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Industry bodies band together to bring uninsured drivers to book
Key representative bodies and insurance industry players have welcomed a government decision to star...
Safe as houses
Compared with owner-occupiers, professional investment landlords tend to prioritise quality well above price when it comes to insurance, says Mark Ritchie
Commercial motor fleet policy enhanced
Brit Insurance has enhanced its commercial motor fleet policy, which is now available to new custome...
David versus the Goliaths
I read Melanie Hampton's Viewpoint article today (Insurance Age, January 2009, p40) and applaud her ...
Arista establishes North East contact
Arista has appointed a broker development manager for Yorkshire and the North East to tap into what it sees as a growing local market.
Pulling in niche trade
Once considered the preserve of the nerdy, caravanning is now cool and, as Ian Drewe explains, it's the sort of pursuit that falls neatly into leisure insurance schemes - one of the most untapped niche insurance markets
Scam busters
With the news that Axa has set up a specialist anti-fraud team and begun investigating more than 400 motor accident cases in which fraudulent activity has been suspected, MichelleWorvell asks if the industry is winning the fight against fraud and what…
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
Glemham Underwriting has relocated
Professional indemnity and commercial lines managing general agents, Glemham Underwriting has reloca...
No-claims discounts
Findings commissioned by Sainsbury's Home Insurance have revealed that while almost all car insuranc...
Glemham Underwriting has relocated
Professional indemnity and commercial lines managing general agents, Glemham Underwriting has reloca...
No-claims discounts
Findings commissioned by Sainsbury's Home Insurance have revealed that while almost all car insuranc...
Cash struggles spark boom in underwriting fraud
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, cos...
Heath Lambert creates renewable energy team
Heath Lambert has formed a new renewable energy team within its retail national division, to be headed up by Paul Marsh.
Axis restructures specialist adjusting divisions
Axis has restructured its specialist adjusting divisions with the aim of strengthening its operations in the UK and internationally.
Ray Holloway - King of the road
Director's Q&A
Appointment at UMAL
UMAL has taken on Terry Crow as a liability underwriter. Crow has worked for Zurich Municipal for 30...
GoinGreen dedicates new scheme to G-Wiz drivers
GoinGreen - retailer of the electric vehicle Reva G-Wiz, and Heath Lambert - has dedicated a new sch...
Zurich and Broker Direct unveil small-business motor offering
The ongoing relationship between Zurich and Broker Direct has been strengthened by the launch of Bus...
Higher tax alert for insurers
Governments could soon turn to transactional taxes to replace the revenue that is vanishing from the...
KGM Motor Insurance increases capacity
KGM Motor Insurance has increased capacity for 2009 by 35%. A capacity of £73m has been secured from...
The horror of an uninsured clamp down
I am assuming that the story 'Clamp down on uninsured drivers set for 2010' (Insurance Age, October,...
Retraining for bad drivers
Some 89% of older people think bad drivers should be retrained, whatever their age, according to Age...
Peter Longstaff resigns from GHL Europe
The Board of directors of GHL Europe announced that Peter Longstaff had resigned as director of busi...