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Insurers to benefit from government crime crackdown.
Household insurers are set to benefit from the government's proposed crackdown on domestic burglary....
Appointment at Royal & SunAlliance Engineering.
Ian Cronshaw has been appointed IT manager for Royal & SunAlliance Engineering. Mr Cronshaw has b...
Appointment at Agency Underwriting.
Jane Lindekam has joined Agency Underwriting, where she will head the marketing department. She has ...
Kids go free.
John Holman and Sons has updated its Self-Issue Travel Schemes and is maintaining its 15% discount f...
AUL launches comprehensive sailing policy.
A travel policy aimed at sailing enthusiasts has been launched by Agency Underwriting Limited (AUL)....
Cigna P&C brand to disappear.
The name and brand of Cigna in the UK general insurance market will vanish once the takeover by Berm...
David Worsfold.
From April, many of the old Latin legal terms will make way for plain English. With everyone able to understand how the law works, will we see an increase in claims?
Dream machines.
The number of moped and motorbike owners has soared recently - particularly among the 30-50 age group. However, the market for motorbike insurance is still limited to a handful of specialist insurers and brokers says Tim Collison.
Appointment at Euclidian Underwriting.
Mark Brown (above) has joined Euclidian Underwriting as specialist professional indemnity underwrite...
AA to expand its call centres.
AA Insurance is to create almost 200 jobs to meet growing demand within its call centres in Newcastl...
Satisfied customers.
According to a survey sponsored by the General Insurance Research Association, 90% of people who cla...
Birch raises the roof with its new defects policy.
A new single premium 10/12-year policy against latent defects has been put together by Birch & Co In...
PMI for school pupils.
BCWA has launched a policy which a gives children at independent schools private medical insurance f...
Ian Ritchie.
With more regulatory debate to come, unity among brokers is vital. Sensible action to push up rates would also help.
Appointment at Hiscox.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed David Hayward deputy claims manager. Mr Hayward will be r...
David Worsfold.
Broker-led schemes - inventive and client-focussed, or poor value for money? Proposed legal reforms are likely to put these schemes under pressure to smarten up.
AXA's new Venture targets small firms.
AXA Insurance has produced a contractors policy designed for firms with up to 10 employees. Calle...
RSA to cut 300 jobs in service centre shake-up.
The direct division of Royal & SunAlliance is to axe almost 300 jobs this year, with the closure of ...
Martin quits Service Policies.
Nigel Martin has resigned as active underwriter of Service Policies at Lloyd's (1222), following the...
ICM snapped up by Aon.
Aon has acquired IRISC Claims Management (ICM), one of the largest specialist insurance services ope...
Polaris all set for TV debut.
Polaris is the final stage of developing the technology to enable insurance policies to be sold via ...
IBRC acts to simplify PI compliance for brokers.
The Insurance Brokers Registration Council is to approach insurers in a bid to simplify the way in w...
Ads herald fight against fraud.
The Association of British Insurers is tackling the problem of fraud head-on with the launch of a ma...
The sick nurse.
Millennium Insurance Brokers has put together a policy to protect nursing homes against the absence ...