate marketing manager at Ecclesiastical Insurance. Mr Tomczyk joined ...
State Farm sparks tyre investigation.
Federal investigators looking into 62 deaths, allegedly caused by the failure of Bridgestone/Firesto...
100 000 Drake policies transferred to new insurers
The provisional liquidators at Deloitte & Touche have transferred 100 000 Drake Insurance to new insu...
Axa denies Asian agency problems.
Axa Asia Pacific Holdings has denied that the resignations of several agents in Hong Kong will hurt ...
AA look to Virgin.com for net sales
The Automobile Association is to team up with personal finance website virginmoney.com to sell motor ...
Gridlock on car debate.
With the growth in car ownership, Liberal peer Earl Russell introduced a Bill into the House of Lord...
Eastgate ULR product raises profile.
Eastgate Assistance is to target larger brokers with a new uninsured loss recovery product, as it lo...
Family values.
A worrying rise in the number of compensation claims and the amounts being awarded has sparked a major crisis among insurers. One way to counter the threat of increasing claims would be to include family legal expenses as part of cover.
Chubb boosts European Masterpiece.
Chubb Europe is set to boost its pan-European personal lines division with a significant seven-figur...
Sainsbury's fills gap.
Sainsbury's has said it has no plans to offer stand-alone motor insurance, despite its recent move i...
Garol targets online news.
Strategic consultancy firm Garol is launching a targeted online newsletter for brokers with the aim ...
Insurers target time-poor Britons online.
Insurers Hiscox and Halifax General Insurance moved into the online household market this week in a ...
Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon (and other cases).
House of Lords 27 July 2000 The claimant was a pupil at a school run by the defendant. An educa...
Cash back for care.
Internet intermediary insure. co.uk is to give cash back to policyholders in a new move to attract c...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny has far more interesting things to do than get excited about Big Brother. Indeed, she finds pe...
Churchill swoops for Zurich staff.
Motor insurer Churchill Insurance looks set to gain from Zurich Financial Service's decision to clo...
Blame: picking up the tab.
When will the penny drop with the Great British public that someone has to pay for their greatly-inc...
Motor rates up 25%.
A report from Mintel published yesterday predicted motor premiums will increase by 25% over the next...
Appointment at Devitt Insurance Services.
Devitt Insurance Services has promoted Bernard Marsh, divisional director motor, to the company's bo...
Motor premiums set to rocket
Latest research from market researchers Mintel predicts motor insurance premiums are set to rise by 2...
CE&B announces name change
As from 1 September, loss adjuster Cunningham Ellis & Buckle will change its name to Cunningham Linds...
Barclays joins premier IFA league.
The new group formed by Barclays' planned £5.3bn acquisition of Woolwich looks set to become a serio...
What the Papers Say.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Aguardsman, injured when he went 'surfing' on the tailgate of an army lorry a...
New Link for Egg Insure
Egg Insure has named Kiln's general insurance syndicate Link Insurance at the tenth member of its ins...