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Southern discomfort.
Swiss Re Southern Africa's Lenz Keel talks to Jeremy Golden about difficult conditions, increasing non-proportional business and regional expansion.
Open market, open minds.
Post-deregulation Japanese players are having to develop new products to combat the competition from international firms. Jeremy Golden reports.
Lloyd's predicts a return to losses.
Lloyd's global results, revealed last month, show red ink creeping back into the accounts. Alex Beatty reports.
Artemis goes live.
On-line information provider Wire has established a free-access Internet portal for the alternative ...
Customers come first.
Technological advances are affecting the vehicle repair business more than almost any other area of the industry. Andrew Newman discovers how customers and companies are benefiting.
Special privileges.
Motorists are being encouraged to take a refresher course to eliminate silly mistakes and so drive d...
Why NHS chose a prescription for success.
I would like to comment on the implication in Terry Simister's letter ('Standards which didn't make ...
Council calls time on crime.
Manchester has become the first city council to curb crime against empty properties using an inno-va...
Carole Nash bucks trend.
Motorcycle insurance specialist Carole Nash this week bucked the trend for pumping up premiums with ...
UK fires figures take another fall.
The number of fires in the UK has fallen for the third year in succession, according to latest Home ...
Travellers' checks.
The vast choice of travel insurance products now available can be bewildering for the public. David Fanning finds out what consumers need to know, and also what the insurers need to know about their customers.
Smoke signals.
Havant-based Apollo Fire Detectors has gained Loss Prevention Certification Board approval for its o...
Deal with BMW.
BMW, the prestige car manufacturer, is to use Audatex (UK) technology in its network of 77 bodyshops...
Brokers wise up to Net benefits.
Brokers are wising up to the benefits of technology, according to a report from Royal & SunAlliance ...
New car scheme.
Insurance product marketing company Holman has launched a kit and replica car scheme for people aged...
Child support.
Ipswich-based broker PoundGates & Co and insurer CGU have renewed their deal to help the National So...
Back on the road.
Independent is to take to the road again with a four-week tour of its key personal lines and schemes...
Insurers play waiting game over Heathrow power failure.
The true extent of the compensation payout following the Heathrow power failure last Friday is not e...
Satellite underwriters face losses black hole.
The sky has fallen in for satellite equipment underwriters, as rocketing claims against hardware los...
Miller Fisher moves for UK registration.
Fishers International, the Dublin-based financial services support group, is to establish a new UK-i...
Appointment at Concorde Informatics.
Ray Birchall has been appointed UK sales manager automotive for motor industry software specialist C...
Spot on!
Two penalties give Co-operative Insurance Society cup victory over A-Plan in the Post Magazine Charity Football Competition.
Case implications.
Brokers should advise clients not to enter into any credit hire agreements following the case of Dim...
Best lines of attack.
As more stress related claims are reaching the courts, Ann McCracken explains the true meaning of the 'S' word and why insurers shouldn't ignore the implications for themselves and the industry.