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Insurers set to escape GM crop bill.
Agricultural insurers are likely to escape having to foot the bill if farmers are told to destroy mi...
Folkestone office.
Motor claims company Brownsword has opened a new office in Folkestone which will be staffed by a qui...
Broker goes bust.
Lloyd's broker Miles Smith, part of the Greatminster Group, has gone into liquidation. Paul Evans...
No adjustments at Drake.
Brokers have been told that none of the 200,000 policyholders with collapsed motor insurer Drake Ins...
AIG brings large scale cover to smaller firms.
AIG Europe is targeting brokers with a new range of commercial products that offer cover which has p...
Bid to win MPs more insurance.
The government wants to set up a single standard insurance package for MPs and their staff in a move...
Appointment at Aon Risk Services.
Gavin Beale has joined Aon Risk Services as area sales manager for its accident management division ...
Customer-focus comes last with SecurityFirst.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Alexander Forbes revenue up
South African broker Alexander Forbes saw it revenue from operations increase by a 33% to £228m in th...
Appointment at Key Choice.
Key Choice, the marketing services group of Computer Sciences Corporation, has appointed Tim Giles a...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny was pleased to rediscover her ballroom skills at the weekend for the extravaganza known as the...
RSA to treble surveyors.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to treble the number of property surveyors it employs as part of a new build...
New India enjoys boom.
Broker-only insurer New India Assurance is recruiting additional staff for its main UK underwriting ...
Policy database goes live.
A general insurance database for brokers was launched last week. It has been set up by The Researc...
We want you as a new recruit.
The number of graduates leaving universities is rising each year and insurers are using a host of tactics to try and entice them to come and work for them. Edward Murray reports.
Moody's to rate Lloyd's syndicates
Individual Lloyd's syndicates are to be given financial strength ratings by rating agency Moody's. ...
CGU invests £200m in bancassurance move in Spain
Insurer CGU is to set up a bancassurance operation in Spain following a £200m investment in Spanish s...
We won't penalise GPs for health cover': CGU.
Critical health insurers have slammed proposals by a rival to exclude or weight premiums against doc...
Interest in CGU.
Up to 10 US companies are reported to be interested in acquiring CGU's US property and casualty oper...
Huge leap' for claims.
Royal & Sun Alliance and software specialist The Innovation Group have teamed up to deliver a new so...
AA mortgage cover.
The AA has launched a mortgage protection plan that insures people against failing to meet repayment...
RSA to launch fraud units.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to roll out dedicated fraud units in its UK household claims centres to comb...
CGU announce participation in the BT Global Challenge yacht race.
CGU announced its participation in the BT Global Challenge yacht race on Monday with the christening...
Uncertainty is over ... isn't it?
Anthony Gould analyses the implications of the long-awaited ruling in the credit hire test case Dimond v Lovell.