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UK travellers risk ruined holidays
UK holiday makers are taking large amounts of cash and valuables abroad without adequate insurance co...
Surfers scared of risks
Amid news that hackers have defrauded online bank Egg, a MORI poll has found that 42% of internet sur...
Norwich Union and Cornhill back PIP
Norwich Union and Cornhill are backing new venture Personal Insurance Plan. The insurers are underwri...
Cox splashes out on TV advertising
Cox Insurance Holdings is today launching a television advertising campaign publicising Cashback, the...
BILA brings insurance law to the fore
The British Insurance Law Association has welcomed the DTI's plans for a wholesale review of commerci...
FDTA fears for company cars in the holiday season
The Fleet Driver Training Association has warned that drivers taking their cars on holiday can severl...
Win a Queen's Awards for enterprise
Brokers and intermediaries are invited to apply for the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2001. Busines...
Direct Line goes live.
Direct Line's jamjar site went live on 12 July, accompanied by a TV advertising campaign. The site h...
Appointment at Insureright.
Insureright has taken on Gillian Rideout as operations manager. Having started her career with Royal...
AmEx sets up its own insurer.
American Express has set up an insurance company in the UK and transferred the underwriting of its t...
Right buyer - be prepared.
Q: I am thinking of selling my general insurance brokerage. How do I find the right buyer? A: To ...
B&A policy targets net risks.
Southampton-based broker Burnett & Associates has launched a policy insuring businesses against comp...
Safeonline introduced to combat e-risks.
A company offering insurance for e-risks, including viruses, hacking and fraud, has gone online. ...
Polaris: net investments.
Polaris is making further investments in internet technology with two "net-friendly" product updates...
Popular combination.
Lloyd's broker Clegg Gifford has reported a high demand for agency facilities. The company recent...
Cox bags another internet deal
Cox Insurance is expanding its online insurance services by linking up with Yahoo! UK & Ireland, to p...
Bob Newton quits NU four months into job.
Bob Newton is leaving his role as Norwich Union's director of corporate partnerships, four months af...
Employment lagging behind.
The insurance sector is actively recruiting staff, but its growth is still below the UK average, acc...
Smart & Cook's Derek Parry has raised over £5000 for charity.
Smart & Cook's Derek Parry has raised over £5000 for charity Scope by trekking across South America ...
Survey shows jump in profits.
Profitability has risen sharply in the general insurance market as a whole, but fallen in the broker...
The golden age?
Retired drivers are becoming an ever more attractive prospect for motor insurers interested in niche markets, and now, research is revealing that large numbers of this group can be reached via the internet. Andrew Newman reports.
Barristers stripped of legal immunity.
The House of Lords has stripped barristers of their legal immunity. Barristers can now be sued fo...
Scott free to head ABI.
Bob Scott, group chief executive of CGNU, has been appointed chairman of the Association of British ...
CDL is on its way up.
I was very interested to read your article entitled "Adventures in Cyberland" (PB, July, p9), althou...