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Hello new Rover and farewell to rust.
As London gears up for the annual Motor Show, we look back at how Post Magazine reported on the even...
£1bn fire loss figure.
UK fire losses are running at over £1bn a year says the UN - 40% higher than the Association of Brit...
The phantom menace.
The use of 'phantom' ships to carry out massive sea frauds is costing insurers a fortune, as Joe Corless explains.
Ockham to develop life force.
Lloyd's insurer Ockham is to establish a life services company to provide greater access to the inde...
Foremost for £508m.
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced that the Insurance Exchanges managed by its subsidiary...
Charity work may cost you dearly.
Charity should begin and end at home - unless you want to risk becoming homeless. As a race, the ...
Glen Miller trumpets call to share information.
Glen Miller (above), a partner at law firm Beachcroft Stanleys, and John Williamson, assistant chief...
Burglary blackspot is Hull.
Research by information solutions company Experian shows Hull as the nation's burglary blackspot wit...
Access Computers demonstrates.
Access Computers' managing director Brian Tolver (front) demonstrates what his firm's auto repair co...
Councils face hike in claims costs.
The costs of personal injury claims awarded against local authorities could rocket by 50%, one insur...
Internet tee off.
Direct Insurance Group has placed its golf insurance policy on the Internet. Hamilton & Wellard u...
All creatures great & small.
Despite the fact that pet ownership in the UK is falling, the cost of keeping an animal is rising, which means a man's best friend may well be his insurer when things go wrong. David Fanning talks to some of the main players involved in pet insurance
Art of the matter.
Opus Corporate Risk is to launch a new range of services for the arts and media sector. Aimed at eve...
Multi-million flood bill can be cut.
Over one million homes and businesses in the UK are more at risk from floods than fire, but only 5% ...
Crash test dummy' fraud is costing insurers £40m a year.
A frightening new type of motor fraud is costing up to £40m a year, claims the Association of Britis...
Direct Line enters Japan.
UK motor insurer Direct Line is gearing up to drive into the largest car insurance market in the wor...
Green Flag will suffer under Direct Line says rival.
Green Flag could lose most of its assistance business with insurers following its sale to Direct Lin...
Smoking kills say Marlboro men.
The world's largest tobacco company has publicly acknowledged that smoking causes fatal diseases in ...
Mock examination.
Dr Joe Slesenger, managing director of Independent Medical Services, used an actor to stage a mock e...
Switch your focus says Baker.
Post Magazine's Insurance Fraud Update conference took place last week at London's Insurance Hall. Anthony Gould, and Marcus Alcock were there to hear experts deliver a mass of information and practical advice.
Cheaper motor cover for breadline drivers.
Low income drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco are to be offered affordable motor insurance fol...
ABI reveals life's ups and downs.
Life business is growing faster than non-life and under-writing surpluses are becoming a rarity, according to the latest issue of the Association of British Insurers Insurance Statistics Yearbook. Peter Falush examines the statistics for more trends.
Appointment at Yachtline.
Paul Brenchley has joined yacht underwriting managers Yachtline on secondment from CNA Maritime, whi...
S&P highlights threat of a European capital mismatch.
The move toward bancassurance could be curtailed by the mismatch in the capital strength of European...