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Exclusive - Picture this: claims costs cut in the blink of a shutter.
The five million motorists involved in damage-only collisions every year in the UK are to be encoura...
Brokers have edge on direct.
Brokers are beginning to win the battle against direct writers in the motor market, says market anal...
Brokers: blow your own trumpets.
It is now more important than ever for brokers to effectively communicate the real added benefits th...
It'll go Farr.
Essex broker Farr has announced a new stand-alone package to protect housing associations against th...
Axa says FA Cup deal is up and running.
Axa has hit back at claims that Manchester United's decision to pull out of this year's FA Cup is th...
Helphire acquisition.
One of the credit hire companies at the centre of the landmark court case Dimond v Lovell in April t...
Indy's Dubliners.
Independent Insurance is to shore up its Ireland operation by opening an office in Dublin. Michael G...
Smart acquisition.
Yorkshire broker Smart and Cook has acquired Keighley-based broker CS Horne Insurance Consultants. T...
Appointment at Helphire Group.
Barry Williams and Lisa Nicholas have joined Helphire Group to head the new national sales team of i...
Hiscox dump Fitch.
Hiscox has dumped Fitch IBCA as one of the ratings agencies it uses. At Hiscox's request, Fitch IBCA...
Pension alternative.
CGU Life has launched a new profit annuity product as an alternative means of providing income durin...
Metal gets heavy.
A law enforcement task force, Operation Twisted Metal, has arrested 31 members of an insurance fraud...
What the Papers Say.
THE EXPRESS An English couple who claimed they were victims of racial discrimination in a Scottis...
Target Terra Nova.
Bermuda's Terr Nova is to be bought by Virginia-based speciality insurer Markel in a cash and stock ...
Cyber-cover launched by Hiscox.
Companies with their own websites or intranet systems can now take out insurance to cover risks such...
Brokers urged to capitalise on legal upheaval - Legal expenses.
Brokers should get in early on new low-cost pre-event legal cover, claims Eastgate Assistance. It...
Polaris contract.
Broking systems supplier CSC has signed a contract with the Polaris board of insurers, the industry ...
Over to the GISC.
Institute of Insurance Brokers' director general Andrew Paddick has said the regulatory ball is now ...
RSA looks back over its UK life.
Royal & Sun Alliance is to undertake a full review of its UK life insurance operations. The news cam...
Court orders Nissan to honour contracts.
Nissan Fire & Marine has been ordered by the British courts to honour its obligations under two quot...
Pick 'n' mix travel suite.
HSBC, formerly Midland Bank, has a new 'pick 'n' mix' travel plan which it claims offers travellers ...
Tony calls it a day.
Tony Cornell, head of broker relations at CGU Insurance, is to retire at the end of next month after...
CU Polska's sales rocket with a touch of CLAS.
CU Polska, a Polish subsidiary of CGU, has sold over one million pensions in the first two months si...
Gan Lombard slams claims of favoritism.
Gan Lombard has hit back at rumours that workers from one company are being given preferential treat...