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Insurer loses Lunn Poly deal.
Bishopsgate has lost out to GE Financial Insurance in its bid to retain its £100m-a-year travel insu...
Net, not street.
Internet shopping will have completely replaced the high street for the purchase of car insurance wi...
How Saturday became fund day.
I was very interested in the Review of the Century issue, (PM 7 January) and in particular the refer...
Favourite to buy.
South African insurance company Santam is the front runner to buy Guardian National from owner Axa a...
Chauffuerplan puts motorists in driving seat.
Longford Insurance Schemes has developed a policy to keep motorists mobile when they are unable to d...
Am Re to pick up stress tab.
American Reinsurance is to pay the bill for the UK's largest stress-related claim after Randy Ingram...
Star on the TV.
Direct insurer Eagle Star is to launch an interactive digital TV service in the spring to promote it...
Appointment at GAB Robins.
Kieran Rigby has been appointed managing director of GAB Robins' Scully Tyrrell branch in the Republ...
Appointment at Atrium Underwriting.
Imogen Lyndon Skeggs has joined Atrium's Syndicate 570 as personal accident and kidnap & ransom unde...
Norman's revamp.
Norman Insurance has revamped its motor trade products to reflect the latest industry practices. Its...
Compensation not costs.
Insurers can significantly reduce the cost of handling employers' liability claims by putting the well-being and rehabilitation of victims at the heart of the claims process, argues Ashton West.
Agency is positive outlook is negative.
The German life insurance sector is facing a shake-out due to increasing competition and the challen...
Appointment at RL Davison & Co.
Specialist Lloyd's broker RL Davison & Co has recruited Joe Hantson to its motor fleet administratio...
Bogus clinic stole millions.
A bogus medical clinic in a Brooklyn basement has been accused of bleeding insurers dry. A civil ...
Industry initiative to speed up Internet
The Association of British Insurers and Polaris have initiated a project to accelerate the use of In...
Insurer preaches policy benefits.
Congregational & General has relaunched its Church Choice policy guaranteeing full rebuilding costs ...
Batteries not included.
When you buy a Walkman, you naturally want the batteries that go with it. The task for brokers, says Simon Threadgold, is to get their motor customers thinking the same way about ULR.
Appointment at Mazars Neville Russell.
Robin Oakes has been appointed as senior partner of the London region for chartered accountants Maza...
Appointment at Cassidy Davis.
Graham Kingaby has been made personal accident & travel underwriter at Cassidy davis Insurance group...
Free vouchers.
The Retirement Insurance Advisory Service is offering £50 travel vouchers with every quotation given...
Art attack over erroneous views
Art specialist, Axa Nordstern Art Insurance, has hit out at claims that insuring major works of art i...
Pet practice leads to job cuts
Cornhill Insurance has confirmed it is to move the administration of DBI the pet insurance company it...
23 years and out.
Cornhill Insurance has decided not to renew its sponsorship of English Test cricket in 2001 followin...
Always in the front line.
Loss adjusters have been on the scene at every disaster - both natural and man-made - to affect Britain this century. Tony O'Reilly outlines the history of 100 years of undeniably exciting work.