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Bland's swipe on standards.
Outgoing director general of the Chartered Insurance Institute David Bland has slammed the industry ...
Iron Trades quits broker market.
Hundreds of jobs are to be shed at insurer Iron Trades following its acquisition by Australian insur...
Amlin staff relocate.
Lloyd's insurer Amlin is bringing together its underwriting team in one building next month. The cur...
ABI buildings guide.
The Association of British Insurers has published its latest guide to help homeowners calculate the ...
Go directly to direct ploy is unacceptable.
Have insurers abandoned any pretence of rating risk. A typical view of comprehensive motor rates o...
US interest boosts GICs.
A rush by US life offices into European guaranteed investment contracts could see the market exceed ...
Cox looks for Internet pilots.
Cox Insurance's retail division wants up to 20 small brokers to pilot its Internet service ahead of ...
Screentrade slammed for cheapest cover guarantee.
Internet broker Screentrade has been branded a "one minute wonder" after it claimed to offer the che...
Disco inferno.
Loss adjusters from Property and Casualty Services were called to the scene of a devastating fire at...
Oak branches into high net worth
Gloucestershire-based Oak Underwriting has entered the high net worth market. Managing director of th...
Motor premiums up 2% every month
Car insurance premiums are rising by 2% a month, according to the latest figures produced by the AA f...
Admiral outsources Gladiator operation
Admiral Insurance Services has outsourced the administration of Gladiator, its non-standard car insur...
Gerling outlook deteriorates
Standard & Poor's has revised its outlook for the Gerling Group from stable to negative, citing disap...
Merger figures don't tally.
Your supplement, UK Motor & Property Insurance Top 50 (PM 23 March), proved to be popular, generatin...
Royal address.
HRH the Princess Royal will address over 150 volunteers at the Corn Exchange, Bedford, next week as ...
Insureright falls down on advertising.
Brokers have expressed disappointment that the Institute of Insurance Broker's much-trumpeted Intern...
Clerical goes online.
AssureSoft, supplier of software to independent financial advisers, has made Clerical Medical polici...
Staying in the picture.
Brokers are afraid of the future, of direct writers and of a shrinking market place. These fears ...
Policy Master ups profits and signs new deal
Policy Master, the specialist financial services software provider, has reported turnover up 47.6% to...
Trucker of the year.
Freight insurance broker Jensen Dickens wheeled out the award for Trucker of the Year at the Commerc...
Gartmore sold.
US mutual Nationwide won the race to buy UK fund manager Gartmore for £1.03bn from the Nat West Bank...
Judge makes 'maverick' decision over damages.
Insurers and defendant solicitors were playing down the possibility of another increase in personal ...
Plain sailing on web.
Yacht and motor boat insurer Navigators & General has enhanced its website, www.navigatorsandgeneral...
Arson measures lack spark.
The Home Office's long-awaited announcement on measures to tackle arson was a major disappointment t...