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Zurich Commercial unveils new process.
Zurich Commercial has unveiled a new flood-handling process which focuses predominantly on pre-empti...
Loss teams for Crawford.
Crawford has put together a loss management service which brings together many different areas of ex...
Terry Wellard.
Competitive pressures should be raising service standards in the industry, but today's insurers are fighting a losing battle.
Appointment at MiniBusPlus.
Matthew Porter, previously customer support manager at MiniBusPlus, has been promoted to electronic ...
Rehab campaign attracts support.
The industry has begun to throw its weight behind the Code of Practice on Rehabilitation, launched a...
Cox Lee takeover.
Walsall broker Cox Lee has furthered its expansion programme with the acquisition of local firm Rees...
Appointment at Axa.
Axa has appointed Lisa Walden as broker communications manager. She joins the company from Maritz Co...
Homefront.
While advances in technology mean that more people are now working from home, the market for homeworking insurance is still quite limited. Shona Cronin explains.
New mobile phone insurance launched.
Stuart Alexander, has teamed up with Phonesure Marketing to launch a new mobile phone insurance sche...
Irish boost for CGU.
CGU has boosted its presence in the Irish market with the acquisition of the Hibernian Group for £34...
Financing a winner.
Premium finance in personal lines is proving to be a growth market. It is important that brokers do not neglect its substantial income-generating opportunities, says David Fanning.
OFT clears health insurers of anti-competition charge.
The private health insurance market has been cleared of anti-competitive behaviour, following the pu...
Exclusive - Zenith aims for greater heights.
Lloyd's motor syndicate Zenith is planning to expand into other areas of personal lines and ultimate...
Appointment at Wilby Insurance Brokers.
Bob Brownlee has been appointed managing director of the Halifax-based Wilby Insurance Brokers. Mr B...
Admiral buyout.
PXRE has been appointed as the Lloyd's managing agency for Admiral Insurance Serv-ices, following th...
CSM restructuring.
Crowe Syndicate Manage-ment, part of the Crowe Group, will cease writing non-marine property bus-ine...
Who will pick up the bill?
The ULR market has long complained about the costs of credit hire. Steve Banner says there is now a growing shift towards insurance-backed schemes rather than credit hire arrangements.
No conflict of interest' - IMS.
New start-up intermediary auditing company Insurance Monitoring Services has come under further atta...
IIBA increases number.
The International Insurance Brokers Association, co-founded by London-broker Sutton Winson, has acce...
Into the new millennium.
1999 was a year of rationalisation for the industry, and PB kept its readers up-to-date with the mergers, closures and new regulations as they happened. Tim Collison looks back.
Exclusive - Direct writer expected to take over NIG Skandia.
Churchill Insurance is believed to be in the final stages of a takeover of Swedish-owned NIG Skandia...
London roadshow.
Last month, Overheard joined the 500-strong audience for the London meeting of the General Insurance...
IBRC threatens to expel 200.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council is threatening 200 brokers with expulsion if they fail to...
Devitt wins staff awards.
Devitt Insurance Services has won two government awards for staff training and development. The firm...