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Hot stuff for racy models.
Insurance product marketing company Holman is set to launch a non-standard motor scheme for brokers ...
Argyll's Sharpe buy.
Sussex broker Argyll Insurance Group has acquired Brighton-based insurance consultants Sharpe and Pa...
Arson guidebook.
The Fire Protection Association has compiled The Prevention and Control of Arson. It promotes a mult...
A lesson in co-operation.
Your article 'Police Probe Motor Scam' (PM 12 August, p1) illustrates how a spirit of co-operation c...
In need of discipline.
The UK property & casualty industry is in need of a shake-up according to a new report. Insurers working in the sector agree, but maintain they are already doing their bit to help. David Fanning reports.
Not up for grabs.
Loss adjuster Woodgate & Clark has denied it is seeking to cash-in on recent successes. CGU's decisi...
A to B in UK via AA.
AA cardholders can access free route information for anywhere in the UK on the AA's website at www.t...
Red phone firm rings in Internet changes.
Direct Line has launched a new website aimed at the motor and home insurance market (Internet sales ...
Re - 30 years - Messages ignored.
Trawling through the Reinsurance archive to compile this 30th anniversary issue (see pp25-39) has be...
Terra Nova sold to Markel for $905m.
US insurer Markel's agreement to pay $905m for Bermudian (re)insurer Terra Nova has received a cauti...
Twenty-twenty vision.
Twenty years ago, Andrew Drysdale, managing director of Andrew Drysdale Ltd, wrote of life, the universe and the underwriting cycle. His forthright and entertaining views still have relevance today.
Refocus - Le Mans Re - XL takes stake in French firm.
Bermuda's XL Capital has made a further foray into continental Europe by paying $95.75m for 49% of F...
Unsteady foundations.
Jeremy Golden finds reinsurers still eager to write catastrophe cover in East Asia in the wake of the region's financial crisis, despite soft rates and high risks.
Central co-operation.
Canadian group Co-operators has set up a captive - Co-operators of Canada Reinsurance International ...
Lawyers go east.
London-based law firm Cameron McKenna is expanding its (re)insurance activity in Asia through the Si...
Taylor to give ALARM a shot in the arm.
Liz Taylor, newly-appointed chief executive of the Association of Local Authority Risk Managers, pla...
Penny Black's insurance week.
Penny Black was fortunate to be invited along to enjoy the sumptuous hospitality of Independent Insu...
Shark attacks.
The uninsured loss recovery sector believes unregulated claims assessors are preying on an unwary public and taking a big bite out of any damages won. Jonathan Swift reports.
Looking for clues.
The everyday work of claims investigators may not be as glamorous as Hollywood portrays it, but it involves no less skill and expertise, as David Fanning finds out.
Insurer focuses on speed camera benefits.
The Highways Agency's plan to install new speed violation cameras could have the knock-on effect of ...
The cook, the wife and the brief for new cover.
Wanted: enthusiastic all rounder for domestic position. Duties involve catering, chauffeuring, nursi...
Is MVRA's action a case of sour grapes?
The Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) has claimed that a survey of its members in our netwo...
Minus overshadowed many pluses.
We were delighted Richard Griffiths rated ironsure.com the easiest car insurance he has seen on the ...
Fine-tuned for Scot.
Scottish Friendly Assurance has joined the user ranks for Investment Software Solutions' ISA PlanMas...