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IPT tax threat to motor insurance
Longford Insurance Schemes claims that millions of motorists would risk driving without insurance if ...
Opus leads charge on horse market.
Opus Holdings hopes to prove it is a thoroughbred broker with the launch of a new business unit. ...
Remon Rihani v J Wareing & Son (WREA Green Ltd).
10 February 2000 Court of Appeal The claimant suffered noise induced deafness. He was advised by ...
What the Papers Say.
METRO Car alarms do nothing to deter thieves, according to a new report, because their sound is s...
Hiscox to provide first failsafe insurance aginst unanticpated
Lloyd's insurer Hiscox is to provide the UK's first failsafe insurance against unanticipated copyrig...
BA looks outside home services.
Britannic Assurance is expected to look outside the home service sector for future acquisitions afte...
Patrick Smith to launch first full online insurance intermediary.
Former Hill House Hammond chairman Patrick Smith is to launch what he claims will be the UK's first ...
Back to basics in Brighton.
Through the Internet maze with Richard Griffiths.
Prynn v Cornwall County Council.
24 January 2000 Queens Bench Division The claimant sustained severe brain damage as a result of a...
Old Mutual pulls out of race for fund manager
Old Mutual, the South African life insurer, said today it had pulled out of the race to acquire UK f...
Groupama's insurance duo
Tim Ablett and Stephen Hartigan have been appointed as joint managing directors at Groupama Insurance...
Rapid by name and by nature.
A new virtual insurer was launched this week boasting the "fastest way to buy insurance online". ...
Act fails to ruffle insurers.
The insurance industry is taking a relaxed approach to the new Data Protection Act (1998), which cam...
A lot of Zlotys.
Poland's largest insurer Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen saw gross premiums rise to from 6bn Zlotys to...
Suing hamburger chain.
A couple who claim they were assaulted by staff at a McDonald's restaurant following a complaint abo...
Don't ignore value of adjusters.
Ken Little of Total Services ('CILA Under Fire Over Networks', PM 17 February, p8) is concerned abou...
Judges could prompt PHI rethink.
Private health insurance could receive a boost following the pivotal Court of Appeal personal injury...
Motor sector giants accused of illegal deductions.
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn has filed lawsuits against 16 motor insurers alleging they have u...
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition
Axa Nordstern Art Insurance sponsored an exhibition of the works of Gwen John and Lucie Rie shown at...
Behind the times.
Anne Cumberpatch explains why insurers are data dinosaurs when it comes to exploiting the latest marketing techniques.
Platform's Premier.
Mortgage provider Platform Loans has enhanced its portfolio with a new product range. The Premier Ra...
Republican pledge.
If the Republican Party wins the November US elections it has pledged to reduce estate death taxes. ...
Appointment at Hiscox.
Adrian Saunders has been made commercial lines manager at the Harrogate office of Hiscox. Previously...
Life on the edge.
Evidence points to both rising demand for and falling penetration of life insurance. Peter Falush examines the findings of a recent study and suggests that for every threat there is an opportunity.