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ABI backs car plans.
The Association of British Insurers has welcomed the government's proposal to introduce a compulsory...
Cox Lee sponsorship.
Walsall-based insurance broker Cox Lee & Co is co-sponsoring a new car for Walsall Rugby Football Cl...
A different category of award.
There are many category winners in insurance awards and no doubt they are richly deserved. But many ...
Appointment at CGU.
David Lamb has been appointed head of agriculture at CGU, where he will be dealing with FarmWeb, the...
Flux moves towards recovery
Specialist motor broker, Adrian Flux has appointed helpline and claims management provider, Eastgate ...
Broker Brands offers free computers
Broker Brands is offering its brokers a free computer with internet and e-mail access, domain name an...
Norwich Union acts to stem rising burglary costs
Burglars are costing small and medium sized businesses over three billion pounds a year according to ...
Shopping around.
Wakefield-based RP Hodson has achieved success through its one-stop-shop service and now it is firmly committed to expansion by acquisition. Shona Cronin reports.
E-commerce hots up.
If there are any brokers or intermediaries still wondering whether the Internet is a viable channel ...
Appointment at Property & Casualty Services.
PCS has made a string of new appointments. Andy Hayden joins the company from Graham High Group as b...
Take good care of yourself.
The number of people buying critical illness cover is on the increase, with the standardisation of policy definitions greatly helping its public image, says Shona Cronin.
CCS Global joins panel.
CCS Global Claims Consultants and Loss Adjusters have joined the panel of Loss Recovery Insurance's ...
Folgate kicks off cover.
Folgate Insurance is to offer household, let property and commercial insurance products for Southamp...
MP opens new HQ.
Economy Minister Adam Ingram was on hand to open Hughes and Company's new £2m custom-built headquart...
Chubb turns on to telecoms with its new comprehensive product.
Chubb has made further investment in the telecommunications industry with the launch of a new one-st...
CGU's Tony Cornell retires.
Overheard was very sad to learn of the the retirement of CGU's Tony Cornell. All the trade press has...
Woolf increasing costs.
Law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that, far from reducing the cost of litigation as intended, the W...
Willis lifts franchise 'smokescreen'.
Willis has gone live with its Commercial Network, its initiative aimed at securing small and medium ...
Ian Ritchie.
Mergers are resulting in the industry losing valuable expertise, at a time when it is swamped with new legislation.
Appointment at St Paul International.
St Paul has promoted Neil Clayton from regional development to deputy sales manager. Mr Clayton has ...
Argyll acquisition.
Argyll Insurance Group of Worthing has acquired Brighton-based insurance consultants, Sharpe and Par...
CGU's Cornell to retire.
Tony Cornell, head of broker relations at CGU Insurance, will retire at the end of this month after ...
On the buses.
Bus and coach insurers are managing to push through some significant rate increases. However, Steve Banner says this good news is offset by an increase in fraud and in claims costs.
Under construction.
Now that things are looking up for the construction industry insurers can afford to put rates up and make them stick, says Steve Banner.